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poll on splits


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can you do a split?  

32 members have voted

  1. 1. can you do a split?

    • all the way, crotch to the floor
      6
    • almost
      12
    • crotch a few feet from the floor
      14


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I've been working on it, but I'm not doing very well. I had taken some time off, when I got sick so I really have to get back at it. I'm pretty flexible when it comes to touching my toes, I can bend so that my face is on my legs, but I can't seem to get the splits. That is my goal though, to be able to do the splits by the end of this years training. I'd better get a move on!

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I used to be able to do the splits when I was younger and doing TKD, but now, I have stretching issues with my outer thighs just below the hips (the illiotibial bands I've been told). It sucks cause it's a pain when trying to roundhouse kick high, which I would like to do. Anyone have any good stretches or work-arounds? In the meantime, it's off to the stretching section for me!

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  • 3 weeks later...

about three inches from the ground

Thou shalt not follow a multitude to do evil~Exodus 23:2


Violence, even well intentioned, always rebounds upon oneself.~Lao Tzu


And mankind is naught but a single nation~quran

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  • 2 weeks later...

Going front to back, I'm down all the way without stretching. Side to side, I've still got maybe four to six inches to go, and I can't seem to gain that last bit (I've been trying for years).

American Kenpo Karate- First Degree Black Belt

"He who hesitates, meditates in a horizontal position."

Ed Parker

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Im about 2 1/2 inchs from the floor, but thats with my legs going side ways. But from one leg in front in a one the back and cant do it for nothing. Me being a big guy I surprise myself of how low I can get. This just so happens to be something I work on every other day. Stretching really is relaxing and painful-lol.

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