Wall split

STANDING HALF SPLIT Tips: - You want to warm up your splits and center slips as much as possible. Use the wall, it helps you square off your hips as well as, apply pressure to your split as you lean into the wall. Focus on keeping the top leg straight. The deeper you can forward fold the higher your leg will probably be able to go. Work on pulsing the leg off and on the ground for a great exercise on strengthening the hips.

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In this tutorial, we learn how to use a wall to do split stretches. Start out against a wall that has nothing around it so you can easily stretch with it. After this, face the wall and then lay on your back. Bring your legs up to the wall, then bring them out to the sides as far as you can for around 30 seconds. If someone else is with you, you can have them push on the inside of your legs to create a greater stretching effect. After this, flip onto your stomach, then slide down onto the…

Performing splits against a wall is a great yoga technique for improving flexibility. You do not have to be flexible enough to do a split on the ground to perform wall splits. Always warm up your body and stretch before you attempt a wall...

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