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what happened to the stretch I taught you? Forget that already?
bds20002002
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try some type of dynamic stretching routine, yoga, or pilates. iv noticed a full body stretch workout will help you develope your powerhouse and loosen up your hips.
mr. sparkle
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I do tons of yoga and there are tons of exercises that will really open up your hips...
try visiting websites that explain the different yoga postures and poses....
Note: Don't stretch further than what you're comfortable with. If you push yourself too far you're likely to really injure yourself, believe me!! And keep breathing the entire time you're doing a stretch.
my favorite pose for opening up the hips is pigeon pose:
here's the link to a page that really does a good job of explaining it: http://www.yogawest.org/beginners/pigeonpose.htm
there's also another pose that is great, but it's a real bitch if you don't have much flexibility in the hips
-sit on the floor with your feet flat on the floor in front of you(knees are off the ground and in front of the chest)
-take your right leg and bring it underneath the other, pulling it so that your right heel is to the side of your left hip
-now take your left leg and bring it over the top of your right leg, pulling the left heel to the side of the right hip (you should probably feel a good stretch in your left hip already)
-your knees should be in line with each other, left directly above right, and when you look down at your legs they should look as if they form a triangle, with your knees as the top point of the triangle
-if you need more stretch SLOWLY ease your torso forward (keeping your back straight)
Hope these work for you!!
---Mr. S---
try visiting websites that explain the different yoga postures and poses....
Note: Don't stretch further than what you're comfortable with. If you push yourself too far you're likely to really injure yourself, believe me!! And keep breathing the entire time you're doing a stretch.
my favorite pose for opening up the hips is pigeon pose:
here's the link to a page that really does a good job of explaining it: http://www.yogawest.org/beginners/pigeonpose.htm
there's also another pose that is great, but it's a real bitch if you don't have much flexibility in the hips
-sit on the floor with your feet flat on the floor in front of you(knees are off the ground and in front of the chest)
-take your right leg and bring it underneath the other, pulling it so that your right heel is to the side of your left hip
-now take your left leg and bring it over the top of your right leg, pulling the left heel to the side of the right hip (you should probably feel a good stretch in your left hip already)
-your knees should be in line with each other, left directly above right, and when you look down at your legs they should look as if they form a triangle, with your knees as the top point of the triangle
-if you need more stretch SLOWLY ease your torso forward (keeping your back straight)
Hope these work for you!!
---Mr. S---
Usually doing a couple sets of full squats real light with like 135 helps, like CCJ says....
You can also try a hurdle stretch, find something like a hurdle, squat down and cross UNDER it, and stand up on the other side, then do the same back the other way, it is another dynamic way to do some of the same...
You can also try a hurdle stretch, find something like a hurdle, squat down and cross UNDER it, and stand up on the other side, then do the same back the other way, it is another dynamic way to do some of the same...
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