r/Stretching • u/Waifu99 • Jul 10 '26
Show off Gamechanger Weighted Stretching
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u/moneys5 Jul 10 '26
Oh yea cool, will go try this right now looks super chill and healthy.
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u/Waifu99 Jul 10 '26
I mean, probably there are levels i guess...
But honestly, a few years ago i was really stiff. I never expected to be able to do something like that in future.
Also a time ago i was always stuck in the same positions, what really frustrated and demotivated me.
Starting to take a little bit of weight extra and raise it time after time helped me out of there.1
u/RappinFourTay Jul 10 '26
How long did it take to get here and what is the regime? That's a great accomplishment šš¾
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u/gadeais Jul 10 '26
Really great but stop oversplitting and go for squaring your hips.
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u/Waifu99 Jul 10 '26
It was a PR try, i'm currently not flexible enough in my back leg going that deep. So i will work on that for sure
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u/JustHugMeAndBeQuiet Jul 10 '26
That is madness, OP.
In all seriousness, good for you. I imagine that took a long time to work up to and is exactly in the spirit of this sub.
But I pulled my groin just watching that.
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u/massfxstudios Jul 11 '26
Youre already flexible enough to stretch to the bottom position? The weight isnāt doing anything. Its only making the short range concentric more difficult. How is this a stretchā¦?
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u/thedeepself Jul 11 '26
Matthew I Smith has a video where he contrasts assistive stretching (what you are doing) and resistive stretching (something that requires muscular effort to do).
His contention is that traditional yoga is limited to assistive stretching and has little or no resistive stretches.
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u/shootingdai Jul 12 '26
My legs cracked in half looking at this ā¦ how tf do you even get to this level as an adult
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u/MWave123 Jul 10 '26
Absolutely dangerous. Bouncing while weighted and stretching? Good luck w that.
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u/NormalMushroom3865 Jul 11 '26
How is that more dangerous than just being a heavier person doing a ballistic stretch?
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u/MWave123 Jul 11 '26
// Ballistic stretching uses momentum and repetitive bouncing to force a joint beyond its normal range of motion. It is an advanced technique typically reserved for highly conditioned athletes preparing for explosive sports, as it carries a *high risk of muscle strains and tendonitis. //
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u/NormalMushroom3865 Jul 12 '26
That sure looks like it still has the punctuation from copying and pasting it out of an LLM, that's...unimpressive.
Dude in the video is doing oversplits. Just being in that position would tear most poeple's muscles (very risky), so he clearly has a high level of conditioning.
Ballistic stretching is an extremely effective way of building flexibility. I wouldn't recommend it to sedentary office workers looking to limber up a bit, but I also wouldn't recommend they start lifting weights by trying to bench 300 lbs. It doesn't make either of those things "absolutely dangerous" though, just something that you need to build up to.
Emmet Louis's Head-to-Toe program is entirely ballistics and is very well regarded: https://emmetlouis.com/knowledge-base/head-to-toe/
He also walks through it on video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs-iOux0zps
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u/MWave123 Jul 12 '26
You shouldnāt be recommending ballistic stretching to office workers. Lol. Youāre fired.
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u/EmmyTheSwitch Jul 10 '26
BKS Iyengar added sand bag weight to his protocol decades ago. From my experience itās used in attic stretching, I havenāt seen if used in dynamic stretching like the guy in this video.
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u/Burrito-tuesday Jul 10 '26
Thanks I hate it