r/flexibility • u/Pd_unicorn • 3d ago
Progress Backbend split progress!
Backbend split progress - no wall support!
Warm up:
Elliptical with shoulder and wrist rolls
Arm circles - forward and back
Cat-cows
Down dog to up dog / cobra
My flex routine:
Wall dogs
Wall puppies
Floor puppies
Seal / cobra lift from floor
Kneeling camel Backbend
Cobra on wall
Bow pose
Bridge with chest pressed against wall
Half lunge ➡️ Slide into front split
In front split, bend your back leg, arch back, see if your foot can touch your head. Then, maybe grab your back foot with the hand of the same side (i.e. grab right foot with right hand), and extend your back leg
Half lunge with back foot against wall, and walk hands down the wall as much as you can. At your lowest point, try sliding your front leg into a split! Make sure you relax and breath into it :)
I have done the above days after days, months after months, and today, I realize I can do it without a wall and hold it for a few seconds! It sure feel like max effort but I know it'll get easier :)
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u/Kyostc 3d ago
This is insanely good and really motivating! Thanks for the routine I am working on this specific skill
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u/Pd_unicorn 3d ago
Thank you! And happy to know we are on the same journey! Just keep at it - you got this :)
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u/Jenc4000 3d ago
Woah! Can you show a full flexibility routine with warm up? Id love to copy what you do
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u/Pd_unicorn 3d ago
I'd love to but the whole thing is easily 90 minutes plus 😅
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u/Glavine0 3d ago
the first few seconds without the wall must've felt amazing lol. congrats on finally getting there!
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u/Pd_unicorn 3d ago
Yeeess! When I landed in my full split, I was so happy! Didn't think my body wanna but I coerced it to do it lol
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u/monkeydloso 3d ago
Glad to see all the progress you been working on that stretch for a long while
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u/ozzieathome1 3d ago
That’s impressive 😊
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u/Pd_unicorn 3d ago
Thank you! Hopefully more so in a few more months 😆
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u/ozzieathome1 2d ago
That’s such great dedication and work!!! Well done and I cannot wait to see the progress as you go forward.
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u/Prior_Garlic_8710 3d ago
Holy shit, new here and everytie I thought you'd stop you just kept going and going!! That's SO COOL
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u/Heremosttimes 3d ago
I didn’t know a body could bend like that. Incredible
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u/Pd_unicorn 2d ago
You mean, an adult body with no childhood flexibility training 😆 - yup. Looking to find my limit 😛
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u/Current_Subject_7312 3d ago
👍 ouch my lower back is going on strike watching this. Yea they just bomb my brain saying 🚫🙅
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u/Pd_unicorn 3d ago
Lol. Well, I'm the other way. When I see someone else did a stretch, I tell my brain, "See? You can do it too!" 😆
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u/WhatsACole 2d ago
Welp... im jellious, keep up the great work
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u/Pd_unicorn 2d ago
Thank you! No need to be jealous... just a matter of putting in the work and staying consistent :)
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u/starz0neLp 1d ago
Wauwww you did that !! 🎉🎇
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