stretch

We have started making oldest dd do some extra stuff at home (stuff her coach gave her to do when she was working on her bhs) I think it has helped but more important has lessened her injuries since she is def stronger (she is the kid who gets hurt easy )

I teach a pre-school class with a young guy- no formal gymnastics training, likes the gym, just kind of got thrown into the whole rec. coaching thing. He usually does the stretching with the kids- including bridges (these are 4-5 year olds) which makes me cringe, but he learned this was okay...

I have been working for the longest time to achieve my left heel stretch. The problem is if I lay on the floor, I can pull it no problem, but when I do it standing, I can't. Why may this be?

Since it's the summer, I don't want to lose my flexibility, especially because I just learned a lot of new skills (I do cheerleading). I usually start my day with a light run for warm ups and then I stretch my legs for heel stretches and bow n arrows, I stretch my thigh muscles for scales and...

Eh, I am not sure this goes here, but both my big toe and my ankle make a popping noise when I do rotations/extensions to warm up. Never happens while running or anything. Any stretch their toes/ankles other than the usual calf stretches? Thanks in advance for any info...

So i recently hurt my back because i over extended it on my backhandspring. I had to take a month off. My coaches told me increase my shoulder muscles to not have a back problem.....Any ideas?

Today i found out that i will be moving up to the team YAY (im very excited) i will be starting in two weeks and seens as im on school holiday so does any one have any ideas for stretching and strength stuff to practice at home. btw i have a wide selection of weights and chin up bar as well as a...

Hi: ) Well, I used to have really good shoulder flexibility, but not so much anymore:rolleyes:Does anyone have any good shoulder stretches that could improve my shoulder flexibility, as well as strengthen them? Also, I'm really inflexible in splits too, so besides just stretching them, are...

What are some back stretches your gym does? At our gym, the only back stretching they do is a bridge and that's about it. It seems a bit like just popping into a split without doing the lunge and hamstring stretch. I was wondering if there were any prerequisite stretches your gym does in...

Is it possible to over stretch? I have a tendency to hold stretches for the length of a song, especially major stretches like hip flexors, splits, straddles, etc. I also stretch as much as two or three times a day. But I do admit that the next day I will be too sore to walk up the stairs at...

I'm trying to put together a warm-up/stretch program. What are your favorite stretches?

The level 4 and 5's and at our gym have a new stretch that makes me uncomfortable and I was wondering if I was being unreasonable? The girls sit on their bottoms with their legs elevated on a mat in a pike. The have a partner put their hands on their legs. One hand below the knee and one hand...

I know the title doesn't make sense. I do highschool gymnastics. (yuck) so that means I only train in the winter. Does anyone know anything that can help keep me flexible and strong? Its hard to know what to do and hard to stay motivated. please help

Hi Everyone! My wrists have been hurting me, so I now use wrist guards to tumble. However, I wondered how everyone stretches there wrists, or what is the correct way. I feel like my wrists hurt less when I don't stretch them, and as soon as I do stretch them (or at least the way my gym and I do)...

i was wondering if anyone had any stretches or strengthening exersizes to add to my daily routine this is what i do at the moment stretching splits all three left leg over slpits bridge elbow stand with feet on floor leggs straight banana stretch( where u lie on your back and some one grabs onto...

Please can someone give me some stretches that can help me achieve the splits. I stretch everyday and i need to get the splits (front splits please) down in two weeks. All stretches possible will help. Thanks

It stretches out your arms and your legs at the same time.I dont know if anyone has thought of this,or if it really is an actual stretch that is used but here it is anyway: You sit on the floor with your legs out to the side[straddle].Try to get your face as close to the ground as you can.Once...

Everynight I stretch and then sit in my splits for as long as I can without it hurting to much which is about 30 minutes.Everynow and then it will really hurt[not in a stretch kind of way though] so I dont know if Im sitting in my splits to long or if its just my legs. So my question is,is how...

So i switched gyms 3 years ago and i really don't think that we stretch enough. So we come to the gym and we run for 5 minutes. Then we do splits and a 30 second bridge. Then we do progressions and start gymnastics. At the end, we condition and sometimes we do splits at the end, but thats...

I have a question...when doing skills on beam, particularly the balancing elements such as heel stretches, does it matter what leg you stand on? For instance, since my dd is a left handed tumbler she does her beam dismount differently than righties. So does this logic hold true for things like...