Stadion's Sports and Martial Arts Training Discussion

Yeah, missing a week of static stretches may actually help you at this point. If you're anything like me, you tend to get overzealous and kill your progress, so relaxing for a few days will maybe help you loosen up again. Just speaking from personal experience, but your problem does sound similar to...

As I progress, will my body warm up quicker? I don't seem to remember having this pinching pain/stiffness initially before, but I was also younger then...

Sounds familiar to me... What kind of warm-up are you doing? Are you performing static stretching every day? I know that if I don't warm up properly I get the same thing. Following this site and Dragon's advice, I cut back on static (PNF) stretching to every other day, jog 3 or so miles (5km) before...

As usual, thanks for the answers, Dragon!

Nevermind, once I warmed up the pinching pain in my hips and knees subsided, and I was able to do these with my legs straight. I actually got about 10-11 inches from the ground, so after warmup, I'm almost as flexible as I once was, not bad for a several year hiatus.... :D why would this initial slo...

Hi again! I could maybe use some other people's imagination... I can't do the stiff-legged side split stretches due to pain in my knees, so I've been doing them with bent knees. I can't seem to get low enough in this position, even with my wife pulling my knee to the side to try to spread my legs mo...

I ran for 20-25 minutes (about 5 km) before starting PNF, but my adductors aren't super pliable, even after running. That's what I meant, I really start to get warm/flexible after the first set of PNF. I do remember Kurz telling someone on this website that if a stretch is good ad it doesn't cause p...

OK, but how about the toe-touch stretch? As I said before, I can put my chest flat against my legs with little/no discomfort, but should I back off from this stretch for a while simply because my hamstrings hurt when I do other stretches? Also, when my legs are bent and I squat down and come back up...

Thanks again for your previous input, Dragon! Here's the question: should I continue the stiff-legged bend/toe touch exercise and stiff-legged deadlifts since they cause no discomfort, or should I leave my hamstrings alone completely for several weeks, since they give mr the specefic problem mention...

I've had the same thing in the past and for me i'd say it was the hip flexor. After reading Pavel Tsatsouline's books he places a lot of emphasis on the stretching the hip flexors. The reason i say this may be the case for you:- 1-You say you can't do the front split test but you used to be able to...

Thanks Dragon! I had planned to wait a few days (recovery) and then do it by the book. BTW: I was doing the adductor exercises with my wife's bodyweight every other day, not every day. Any reason you or anybody else can give me for the strange hamstring/knee/hip problems I have?

1.I also do dynamic leg raises front side and rear every afternoon/evening 2. The hamstring problem affects my side/roundhouse/hook kicks because I lean back to be able to kick high and I use proper hip positioning, and this kills the hamstring of the leg that is planted on the ground. So, when my l...

Every morning: 1 light set each of frog strech, runner's stretch and stiff-legged toe touch to reset muscle length for thr day. Every afternoon: 3 sets of frog stretch, runner's stretch and stiff-legged toe touch, alternating stretches to give the muscle groups sufficient time to recover from the la...

Hi guys! I need some advice here... OK, where to start... I recently (2 months ago) took up TKD again after a 7-year hiatus, and yes, my flexibility has diminshed, no surprise there, as I am coming up on 30 now and have not been stretching regularly. I used to be able to do front splits and get abou...