How to Do the Splits for Beginners if You Have Never Done Them Before (Video)

How to Do the Splits for Beginners if You Have Never Done Them Before (Video)

Splits to stretch out the hamstrings of the front leg and the hip flexor of the back leg. Do the splits for beginners if you have never done them before with help from a former competitive gymnast in this free video clip.

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Video Transcript

I'm Tanya Eberhardt, and this is how to do the splits for beginners if you have never done them before. Splits to stretch out the hamstrings of the front leg and the hip flexor of the back leg. By practicing with bolsters and blocks, you'll be able to take out muscle tension, helping you ease your way into splits as a beginner. Place a bolster or a pillow in between two blocks. You're going to swing the right leg around and place it in front of the bolster, hands on each block. Slowly extend the right leg forward as you lengthen the left leg back. Curl the toes of the back leg under and extend the right leg on top of the bolster using the bolster as a support to take out some of the tension of the front leg. Inhale to lengthen, exhale deepen, inhale lengthen, and exhale deepen. Bring both hands to your left side, swing the right leg back around. Hold that stretch for six long and deep breaths on each side and do it three sets on each side.

Original article and pictures take www.livestrong.com site