Be able to do the splits

“For the next 10 minutes, I bent, folded, pulled, and lunged my body into positions my body was definitely not used to. I held each position for one minute, as instructed — which felt, truly, like the longest minute of my life. By the end of those 10 minutes, my hips felt a little looser, but those minutes were not easy.”

“After reading up on some successful cases of people learning the front splits, I decided I was only going to do one stretch, which was the front splits, or really more of a lunge to begin with. I used yoga blocks to take some of the load. I kept my rear leg as straight as possible and, over time, began to extend my front leg out further. From the get-go on day 1, my hip flexors absolutely killed, but my hamstrings not so much. I expect this is different from person to person.”

“I, too, have never been able to do the splits until I started poling. I have been active in yoga for quite some time but my freaking hip flexors hate me! The splits in 6 worked for me…granted I do need to be SUPER warmed up but I can do ’em! On a really good day after a full warm up and halfway through practice I can pretty much drop down to a left leg leading split. On a not so good day I’m still 1-2 1/2 inches away.”