How can i learn to do the splits?

Question:Well im trying out fo my high school poms and it requires you to do thesplits m not very flexible and i need help :]

thanks in advance

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: Well im trying out fo my high school poms and it requires you to do thesplits m not very flexible and i need help :]

thanks in advance

when i wanted to learn how to do the splits,
every night before i went to bed, i would turn on some work-out music. maybe a play list set for 10-25 minutes.

Then i would just get moving...warm up before you even attempt the splits if you are not very flexible. then just do stretches to touch your toes. Be sure to stretch standing up for two feet, then stretch right and left foot. make sure you do them for equal times. what happened to me was i was really flexible on my right but not my left(try to avoid that)

so after stretching your legs. go into a lunge to stretch your inner leg. remember stretches are not really very affective if held under 30 seconds.

so basically do lunges for a while.
what happens to most people, is that they can lift their legs in front of them up to their waist..but that is only half way. so you need to learn to stretch your back leg backwards.

good luck
dont over do it--it will hurt for days and you cant stretch.

the only thing you can do is practice, practice, practice.
doing the splits repetitively will help stretch and lengthen those muscles.

You just try going farther down every day. Eventually, you'll get all the way down. Don't expect it to not hurt tho. lol.

It's just one of those things that you gotta keep working on everyday. Every day you try it, see how much closer you get. You should also learn to do centers before you start the other ones. Centers btw are the left to right ones.

Stretch every single day for about a half an hour. Even if it hurts, keep pushing yourself!!! Make sure you do them correctly or you'll pay in the future!

You don't learn the splits. You stretch every day until your body is capable of doing them. You need to warm up before stretching, which means your body feels warm and you're sweating lightly. This helps prevent injury and allows you to stretch further. Start out sitting with one leg straight in front of you and the other bent. Your legs should look like an upside down 4. Without bending the straight leg, lean down as far as you can go and hold it for 30 seconds, going deeper if you think you can. This stretches your hamstring. Then go down as far as you can into the splits. The leg you had straight should be your front leg. Hold for at least 2 minutes. Repeat both stretches with the other leg. Do this twice a day, and you will improve tons!