That's awesome to hear! Flexibility training is tough to start, it's very uncomfortable, borderline painful! It gets better with practice, keep at it! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to comment, we prioritize answering training related questions on the channel!
Whenever I train pancake I seem the end up with pain behind the inside knee while in the position. I'm generally flexible otherwise - e.g. no issue with full pike. Any idea what this could be?
It's usually one of 2 things: 1. You are hypermobile in your joints and when you do the pancake stretch, you are stretching the ligaments of your knee, instead of your adductor and hamstring muscle. 2. Your adductor muscles are weak, so you feel a 'tearing' sensation where the adductor attaches to the bone, on the inside/back of your knee. For both instances, your best course of action is to keep your thigh muscles flexed very hard while doing pancake stretches to keep your knee joint locked and avoid accidentally stretching the ligaments. Try to flex them so hard that your foot comes off the ground while your leg is straight. You will notice right away that your range of motion is reduced quite a bit by doing this. To find if your adductor muscles are weak, look for the difference between your middle split with your hands supporting you, vs middle split with your only your feet on the ground. If there is a drastic difference between the two, you'll benefit a ton from some adductor training. The simplest one to start with is called a Copenhagen plank: ua-cam.com/video/cJuu12zoZmU/v-deo.htmlsi=p4Yhh8loR9Ovt47K&t=1013 Hopefully this helps! Let me know if it makes a difference!
@@edrfitness Sorry for the slow reply! Yes both of those could well be factors for me actually - especially hip adductors, I don't think I've ever targeted them in training. Thanks very much for the ideas, gives me some directions for training
Thnk you very much for this videos!!!!
Thanks for stretching with me!
Woo hoo🎉!!!
Thanks a lot, it was great. Especially in the end of the day 👍
Thank you so much! it is really the first time I feel Im really working my flexibility.... In the range of motion I am.
That's awesome to hear! Flexibility training is tough to start, it's very uncomfortable, borderline painful! It gets better with practice, keep at it! If you have any questions, don't hesitate to comment, we prioritize answering training related questions on the channel!
Whenever I train pancake I seem the end up with pain behind the inside knee while in the position. I'm generally flexible otherwise - e.g. no issue with full pike. Any idea what this could be?
It's usually one of 2 things:
1. You are hypermobile in your joints and when you do the pancake stretch, you are stretching the ligaments of your knee, instead of your adductor and hamstring muscle.
2. Your adductor muscles are weak, so you feel a 'tearing' sensation where the adductor attaches to the bone, on the inside/back of your knee.
For both instances, your best course of action is to keep your thigh muscles flexed very hard while doing pancake stretches to keep your knee joint locked and avoid accidentally stretching the ligaments. Try to flex them so hard that your foot comes off the ground while your leg is straight. You will notice right away that your range of motion is reduced quite a bit by doing this.
To find if your adductor muscles are weak, look for the difference between your middle split with your hands supporting you, vs middle split with your only your feet on the ground. If there is a drastic difference between the two, you'll benefit a ton from some adductor training. The simplest one to start with is called a Copenhagen plank: ua-cam.com/video/cJuu12zoZmU/v-deo.htmlsi=p4Yhh8loR9Ovt47K&t=1013
Hopefully this helps! Let me know if it makes a difference!
@@edrfitness Sorry for the slow reply! Yes both of those could well be factors for me actually - especially hip adductors, I don't think I've ever targeted them in training. Thanks very much for the ideas, gives me some directions for training