If You Want To Increase Hamstring Flexibility - WATCH THIS

I worked hard on my pancake and pike so I could do a press to handstand and it took me years to see any real improvement, very frustrating. But that's because I wasn't doing hamstring stretches for flexibility
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So I started researching modern flexibility and mobility methods. I didn't have tight muscles, my nervous system was preventing me from getting more flexibile. I started training antagonistic muscles end range contractions, basically getting into a pike and contracting my hip flexors hard!
That delays the nervous system inhibitor response ... instant improvement! Combined with loaded hamstring stretching to build strength through full range and I finally unlocked my press to handstand! Never even been to a gymnastics class either :)
If you work on these two hamstring exercises twice a week for 3-5 sets each you will get more flexible hamstrings, prevent injury and unlock calisthenics skills that a gymnast would be proud of.
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[@andrewjohnmanatad5973]

Great info! Thanks for this

[@ehmt-19]

Thank you!

[@UnityGymOnline]

you're welcome! Thanks for commenting :)

[@yanRockerz23]

Great video! This helps me a lot on my routines.

[@UnityGymOnline]

Brilliant, happy I could help :)

[@ExTrimerAL]

As always very useful :) Thanks for high quality content.

[@UnityGymOnline]

you're welcome ... I've been reminded recently how much people get out of my 15 minute routines. SO I'll make one for the pike in the coming weeks for you with the same concepts from the middle splits video you recently watched. i.e. strengthening the antagonistic muscles at end range to trigger the golgi tendon organ for really fast flexibility gains. The concept is laid out in this video, but I'll do a series of follow alongs so you can easily join in with me and get it done.

[@ExTrimerAL]

@@UnityGymOnline yeah it will be awesome, so I can't wait.

[@LeylaRengifo]

All I love is here flexibility and strength I loveeee this channel Thank you so much ❤

[@UnityGymOnline]

You're welcome, thanks for watching

[@michaelbischoff4022]

Thanks for the Video...this is good for my Beg...greats from Germany

[@UnityGymOnline]

You're welcome, danke schoen

[@wealthworkout9254]

Wow, these actually work!!! Not BS

[@UnityGymOnline]

They sure do

[@sibellw]

Hi, thanks for the video. When I try the weighted lift I'm feeling it much more in my quads... Is this ok or is there a trick to engaging the hip flexors more? Thanks

[@UnityGymOnline]

well the rectus femoris (largest quadriceps muscle) is a hip flexor. It's the only muscle in the quads that crosses the knee and the hip. So feeling it in the quads is not wrong :)

[@barronbarr]

Hey what is the frequency of these exercises? is it two day rest just like the beginner middle splits routine?

[@UnityGymOnline]

1-2 days rest is good.

[@angeloselarja]

What about nerve glides and PNF techniques?

[@UnityGymOnline]

What about them? I'm not sure how to answer that question? :)

[@deemc7756]

😮

[@sirrobinofloxley7156]

I wonder if Glucosamine and Chondroitin inhibit the neural pathways then?

[@UnityGymOnline]

I've never looked into that, couldn't say.

[@sophiawoods6748]

Iam struggling, I can go around 4-5 inches forward on hip hinge. And that’s it. Iam daily using barbell to go forward and hold but I feel so tight in my hamstring. Is this just the effects of super chronic tight hamstrings? I am doing currently 100 forward hip hinge bends with a bar bell but my hamstrings are not giving up easy and stay very tight

[@UnityGymOnline]

Hi Sophia, that' is a LOT of volume with very little recovery time. You're most certainly overdoing it. Flexibility training is load on the body, and just like running, weight lifting, calisthenics ... anything really, you need to recover in order for adaptation to occur. I'll be making a hamstring flexibility routine next year. But for now, I would be doing no more than 3 sets of loaded hamstring stretching with a barbell for 5-10 reps a set (you called it a forward hip hinge bends with a bar bell). And only 3 times a week max.

[@sophiawoods6748]

@@UnityGymOnline would it be worth adding legs swings from king fu as well as a dynamic exercise on top of these? Would you also recommend any other videos you have that I could follow to add to my increasing flexibility? Thank you so much. Your channel is Brilliant. First class educated info. It reminds me of pavel and the dragon door days,he has some brilliant books back then. But I could never quite understand them.

[@UnityGymOnline]

@@sophiawoods6748 thank you very much, yes leg swings are ok for a warm up, but I have better tools I use personally. These videos are a good resource for you for flexibility kzbin.info/www/bejne/hoTIhHWBfrKeqqc kzbin.info/www/bejne/aajXZoqVlqqIoNU kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZKmmqSnepiMfZI

[@timothyfreeman97]

The instant gram brought me here.

[@UnityGymOnline]

Yiew! Was it worth it? Did you learn anything?

[@timothyfreeman97]

@@UnityGymOnline so much. I'm gonna be viewing this vid a few more times this arvo at the gym.

[@UnityGymOnline]

@@timothyfreeman97 that's awesome! Keep an eye out, the next few weeks were releasing a kick ass series of flexibility videos. This is just the first one