Butterfly Widening Challenge

No no not like ouch pain more like that feels good discomfort lol. A little burn thats all. I know better then to push my myself to the point of injury, but thank you for your support on the matter .

Originally Posted by MRDRUNKENMONKEY

No no not like ouch pain more like that feels good discomfort lol. A little burn thats all. I know better then to push my myself to the point of injury, but thank you for your support on the matter .

Yes - exactly! Just making sure...I know some of you are super hard core, which I love, but I want you to stay healthy.
cheers,
Maria

Ok maybe it's all the yoga, but I have a tendency to want to do "opposite" stretches, to kind of counteract the stretches I just did. For example, all the internal rotation of these stretches, especially the one where you're lying on your back pinching your knees together, really makes me want to do the opposite right afterwards. So I added this to the routine. After doing the pinching stretches, I do this one. It feels great, and it makes me feel like stuff is a little more balanced. (Note: what they say in point 3 is important).

Does that make any sense? And, Maria, is it ok to add that? I just always feel like I need to balance things out when I stretch.

my current butterfly

Originally Posted by maalivahti

Ok maybe it's all the yoga, but I have a tendency to want to do "opposite" stretches, to kind of counteract the stretches I just did. For example, all the internal rotation of these stretches, especially the one where you're lying on your back pinching your knees together, really makes me want to do the opposite right afterwards. So I added this to the routine. After doing the pinching stretches, I do this one. It feels great, and it makes me feel like stuff is a little more balanced. (Note: what they say in point 3 is important).

Does that make any sense? And, Maria, is it ok to add that? I just always feel like I need to balance things out when I stretch.

You are free to do what ever yoga poses you wish. Athletes do not have to stretch opposing muscle groups always, it depends what you are trying to accomplish - you are not trying to counteract the effect of the stretches you just did. Flexibility follows a continuum with some muscle groups displaying too much flexibility and others displaying too little. Given that many people spend the much of their day with their hips in external rotation - sitting in the car - sitting at work or in school - if your feet are pointing out and your knees are pointing out, you are already in external rotation.

To improve your butterfly you need to improve internal rotation of the hip. If you feel better to do some external rotation afterward, then go for it, however it won't improve your butterfly which is the objective of this specific program.

Cheers,
Maria

As I'm just starting out, I'd like to participate if I'm not too late. I'm pretty new to Hockey (3mo) and brand-new to goalie. Starting out at 32yo, defiantly need to improve flexability.

Will.

Originally Posted by Revconditioning

To improve your butterfly you need to improve internal rotation of the hip. If you feel better to do some external rotation afterward, then go for it, however it won't improve your butterfly which is the objective of this specific program.

Yes I definitely realize it would have nothing to do with improving the butterfly. I guess I just wanted to make sure if I threw that in there, it wouldn't counteract anything I had been doing. And being a newbie at all this anatomy stuff, I didn't realize that sitting (at a desk, in a car) is external rotation. Interesting!

So I'm just left with- it feels really good to do that, especially after that one stretch. Will this harm the objective of the program?

Thanks! :)

I started this challenge on Aug 23rd my initial stretch as far as I could to start was 39.5" big toe to big toe. I'm keeping a log of every day noting which days I do the strength/activation portion of the excercise, which is just regular and any days that I miss so I can get an accurate look at how many days stretching vs how much improvement I will see. I definitely look at this as a challenge for my own improvement, however if I was putting money on it, I think you guys with span in the 20ish range are going to see the most improvement by far. Anyways cheers everyone,

Brad