joemac
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Hi.
I wish to develop a long-term flexibility and mobility routine, beyond mere strength and conditioning through kettle-bells and body-weights.
I purchased the book "Flexible Steel" and read it twice. But I had difficulty understanding concretely what it was telling me to do. It seemed a like random hodgepodge of ideas without any concrete goal at the end. But I am ignorant, so perhaps I am wrong on this because the ideas seemed relatively well developed.
So now I am reviewing this video by Louka Kurcer titled "Flexible Steel Mobility and Flexibility Complex". It looks very good and has a set of the following:
Louka also has this "strange" thing called a "Flexibility Steel Mobility Complex" which looks more like Tai Chi than the above flexibility and mobility complex.
Also, I see this thing called "4 weeks to flexible steel".
My fundamental issue is that I don't understand what the "goal" of all this is.
So I have a current goal of achieving (1) lotus position and (2) side/middle splits, (3) knees-over-toes/butt-to-the grass squat.
Ilya
I wish to develop a long-term flexibility and mobility routine, beyond mere strength and conditioning through kettle-bells and body-weights.
I purchased the book "Flexible Steel" and read it twice. But I had difficulty understanding concretely what it was telling me to do. It seemed a like random hodgepodge of ideas without any concrete goal at the end. But I am ignorant, so perhaps I am wrong on this because the ideas seemed relatively well developed.
So now I am reviewing this video by Louka Kurcer titled "Flexible Steel Mobility and Flexibility Complex". It looks very good and has a set of the following:
- Bent Arm Bar (for shoulder mobility, stability, and health)
- Rib Pull (for tea spine mobility)
- Bretzel (for tea spine mobility, quad, and hip flexor stretch)
- Pump Stretch (for total body flexibility)
- Tactical Frog (for groin stretch and hip mobility)
- Hip Flexor Stretch (for hip flexor release)
- Prying Goblet Squat (for hip mobility and strength)
- Cossack Squat (for hip mobility, lower body flexibility, and strength)
- Good Morning Stretch (for hip mobility and posterior chain flexibility
- Kettle-bell Pullover (for shoulder and chest opener and improved posture)
- Getup With High Bridge (for hip mobility, glute activation, and full body control)
- Tall Kneeling Halo (for shoulder mobility, stability, and improved posture
- Tall Kneeling Rotations (for t-spine mobility, hip stability, and improved posture)
Louka also has this "strange" thing called a "Flexibility Steel Mobility Complex" which looks more like Tai Chi than the above flexibility and mobility complex.
Also, I see this thing called "4 weeks to flexible steel".
My fundamental issue is that I don't understand what the "goal" of all this is.
- Does this sequence of movements have as their goal some particular set of movements such as side splits or front splits or something else?
- Alternatively, is this merely something one does regularly for the rest of one's life to maintain general flexibility and mobility?
So I have a current goal of achieving (1) lotus position and (2) side/middle splits, (3) knees-over-toes/butt-to-the grass squat.
- To achieve lotus position, each evening for 10 minutes I sit in cross legged position, with Pavel's "relaxed breathing" and slowly progressing towards having knees to the floor.
- To achieve the squat, I do prying goblet squat
- To achieve side/middle splits, I thought John Engum's Flexible Steel program has this as a goal, and it is explained by Jon and Louka and that his "tactical frog sequence" is a great first step towards moving in the direction of side splits and front splits. Should I do this?
Ilya
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