theferune
Level 2 Valued Member
Dear SF community,
I have never been flexible. I remember that our tennis couch measured our sitting toe touch when we were kids, I would say less than 10 years old. I wasn´t able to touch my toes even then. I was never limited by my flexibility until recently I started with kickboxing. I don´t actually think that it is muscle flexibility what is limiting me, my guess is that it is weakness. In other words lack of flexibility is more likely consequence than cause. Why do I think that? Stretching never helped me by much. When I´m doing toe touches, I don´t feel any sensation in my hamstrings, just in the area "behind the knee" it feels more like tendon or ligament stretch. Progressing is really hard, but not impossible. Problem is that if I miss just few days, I´m back where I was. Plus it just feels weird, I think that this kind of stretching might do more harm than good to me.
Currently as gyms are closed, I´m doing naked warrior nearly every day, snatches 3-4 times a week, and pull ups twice a week. Few weeks ago I bought Original Strength Reloaded, and I´m doing the basic resets every day.
25 years old male, 189cm/81kg, sedentary lifestyle.
My issue are kicks. I just can´t kick high enough, head kick is impossible. Body kick is hard, uncontrolled, I lose stability and feel pain in hip joint.
What would you do?
I have never been flexible. I remember that our tennis couch measured our sitting toe touch when we were kids, I would say less than 10 years old. I wasn´t able to touch my toes even then. I was never limited by my flexibility until recently I started with kickboxing. I don´t actually think that it is muscle flexibility what is limiting me, my guess is that it is weakness. In other words lack of flexibility is more likely consequence than cause. Why do I think that? Stretching never helped me by much. When I´m doing toe touches, I don´t feel any sensation in my hamstrings, just in the area "behind the knee" it feels more like tendon or ligament stretch. Progressing is really hard, but not impossible. Problem is that if I miss just few days, I´m back where I was. Plus it just feels weird, I think that this kind of stretching might do more harm than good to me.
Currently as gyms are closed, I´m doing naked warrior nearly every day, snatches 3-4 times a week, and pull ups twice a week. Few weeks ago I bought Original Strength Reloaded, and I´m doing the basic resets every day.
25 years old male, 189cm/81kg, sedentary lifestyle.
My issue are kicks. I just can´t kick high enough, head kick is impossible. Body kick is hard, uncontrolled, I lose stability and feel pain in hip joint.
What would you do?