I need to do the splits..but i can't! What can i Do?

Answer 1

Practicing every day is one of the best things you can do. Soon you will be a lot closer to the ground. At first, it will hurt really bad and you won't go very far, but in a few weeks you will see improvement.

Don't force yourself to go down, you will hurt you muscles really bad.

Practice stretching in a pike stretch (feet together in front of you, put your nose to your knee). Also a good stretch is to have your legs spread apart like a triangle and touch your toes. One more stretch that helps is the butterfly stretch. Put the bottoms of your feet together with your legs bent. Put your hands on your feet and bend forward.

At first, you will feel a tremendous amount of pain! But in about a month, you should have your splits!

Good luck!

Answer 2

Okay, streching you legs definatley helps when you do the splits, but there are a couple of ways to make you're splits better.

1. go into a luge postion and try to press down into a split. You must keep doing this every day and try to hold it for say about 30 seconds.

2. This one works best if you have a partner. Stand in second postion against a wall. Have someone push you legs into it. No only does this help you do splits, it helps your turn out too.

Finally, which ever you choose, you must do them more that once a week, or else you'll either never get your splits or it'll take forever to get them.

Answer 3

Personally for me when I began dance classes... I had trouble doing the splits, but my dance teacher told me to just sit down on the floor and stretch ur legs...ANY way you can!!....Just stretch your legs...

Then practice doing the splits about 3-4 times a day..( Sometimes it may be sore, but ull get used to it)

Then you can do the splits in about a a month...

Being able to do the splits, is the best thing in dance!!...It is very important!!

Good luck!!<333

Answer 4

side split stretches:
1st stretch:take a thick book and put it down on the ground then put one of your feet on it and go down into the splits position as far as u can and hold it there for like 2 minutes and switch legs.then do it without the book.
2nd stretch:put one leg straight in front and the other leg fully bended and try to touch your foot that is straight and hold it for like 1 min then switch legs.
3rd stretch do the splits as far as u can down and hold it for 1 or 2 mins and switch legs.
4th stretch:if u can do the splits then hold your front foot for 30sec-1min then sit straight and bend your back and extend your arms backwards and do it with the other leg.
5th stretch: do lunges

middle splits:
stretch:do it as far down as u can and hold it there for 1 or 2min and rest for a few minutes and do it again.


and yoga would help

Answer 5

Stretch STRETCH STRETCH! Ease your way into it don't just try to plop right into the splits... slide. Stretch in the morning, right before you are about to do the splits, and at night! Run (get your muscles pumped), do leaps, and stuff that will help your leg muscles.

Answer 6

i know that this sounds crazy but what i did to get down into the splits was once i got out of the shower i put on some clean underwear and went down. i think it works because when your body is relaxed you can get in it easier. trust me in about one to two weeks you'll be down in no time.

Answer 7

sit down on the floorand begin to stretch ,lean forward and do this twice a day everyday for 10 minutes a day each day push yourself a little further in a few weeks you should be able to.

Answer 8

do streaches similar to the splits everyday for one minute and you will slowly improve

Answer 9

Stretch! ALOT!

Answer 10

Practise yoga everyday....it helps with flexibility.