I did a year of daily stretching and this is what happened
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- čas přidán 19. 06. 2024
- When the COVID lockdown came in, I decided to use the opportunity to spend 15-20 minutes per day stretching to see if I could become more flexible. In this video, I will discuss what I did and what happened.
TL;DR I became a little more flexible, but not too much.
I tried a different programme every month or so, working my way through Alo Moves, Lucas Rockwood's Gravity Yoga, yoga teacher training, CZcams, Down Dog, Stretching Anatomy, Stretching Scientifically, Hyperbolic Stretching and GOWOD.
Flexibility has many lifestyle factors including how active you are, what exercise you do, whether you work at a desk and even how you sleep. Genetics also play a factor. So, some people are going to find it more difficult than others.
Overall, my favourite app was GOWOD because it was able to demonstrate progress. However, I also enjoyed yoga teacher training for personal development and fun.
Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
01:40 Alo Moves
03:33 Gravity Yoga
08:34 Yoga teacher training
12:19 Down Dog app
13:00 Stretching Anatomy
14:05 Stretching Scientifically
15:50 Hyperbolic Stretching
18:24 GOWOD app
21:52 Conclusion - Sport
Thank you for your reviews of the programs. I'm working on improving my flexibility and mobility. Progress is slow, now I know not to stress out about it.
Exactly what I hoped to find when I Goggled Hyperbolic Stretching reviews. Moreover, in your self-description (perhaps in the HS video) as a person who is not (genetically) very flexible, I saw myself clearly. I seriously doubt I would achieve stretching results in any program that would be better than the results you got. But I did buy Scientific Stretching, just to see what I might accomplish. Thanks, Chris.
thanks for taking the time to do this. super helpful
I ended here because I wanted to know more about HyperbolicStreching: it's still everywhere!! I tried YB last year and I agree with you: I like Lucas way to be but I didn't feel I was improving plus some of the poses where a real nightmare to hold for that long. I wanted to try the HS now but it sounded unreal. Glad I found your video! I really appreciate your honesty. Really helpful!! Thanks!!
I like your realism and balanced analysis, which cuts through a lot of fluff online. You clearly spent a lot of time practicing and researching stretching, thank you for your summary of this.
Thank you for being completely and honestly trustworthy. I was curious about hyperbolic stretching, and now know that I should have believed my gut reaction to their magical markeing claims.
Great Video, Dude! Appreciate all the work you put in!
I wanted to see your progress ... but so glad you did this.
Amazing breakdown! This is such a concise explanation of these programs without marketing.
Thank you so much for this video! I appreciate your point of view in all of this. This was really informational and very helpful. Well done!
Really nice video👍 and yes it takes years of daily stretching to get there. I'm 2,5 years in and I've made a lot of progress but I still have a long way to go 😀
Awesome video Chris. I appreciate the effort you put into this. Cuts through all the fluff and appeals to the everyman.
Thanks for the video, really enjoyed it.
Was exploring these topics and this video really helped!
Great review. Thanks for taking the time.
I love your video. It is very informative. You have made a lot of effort in it by stretching every day in a year and shearing your results. I like that.
Thank you for your honesty… I thankfully decided to explore reviews before I paid out my $ and put in the time to put aside for the program. Appreciated!
Thanks for the review, Chris 👍
This was good. I appreciate your honesty.
I am so grateful with your videos, thank you 😊 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thanks for content. Your dedication is appreciated, all very helpful.
I appreciated this video. I actually teach gravity yoga and can confidently say this stuff works wonders. I’d say a way to measure your mobility gains is also noticing if you feel less overall pain and tightness during the day. It’s all about reestablishing the range of motion and mobility we had when we were kids. Everyday movement patterns make us super stiff over time.
thanks, really appreciated the honest assessments, keep going!
Thanks Chris. Really appreciate the time and effort that you put in to this video and reviewing the various options available for improving our flexibility.
I second that!
Thanks for doing what we are unable to. You incite is invaluable.
@ 22:05 He finally talks about wat He learned...found this video helpful ty🎉😊
Thanks for cheering the experience...it was important for me....
Realistic outlook. Thanks for the video
I really appreciate your views on this. Been doing self-derived PNF style programme for a couple of years now and not finding a lot of results so I came to your channel having been captivated by the hyperbolic stretching ads and wanting to find out if there really was some kind of stretching that would bring the results I wished for. It's good to see from your practical demonstration that I probably don't need different stretches so much as to do them more often!
Thank you for your honest reviews. 😁
Really useful and helpful impartial review! Thank for for putting in the effort. Glad you got some results too.
Clicked around ads and comments on Hyperbolic Stretching and that brought me here :-D I‘m not interested in stretching myself, but enjoyed your video review nonetheless. Really nice presentation, lovely accent, thank you.
Thank you!!
Great review!
I appreciate your video SO MUCH !! I had the same thoughts about the marketing and YT vids and comments !
Thank you for your review!
Thanks for your efforts in sharing with us your journey of flexibility workouts. This content really gave me a good idea of what i can learn from the available programs online.
THANK YOU😊
Really informative information you shared Thankyou 😃
Thanks for the video! This was so interesting... I agree def genetics helps indeed.
Thanks!
Thanks 🙏
I'm glad I watched this rather than actually trying it, I knew it was all genetics! :P
Thanks so much for this information, Chris! Have you ever tried Hanna Somatic Education? (I like Martha Peterson's book on it. Also lots of videos on CZcams.) Would love to hear your thoughts on it.
Thanks
Damn! That makes me depressed - but I appreciate the honestly!!! I'm a female - can't touch my toes. My grandma can and she's a super obese lady (300++ pounds) who's never exercised a day in her life. I hate throwing out the cop-out genetics excuse... but I really am starting to believe that. Seeing your journey tells me it's gonna be a long road ahead. I wish gowod was a one time subscription - I hate monthly subscriptions. I'll subscribe to your channel and learn more
It is a long journey but also definitely possible to make a difference. It is annoying that gowod is a subscription given it doesn't really provide a service.
Great video, I saw an ad for hyperbolic stretching and it looked too good to be true. There is however a program that has the secret to stretching which has not been mainstream.
Yoga doesn't build flexibility because there's no standard and it demonstrates flexibility. Only naturally flexible people do yoga. There's no progressive plan to actually build flexibility.
Chi Kung worked for me. It took 8 months to a year but yes, it works and free.
With loaded stretching, you'll make more progress in a few months than in a few years of yoga.
Belter this mate.. I’ve looked at gravity yoga myself .. have you ever done Tom Morrisons Simplistic mobility method?
Chris, good video. I am a big believer that the stretching needs to be long holds. The only way I gained my flexibility was an hour a day. And setting a goal, to go two more inches every day. No program, just yoga. But that 2 inch goal was a game changer. I did manage to get into the full split with my diligence in a two month time. And is making my partner do it He is progressing too.
Yes, I like yin yoga, you need more time then 15 minutes a day. Long holds will definitely give you the flexibility to need.
@@fergie201 yes!! Yin yoga and longer holds. it is what I did. 🧡
I found that doing yoga regularly for an hour a day didn't cut it at all stretching wise. Its only when I started a session of deep tissue massages that I started to see progress. It can be the fascia around the muscles rather than the muscles themselves that won't stretch and you also have nerves to contend with as well They can send signals to the brain to stop the stretch.
Maybe you'd like to try Karin Dimirovova's 'Beyond Flexibility' program. I can't say much yet. I only just started it. But I've done her 'Core Play' program. Though it's definitely out there with the claims also. 😅
(I've done the 30 day core play program 2x and still I am a fair way from achieving the advertised outcomes. However, I've had enough improvement to do a third round, this time in combination with Beyond Flexibility, to alleviate repetitiveness and include more stretching. It's not perfect. But it's not bad. It's simple enough to persue before work and does not require further info /research to perform (for me anyway).
Hello, thank you for your analysis. I was looking for your review about the "easy flexibility" programme of Paul Zaichik (Kinesiological Stretching Technique) but, unfortunately, I did not see it here. Would you try it out and give a feedback, please?
Thank you...very helpful. What would you suggest for a beginner over 50
I like yoga because the difficulty can scale up and down: chair yoga is suitable for everyone and can progress on to vinyasa flow.
Actually, Yogabody precisely defines what he means by doubling flexibility. It's cutting in half the distance between your current max and full range of motion.
Hello, where can I find the programme of "Yogabody"?
No idea, on their website I guess. I'm not part of their team 😁. In fact I'm so unflexible, I'd be bad publicity!
Thank you for this video Chris!.. I'm a yoga teacher and have been looking to help my students and my self with gaining flexibility in a easier and permanent way. I have just read the book Move Into Life: NeuroMovement for Lifelong Vitality by Anat Baniel.. and I'm about to start her NeuroMovement Whole Body Fitness programing, I think you'll love the concept and i'm very hopeful that this could be that magic pill to easy and life long flexibility! Maybe you could do a video on this technic?
Thanks for your video, but if I want to dedicate enough time in the next years to stretching, which program is the best one?
GOWOD was my favourite.
Chris, Don't you think your distance aerobic sports work against flexibility gains? I deal with the same. A lifetime where those had primary focus and now having a harder time than I think most do trying to improve mobility. For that matter, never put on big muscle either. Anyway, am still stiff but plugging away and about to go for a jog. Thanks for your report!
Yeah, I think it probably does.
@@ChrisWorfolk wouldn't give up either though + strength + balance and coordination + certain skills + speed and power ++++ wonder how one gets anything else done
i used to be able to get my elbows on the floor bending forward. but i can't anymore cos as far as i can tell stretching has no aesthetic benefits, so what's the point?!?!?
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Flexibility is important as you age
Lol
Doing splits is not important, but range of motion and strength, I find, at age 71, are very important. And flexibility is part of that. You might not be able to gain much more flexibility, but stretching to maintain flexibility and range of motion is essential as we age. In the whole body not just legs!
Man, I've found that when you stretch, if you feel no pain at all, you barely progress. On the other hand, pushing yourself, and letting a little (or not so little) pain embrace you hahaha, the progress is really different.
Up voted due to you laughing and talking about stretching on the sofa
I am late to the game but really feeling the need to improve my flexibility recently and came across the HypStretching. I really appreciate your honest review. Nothing has changed in the last 3 years, almost every youtube video I watched until yours was obviously invested in the sales they generated and full of poop. I will look into Gowod and see if that fits my needs, Thanks again!
Thanks!
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