Mastered the Front Split? Then Side Split Should Come

Once in a while people ask me this question: “Paul, you say that all the muscles stretched in a front split are also stretched in a side split (people usually mean true front split when they say front split) so, how come there are many people who can do a true front split, and yet, are not able to do a side split without training for it separately?” The reason is, when most people are able to do a true front split, the true front split that they perform is usually a deep flexibility of the front hamstrings and combined with hyper extension of the lower back and very little flexibility of the rear leg You can see that in the video below: You see it’s the rear leg where the adductors or the inner thighs are most stretched. Because

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How important are your glutes in a Side Split?

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Mastered the Front Split? Then Side Split Should Come

How important are your glutes in a Side Split?