48 and I’ve been practicing yoga for 2 years.
After a few months I revisited Flying Dragon, not sure if it still accessible to me.

I’ve been consistent with my daily practice, usually 60-90 minutes, with at least 2 practices weekly focusing on hip openers (pigeon, lizard, frog poses) as well as different twist poses.

But what really made a big difference was the fact that in the past few months I have added lots of standing balances in my practice. Tree pose, warrior III, half moon and their variations, really gave me the confidence to enter the pose in a more consistent way and, hopefully, fine-tune it.

edit: spelling

Hamstring flexibility is essential to my fitness goals. This is the routine that I’ve been on for about 2years. All activities are done in the order I do them. I’m using a 25lb plate for the seated forward fold and a 35lbs bar for the Jefferson curl.

Hi all! Firstly pls ignore my poorly edited photo to remove my face lol. ANYWAY Ive been working on my middle splits since middle of June. I’ll share my routine for anyone interested which I perform 3x per week:

1. KB butterfly stretch 20# 2x2 minutes
   
2. Frog stretch active ROM: 5 repsx5 sets; hold 5th rep 1 min each
   
3. Pancake AROM: 5 repsx5 sets; hold 5th rep 1 min each
   
4. Middle split AROM: 5 repsx5 sets; hold 5th rep 1 min each

My question is, I am finally getting close to the floor. But my legs are not perfectly out straight. I’d say they come in toward my center about 20 degrees instead of pure abduction. (I really should have taken a photo from above so you can see what I mean) Is this fine, or should I continue to work my pure abduction ROM?

Also what’s your opinion on toes up straight or pointed?

I’ve been using Dani Winks’ “Flexopedia” as a general reference while trying to combine my strength training with flexibility gains. Dani often recommends good mornings + pyramid good mornings, but I’m wondering if doing RDLs with weights would give the same “strengthen would you stretch” benefit or if the movement/resistance is different enough where I won’t be seeing many flexibility gains?

Any other thoughts on differences and overlaps between more traditional strength exercises and active flexibility training welcome as I’m struggling to see the difference…TIA for any thoughts :)

I have muscular dystrophy that has atrophied the muscles on top of my shoulders making it impossible for me to lift my arms above my head. Most tricep stretches ive seen require above the head movement. Are there any good stretches i can hit at chest height?