Elevated Side Split Testimonial
Dear Coach Sommer,
I am yet to see an elevated side splits photo on the forum. To be honest I haven't gone through it in detail - It would be cool if I was the first.
Just letting you know I am an avid fan of your approach to training and a dedicated athlete based in Beijing China.
I follow yearly regimented and planned training protocols. I am a martial artist and find your stretching routines to be an excellent supplement to my training.
Of course I have been stretching for many years before following your programs, however before the common reader shy's away and says "oh... he had already been training for years"... please consider the following.
I have battled with torn muscle tissue and soft tissue injuries for years, I am an actor and martial artist so going away and doing jobs or filming interrupts strict training patterns. I haven't held suspended splits since I was 19 years old which I achieved only briefly before incurring injuries due to being a gung ho die hard youthful man with big dreams in mind and following the notoriously rich 'stretching scientifically' method. I am 27 years old now and reacquired what you see in the photo within 5 sessions of your middle splits program.
Needless to say 'stretching scientifically' as awesome and as much as I learnt from it at the time - it hadn't given me an exact degree to measure against what was too much or too less. Your program does that beautifully.
Your stretches that lead intelligently in to the next building the tissue up and preparing it for the final Isometric elevated splits is perfectly cut from years of dedicated trial and effort, your mastery in this field is obvious and second to none.
I moved to China four years ago to master Kung fu, I would like to openly say of all the top sports universities, mountains and masters I have come across their methods are second to yours.
So thank you Coach, I look forward to the day we may meet,
Your biggest fan in all of Asia and your most dedicated student,
Troy Sandford.
