This may have been adressed earlier, though my searches have yeilded fruitless. What I'm looking to do is get a good, flat pike and pancake (or a closed straddle, depending on what you call it). My pike is fairly decent, though when I'm seated in a straddle (fairly narrow because of messed up hips), I can't even get to 90 degrees. Would a way around this be to stand on two benches (straddled) and bend down while holding a heavy plate? I think Coach suggested this in an earlier article, I was wondering if it would work for this as well.
If anyone has any suggestions on how to get a better stretch I would appreciate it very much.