pancake walk bounce circle question

Hey guys, 

I just read Daniels post here:

 mentioned. pancake reps worked fine so far. now as I continue the series bounces, walks and circles come up. How should I manage to do those? does it even make sense to do them with bent legs? should i skip them until a pancake with straight legs? 

Hi Joachim,

Try to do a light variation of these with bent legs. Feel free to submit a video of your attempt. If this is still feeling uncomfortable, you can put this on hold until your flexibility improves  

Thanks Pauline, i'll give it a try and let you know about it  

Little question came up: should i touch the floor or a surface which is at the same level as the chair i'm sitting on? Video will follow  

Hi @Joachim Hecht,

Yes try same level or lower. We are waiting for the video. Goodluck.

Okay then, 

I'm a bit nervous... first youtube experience and first video upload here  

The first video is about my normal pancake. I filmed both straight and bent legs. What do you think about it? I felt better in the bent version.

Second video is about my circles etc. I placed the pillows i a 45 ° angle. I hope you see enough of my body in the video. Didn't find the perfect spot for the videos yet. 

Hey Joachim , on the bent leg variation you need to increase the knee extension. with bent I mean knee extended up to 160-170 degrees.

Okay, I'm adjusting that! What about the circles etc.?  

And should I continue with the bent variation or switch to the straight one?

56 minutes ago, Joachim Hecht said:

Okay, I'm adjusting that! What about the circles etc.?  

Just my thoughts, if your knees are slightly bent in regular pancake, do the same in the circles. Basically legs don't need to be re-adjusted when you move from one pancake variation to another.

Not sure if it's the video angle, are your legs less spread out in the circles than in the regular pancake? If so, try to split them more (to the same degree as in the regular pancake) and get the stretch in the groin as well. 

Thanks Jin! Spread was the same  actually i didn‘t like to change between the excercise but maybe in generell from bent to straight?