Pancake work

Hello, here’s the pancake exercises from good mornings to floating pancake, any feedback appreciated!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r24xwkgircsmc98/2020-05-17 17.12.40.mov?dl=0

16 hours ago, Giulio Pizzini said:

Hello, here’s the pancake exercises from good mornings to floating pancake, any feedback appreciated!

https://www.dropbox.com/s/r24xwkgircsmc98/2020-05-17 17.12.40.mov?dl=0

 

Hey Giulio, only for my curiosity...how is your front split?

It’s bad because of the hip flexor, the hamstring is not too bad.

Do you want to see a video?

Yes, the problem is the general limitation over the front split. the less you move down the less the contribution of the hamstring the less the proficiency.

it's like having the car with 2 possible problems.... It does not matter if only one is bigger...the the car does still not start...

Here are the front split videos:

pike

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mqpkj5qngcnd8bu/2020-05-22 17.06.04.mov?dl=0

split one side

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5i9mbb80hn6t5ng/2020-05-22 17.25.36.mov?dl=0

split other side

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n89wb201r7o85qk/2020-05-22 17.21.56.mov?dl=0

18 hours ago, Giulio Pizzini said:

Here are the front split videos:

pike

https://www.dropbox.com/s/mqpkj5qngcnd8bu/2020-05-22 17.06.04.mov?dl=0

split one side

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5i9mbb80hn6t5ng/2020-05-22 17.25.36.mov?dl=0

split other side

https://www.dropbox.com/s/n89wb201r7o85qk/2020-05-22 17.21.56.mov?dl=0

What about the normal front split...without the shinbone on the wall.

Here you go, both sides, first time I do it like this. I made sure to keep the hip squared in line like in the wall exercise
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ria0uyrjkutn18w/2020-05-23 17.48.20.mov?dl=0

On 5/23/2020 at 7:46 PM, Giulio Pizzini said:

Here you go, both sides, first time I do it like this. I made sure to keep the hip squared in line like in the wall exercise
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ria0uyrjkutn18w/2020-05-23 17.48.20.mov?dl=0

 

Well the ability to stretch more the hamstring in the front split is limited by the hips flexor which is extremely tight in your case. Doing some separate work in the front split video you attached with the anterior knee bent will give you better work on hips flexor rather that hamstring of the anterior leg.

I have decades of sitting to undo