🐉 My Flexibility Training

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I have attempted to achieve the middle split several times in my bodyweight journey. From my years of only yoga to treating it as a strength skill to stretching daily before my handstand practice, nothing worked despite staying consistent for even a full year.

About six months ago, I switched my approach to something completely different from what I had done in the past, and I have made more progress and become stronger in this movement than ever before. For the record, I don’t just want a middle split; I want to slide down with control, hold it, and back up.

There are millions of ways to achieve the same thing. So no, I am not saying that yoga doesn’t work for splits (it has for many I know), or that passive stretching is useless (it’s actually very effective). I just want to share what is working for me more than anything I have ever tried.

1. Frequency: I started training on a 5-day rotation for the split. However, my schedule didn’t allow consistent sessions, so I switched to training it ONCE a week on fixed days.

2. Intensity: high as hell. My body needs around a full week of recovery to do the workout again. Literally hard core strength training as far as how fatigued it gets you.

3. Volume: a little warm up. Then 4 sets of active work, and 2 sets of PNF work. Active work focused on strength, and PNF to focus on range. So about 6 sets a week.

At first, I thought there was no way this little work could get me the splits, but it’s definitely leading me there faster than anything I’ve done previously.

Once again, I’m not making this post to suggest that you should only “stretch” once a week for a particular movement. For many, you will need more, and some passive work will likely be beneficial.

This post is intended to share my personal journey and offer a different perspective on flexibility training. I will for sure be exploring this approach with my students that I feel can benefit from.

At the end of the day, if a coach tells you, “THIS IS THE WAY, ” do yourself a favor and find a new coach. I know it can be reassuring to hear that, but our bodies don’t work that way. We make our best guesses based on experience/data, and we adjust as we go based on the persons ability to adapt, because we know there are infinite ways to achieve the same thing —that’s a good coach.

Any questions below!

With Love,
Gabo

[Rory]

What does Gabo have left to train? I swear he's 100% completed everything in calisthenics and flexibility 😂

[arunshreyas]

No pain no gain
He worked for it
And he deserved for this
God bless you🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[Monika-izud]

Watching U is so inspiring and calming. Your strength and flexibility is worth admiration. Of course, U were gifted by nurture. Equally important - U worked it out, sweet- ( in Your example) no tears 😅, probably smile. XxOo for U and U're team.

[ilkemagic]

Been following you since the ThenX videos from maany years ago, you deserve wonderful life good man salute

[needspeed]

99% of men I know, won't even be close to this lvl of flexibility

[Governemntistheproblem]

Me when he casually gets up at the end. But instead of getting up on his feet, he just casually stands on his hands😂😂

[sab]

🙌 blessings on you ... thanks for pushing us to develop ...I start with my sister kids 3 and 5 years old amazing in 3 sessions were they are... ماشاء الله... 🙌 thanks again...this video atmosphere is a candle in the heart ❤️ 💙 💜 💖

[Rayan-mzco]

Guys generally dont train flexibility because its "cringe&weird". It wont change untill society starts to treat it like something ordinary, like women gymnastics

[KevinMorrisroe-gw]

🏳️‍🌈❤️. WOW. you make everything look so easy. Thank you for the inspiration.

[yemax]

That's neat! Did you lose some kilos? What is your height/weight?
Greetings from Russia!

[Neilharvi]

Hear me out! 🗣

If u got no flexibility as a man.





Atleast we got balls 😂

[Andicito]

COULD YO DO A VIDEO ABOUT RIB FLARE PLEASE GABO?

[monicabelenvillalba]

How should I start to have that flexibility?
¿How should I start to have that flexibility?😮

[salvatorelicata]

Is your girlfriend filming?
You should put her in one of your videos so we can see her.
I think that would be awesome.

[JL-pvvz]

Bro, Oh no, where did all the bulk muscles go? 😢 you've become liner 😮.