Video: How to do a Butterfly Gymnastics Stretch

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Learn some tips and techniques on how to stretch your groin muscles with the butterfly in this free fitness video on gymnastics stretches and warm ups.

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Hi! I'm Mandy Butler on behalf of Expert Village, and I'm going to take you through a gymnastics class stretch and warm up. I'm going to take you through gymnastics stretch. Just a basic standard gymnastics stretch. I'm going to start that with a butterfly stretch. I'm going to take my knees from a tucked position and open them out to the side. My feet are pressed together. Make sure you're not sitting cross legged, but that your feet are actually pressed up against one another. You're going to cup your hands around your toes and try to place your "butterfly wings" down against the mat. Some things for little ones to do when they're doing this stretch is to flap their wings. I tell my little guys to flap their butterfly wings. For older kids, you don't have to do that, but just try to get them to press their knees down against the mat. Some people will teach you to put your hands on the insides of your knees and press them down that way. What that does is creates stress for your knee joints and it makes you lean forward, and you've already lost your correct body position. You're going to cup your toes and press your knees down to the mat in a butterfly stretch.

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How to do a Butterfly Gymnastics Stretch

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