Basic Splits for Contortionist

Video Transcript

"Now like in everything, before you're going to achieve splits in the air, you want to first achieve splits on the ground so that's what we're going to go into right now, some basic simple splits, and maybe add a couple mementos and things in there for those of you who feel a little bit more advanced. First, you're just going to go and point your right leg in this direction and your left leg slowly following your right. Then slowly inch your legs all the way down bringing both your right and your left leg her for stability until you're all the way down on the ground in a perfect stretched out position. Your arms can also withstand. So if your arms are straight and your legs are straight you're doing pretty good. Since you felt the stretch on your right side, then you slowly bring your legs to the center and then pull yourself up into the middle and stand all the way back up, and then reverse it to the left side. On the left you again, point your feet towards the left direction and slowly inch yourself down using your right and left arm again for stability and bring your leg all the way down. Straight leg, straight arms. Then to get a little bit more of a stretch into the back area, slowly put your right hand to stable yourself and take your left arm, reach all the way back to your right foot. This adds a nice little memento and a nice little twist to the average splits. It also gives you a nice little stretch in your back as well. Then to get out of it, slowly bring your leg down. Use both of your arms and then just bring them back to the center and stand up. There you go. That's your basic splits. Now that you've accomplished it in the ground, let's try and accomplish it in the air."