5 of the Best Exercises for Learning the Front Splits

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In this video I’ll go over some of the most effective exercises for training the front split. These are used not only in the Gymnastics Bodies program, but are the bread and butter exercises also used by many other teachers.

Intro: (0:00)
Anatomy of a Front Split : (1:28)
Warm up: (2:09)
Exercise 1 - Standing Pike: (2:54)
Exercise 2 - Inclined Calf: (3:46)
Exercise 3 - Wide Hurdler: (4:31)
Exercise 4 - ATG Split Squat: (5:18)
Exercise 5 - Vertical Shin: (6:21)
In Closing: (7:19)

LINKS:
Gymnastics Bodies | https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/
Kneesovertoesguy ATG Split Squat |    • ATG Split Squat Tutorial From The Den...  
PNF Stretching | https://web.mit.edu/tkd/stretch/stret...

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