How come some people can lean backwards enough to tuck entire head under their legs out the other side ? (painful, yoga)
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This contortion artist pose is unbelievable how do I get to be able to do this and does it feel happy and comfortable? Or painful holding that position ?
Maybe a better question is why you feel you must do this? What's the benefit to you or anyone else? To show off and get attention from strangers?
There are people who happen to be unusually flexible. That, plus a lot of carefully focused training allows them to make such extreme motions. Takes years of practice. Hard to say whether any specific individual may ever be able to do the same. Everyone has physical abilities that may be unique to them.
This contortion artist pose is unbelievable how do I get to be able to do this and does it feel happy and comfortable? Or painful holding that position ?
Weird...and what's even weirder is I thought most men would be more interested in having that kind of flexibility bending foward.
Most people, even children, will never be that flexible. I was a gymnast and then gymnastic coach for a total of 15 years. There were some extreme stretches that I could never do despite stretching multiple times every day. Once in a while a kid would come in who was so naturally flexible they could hit extreme poses without really trying.
Almost everyone can probably get more flexible than they already are, with a slow & steady stretching routine or yoga. But if you really try to push your body far beyond what it wants to do, you will injure yourself, possibly permanently.
I definitely noticed a slow decline in flexibility over time, particularly in my back. In my early 20s I could easily do bridges, front and back walkovers, etc. By 30, they made my back hurt too much.
I used to be able to do that when I was in my teens. I could still do a backbend (and get back up again) when I was around 45. I can still touch my toes and turn a cartwheel at the ripe old age of 60. But no more backbends. I can /almost/ do a side split. That also used to be easy when I was a kid.
You "freeze up" if you lean over backwards without any support.
It's best to stand a few feet away from a door frame, with your back facing it. Lean backwards, and grab the doorframe. Slowly inch your way downwards, holding on tight to the frame. When you want to stop, slowly work your way back up.
...because different people have different levels of flexibility?
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