Here is something I've been thinking about and working on over the past few days. Theoretically it should make huge differences for length gains if you have a low LOT. I would like to get a few other people to try this. It is not a newbie routine, but rather one for those who have been stretching for at least two months and no longer feel that burn in their ligs.
WARNING: I've heard of many injuries from downward stretches, and this is much, much more intense than a normal downward stretch. DON'T TRY THIS IF THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU.
Here's what it is:
1) Do the normal stretches for 10 minutes or more. Once you can do the straight down stretch without feeling the straight down stretch without feeling lig burns you should continue to step 2
2) Do 2 sets of 30 second bundled tunica stretches (use the search button to read about these from DLD's post). This will stretch out the tunica so you can target the ligs once again. I do these fairly intensely, and my tunica temporarily stretches a noticeable amount.
3) Do the following straight down stretch variation: Standing up, move your legs apart so they form a 30 or 45 degree angle to each other (picture them forming a triangle with the ground. First do a straight down stretch towards your left foot, so that your hand rests on your inner left thigh. Repeat with your right. The theory behind this is that you will be targetting only half of the ligs and none of the tunica. Essentially, this will put roughly 4 times the force on the ligs as a normal stretch would! Start slowly and go by feel here so you don't injure yourself.
4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 until youfeel like you've stressed my ligs enough for the day. During the repeat steps you can do 1 set of bundled tunica stretches followed by downward stretches to reduce time.
So I'd like to get a few people involved to test this out over a month or two. I don't want anybody who just started or anybody who hasn't researched LOT at all. Send me a PM if you're interested.
WARNING: I've heard of many injuries from downward stretches, and this is much, much more intense than a normal downward stretch. DON'T TRY THIS IF THE ABOVE PARAGRAPH DOESN'T APPLY TO YOU.
Here's what it is:
1) Do the normal stretches for 10 minutes or more. Once you can do the straight down stretch without feeling the straight down stretch without feeling lig burns you should continue to step 2
2) Do 2 sets of 30 second bundled tunica stretches (use the search button to read about these from DLD's post). This will stretch out the tunica so you can target the ligs once again. I do these fairly intensely, and my tunica temporarily stretches a noticeable amount.
3) Do the following straight down stretch variation: Standing up, move your legs apart so they form a 30 or 45 degree angle to each other (picture them forming a triangle with the ground. First do a straight down stretch towards your left foot, so that your hand rests on your inner left thigh. Repeat with your right. The theory behind this is that you will be targetting only half of the ligs and none of the tunica. Essentially, this will put roughly 4 times the force on the ligs as a normal stretch would! Start slowly and go by feel here so you don't injure yourself.
4) Repeat steps 2 and 3 until youfeel like you've stressed my ligs enough for the day. During the repeat steps you can do 1 set of bundled tunica stretches followed by downward stretches to reduce time.
So I'd like to get a few people involved to test this out over a month or two. I don't want anybody who just started or anybody who hasn't researched LOT at all. Send me a PM if you're interested.
