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Originally Posted by myselff77
That being said, is the P90x stretch video good for beginners or would it be near impossible?
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Nah, it's straight forward and there isn't a lot of gymnast shenanigans in there.
IIRC, there were a couple of floor stretches that were awkward, but just skip those if you aren't feeling it. It's a 45 min stretch routine, so you'll get plenty of work in even if you skip ones that you aren't feeling.
When it comes to stretching i think most people don't push their bodies deep enough into the stretch to get a real quality stretch.
I did Yoga for two years in HS (weird, i know, but it was a thing) and my yoga instructor taught me a valuable lesson: That the body can actually stretch further than the limit you seem to think exists.
It's kinda like lifting heavy, right? You'll see a lot of people at the gym who seem to lift UNTIL it becomes challenging, rather than pushing to failure. They don't challenge the body, but rather they stop as soon as they feel the muscle start to get challenged.
Stretching is kinda the same way.
I remember being in class, doing some...whatever Yoga pose, thinking, "Oh yeah, im at the limit. I can't go further. This hurts..."
And then my instructor would come by, grab me and contort me more...i'd be like, "Ok, didn't know my arm and leg can do that...."