My stretching routine....GOOD?

[Brak86]

Here is my stretching routine....tell me if u think this is too many stretches...i dont think it is cause there are like 1-3 stretches for every muscle

1. Legs
Feet together, touch ground
Right leg over left, touch ground
Left leg over right, touch ground
Legs spread, reach right
Legs spread, reach left
Legs spread, reach middle
Knee rolls
Seven-star calf stretch
Dragon stance
Butterflies then bendovers
Triple stretch: ankle, one-leg reach, pulls
Quad pulls

2. Neck, Back, Waist
Neck rolls
Sit on both knees, bend back
Waist rolls
Back twists
Push through, bend
Lady sits

3. Chest, Shoulders, Biceps, Triceps, Abs
Roller Coaster Wrist
Wrist Twist
Arm swings
Doorway chest stretch
One arm chest stretch
One arm bicep stretch
Triceps stretch
Shoulder shrugs
Shoulder stretch- hands interlocked above head, stretch up and back
Arm across body
Softball rotations
Arm and opposite leg on ground ab stretch

[Phorce]

Need a little more info then i can help you.

Are these just for warming up or for gettin more flexible in general? what MA (if any) do you do? Do you want to kick higher or/and grapple better?

Lemme know and ill try and get back to you.

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[terr0x]

Well it does'nt looks like shit so I think its quite good and quite alot and Phorce I want to kick higher what should i do specifically?

[Phorce]

Well it does'nt looks like shit so I think its quite good and quite alot and Phorce I want to kick higher what should i do specifically?

Well.....i read a gymnastics book on stretching and it said to specify in ballistic stretches. This was supporting a little of your weight on something you face (i.e. a horse, i do it on my kitchen side) and swing one leg to the outside mimicing the roundhouse POSITION..not the movement as such..just swing the leg. Make sure youve warmed up beforehand, but eventually youll be able to go straight into this type of training and swing high. Start low and get higher and higher...youll get better in time.

A lot of people say that you can really injure yourself from this method...ive not suffered many injuries, but the ones i have MAY have been through this method from just goin in too high to begin.

Hope this helps, let me know if it does.

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[Durendal]

I think people mainly injure themselves in ballistic streching by doing them first thing in the morning, or before they've streched out at all while they're very tight.

Be careful of sitting on your knees and leaning your back flat against the floor. It's very stressful on your knees and can possibly tear your back.

Try sitting up with your legs together flat on the floor and instead of just reaching your arms out to your toes, grab your feet with your hands and pull. If you can touch the ground while standing up and bending down without feeling too much burn, then you need to go past your feet.