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pumpkinpie
hey guys,
I wanted to have your opinion on walkovers.
There is a girl in my gym, she is a little older than I am, something around 22. She has been doing
gymnastics as a child, she was an old L7, had a 4 year break and is back training
since more than a year, mostly for fun but still at least 12 hours a week.
She has all her L7 skills again, works hard on conditioning and wants to start training L8 skills.
She asked me
something I don't have an answer to.
The girl is pretty flexible, has all her splits+pancake, even a little hyperextended.
her shoulder flexibility is quite good as well, she has a decent bridge like the one of the girl in the first picture, with straight legs. She can do the bridge like the girl in the second one as well, but this looks unhealthy to me.
She asked me if she should go for more stretches, increase back flexibility by daily stretching it or not. She tries to avoid back walkovers as she is afraid of injury. Her front walkover is ok, but its not perfect as she can not place her foot close enough to her back to stand up pretty. Well, she actually can, but then she pretty overstretches her back and rushed the skill...
I was honest and said I don't kow, but I would recommend doing a normal bridge with straight legs everyday, stretch the shoulders but avoid walkovers and wrong bridges.
What would you say?
Should she stretch her back more by doing scorpions, needles and walkovers or would it be better to just focus on upper back?
I just can imagine the spine being so compressed that discs and vertebraes won't really like it
Why are walkovers important after L5+?
PS: I know I can't seek for medical advice here, but I would just like to her some opinions on it!
Thanks in advance!
I wanted to have your opinion on walkovers.
There is a girl in my gym, she is a little older than I am, something around 22. She has been doing
gymnastics as a child, she was an old L7, had a 4 year break and is back training
since more than a year, mostly for fun but still at least 12 hours a week.
She has all her L7 skills again, works hard on conditioning and wants to start training L8 skills.
She asked me
something I don't have an answer to.
The girl is pretty flexible, has all her splits+pancake, even a little hyperextended.
her shoulder flexibility is quite good as well, she has a decent bridge like the one of the girl in the first picture, with straight legs. She can do the bridge like the girl in the second one as well, but this looks unhealthy to me.
She asked me if she should go for more stretches, increase back flexibility by daily stretching it or not. She tries to avoid back walkovers as she is afraid of injury. Her front walkover is ok, but its not perfect as she can not place her foot close enough to her back to stand up pretty. Well, she actually can, but then she pretty overstretches her back and rushed the skill...
I was honest and said I don't kow, but I would recommend doing a normal bridge with straight legs everyday, stretch the shoulders but avoid walkovers and wrong bridges.
What would you say?
Should she stretch her back more by doing scorpions, needles and walkovers or would it be better to just focus on upper back?
I just can imagine the spine being so compressed that discs and vertebraes won't really like it
Why are walkovers important after L5+?
PS: I know I can't seek for medical advice here, but I would just like to her some opinions on it!
Thanks in advance!