This was actually filmed awhile back and I have been doing these exercises everyday since. My splits have not only increased, but my ability to control high kicks has significantly improved!

@oscarmontamat9888

2 жыл бұрын

Didn't shoutout your boy in the bio?

@UncleSamSiam

2 жыл бұрын

4:04 sorry brother I had to 😂

@therandomdickhead5744

2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Thank you. I’ve been struggling to get more flexible but I guess I should’ve trying to get more mobile.

@damiennorth159

2 жыл бұрын

I'd love to see the improvement

@muskyelondragon

2 жыл бұрын

Great vid, thank you!

I love how realistic this is "increase by 10%" instead of the BS trainers "achieve full Split instantly", we love an honest realistic tip, here's a thumbs up

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

haha cheers!

2:02 Passive range is a range you force yourself into (floor, object etc) Active range means you can flex in that range with your own power 2:22 3:10 Passive range because the floor is needed 5:11

Good tips. We used to do this in my karate classes 25 yrs ago. We did partner stretch where you would push down and after try to lift our leg at various heights. Now at 48 i can still do nearly full split and control the kick through most of the range.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!!

@cosmichef75

2 жыл бұрын

Yup I remember those. I used to have these beautiful British ballerina sisters in my class that used to have us do ballet stretching exercises that really took us to the next level.

@myname-mz3lo

8 ай бұрын

those are still passive . it is only active if someone pushes down and you tense your muscles and push up against them .

@suspectplayerau6258

Ай бұрын

Yeah the partner stretching in Karate made me think about this, remember the black belts having their partners actually stand on them to get the extra stretch and then hold their weight, between each stretch.

glad i found this video, i now realize why my splits were definitely not looking good

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

That great Jeff! I’ve been doing this kind of stretching since the early 90s. We called it active stretching at the time. And, yes, it is a way more efficient way to improve your flexibility. Thanks for sharing it.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome man!!!

Wow! I knew about felxibilty vs mobility but nowhere near this extent. Very cool tips. Thank you both.

I have bad hip impingement that required surgery. Ever since then I’ve lost my ability to throw high/head kicks. I am saving this one for when i am fully recovered my my knee surgery. As always, thanks for the content, Jeff!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

no prob man I hope you recover from that soon!

Incredible, will be trying this right away! Congrats for the sponsor in your video Jeff!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks brother!

Glad to see you have sponsors, you deserver it! Thank you, again for the amazing content!!!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thank you brother!

This is amazing! Thanks for sharing!

Thanks brother I’ve been looking for this for long time !! 🙏

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

no prob

Thanks for slow and easy ways to step up to full extension. Since the time I started to learn MMA and Kickboxing, my Karate middle split ability was gone because I always reduce my effort to split in Kickboxing classes. 😅 Now I get a new way to stretch my legs up nice and slow. Thanks a lot brother as always...😊

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching :)

Love your training tips. Thank you Jeff!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thank you!

dude I have so much respect for you. Thank you for sharing this information! It is so valuable

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!!

Great content man!

Thanks for this! I only recently achieved the front splits, now I’ve been trying to find ways to achieve the side splits so this was perfect for me. Strengthening your muscles at a lengthened positioned really is the best and quickest way to gain mobility.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

I have to try this! Thanks for sharing Jeff!

@MMAShredded

Жыл бұрын

no prob man!

Yoooooooo Bring this guy back on man I need more of these videos ‼️‼️‼️❣️

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

definitely will!!

Thanks Jeff I needed this 👍

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

no prob!

Great video. Thanks!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Amazing. I have plateaued on static stretching as well. I'll do this for a month and report back. Thanks for the awesome content

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!!!

@ayoub8712

2 жыл бұрын

Feeling better yet ?

@jjun2891

2 жыл бұрын

Ok so this immediately helped me as well. I do side splits and I got maybe 2 inches more very rapidly. I also use this for frog stretches, and another really nice advantage of pushing down is that the hip aligns better and you straighten out any pelvic tilt. I def recommend this. Thanks a lot jeff! I was thinking to put up a video to show my own progress but I have never uploaded a video.

THANK YOU .. learned something New today!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

:)

I tried it too and IT works great! I have sent your video to a friend who is a doctor and teacher for physical therapists which helped me more than i can count with fingers and toes. He also confirmed it as a good way to improve flexibility but warned me not to get to kicking or sparring directly. Better in a separate Session. The gain in extreme flexibility always comes with a loss of stability in the tendons and the risk of an injury rises a lot with extreme and fast movements or hits to the knees. As always this is no critic. I'm a big fan of yours and i want you to stay healthy as long as possible.🧘

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!!

Wow!! This so awesome and insightful!!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

This is awesome. I'd love a series on stuff like this

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

noted!!

Impressive. If Ben is doing more lessons or anything of this kind, I'll be more than interested. Such a presence seems so valuable.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

shoot him a message on instagram @bechangeben !

Thank's coach for sharing

@MMAShredded

4 ай бұрын

no prob!

I'd say, that's actually the best and most valuable video uve ever made :D...top 3 for sure

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

cheers!

Looking forward to trying this!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

:)

Ben is a great guy! Very knowledgeable about the body. Helped me a lot when he was in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

:)

helpful demo! cheers

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!!

Thank You For this video

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

no prob!

It’s super weird how it’s actually your nervous system say “no I don’t wanna” that stops certain ranges. I have the same range as Jeff in that splits, but on a tab or two I can do the full box splits, comfortably, with no injury’s or soreness or anything the afterwards.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

oh wow intnteresting!

@doaimanariroll5121

2 жыл бұрын

@@MMAShredded my biology teacher / judo coach once said something that made me think. he got me to raise one leg to the side (like a standing one leg split) Then the other leg. Then both, but I couldn’t do both. He said “ what muscles or tendons /ligaments join your legs that make it so you can’t. He said “ nothing is connecting your legs together, except both legs have nerves that go to the brain, your brain joins your legs together”

@dkekeksoeooeoe2878

2 жыл бұрын

@@doaimanariroll5121 so why can't I kick higher ? Can u explain that please?

@conservat1vepatr1ot

2 жыл бұрын

Like, acid?

@doaimanariroll5121

2 жыл бұрын

@@conservat1vepatr1ot yeah, acid basically reduces the activity of the part of the brain that sorts out and enhances perceptions and forms them into normal experiences. So in a normal state. if you kick your toe, it hurts. If you kick your toe on a highway and a car is coming, it doesn’t hurt. There is a part of your brain decides what it’s important for you to be aware off. On acid you get all the sensations, feelings and perceptions, you are always getting, they’re just not being filtered out. (This is my basic understanding of the limited current scientific understanding btw) So yeah, the part of your brain that says “whoa my proprioception alarms are going to stop you from injuring yourself, activate pain and tighten muscles, is reduced in capacity. So it makes sense to me. Though it could just be reduced pain awareness.

I've been in the same boat with regards to passive stretching and slowly gaining flexibility. I'm going to try these principles and follow up with my results. Thank you for sharing this!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome! No prob!

Thanks for this, I've been in taekwondo for couple of years and I've always relied on my height so my flexibility is kinda ass and my teacher started to notice and told me to properly train as he plans me for an upcoming tournament and this video really helped me alot.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!

Based, thanks for the tip guys

Awesome content as always.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks man!

When I used to train martial arts I used some of those technics and I went from not being able to do the splits to do both the girl and the boy version of the splits in 3 month. So keep it up! :)

@m4z805

Ай бұрын

Sounds epic! What other active stretches did you perform?

Thank you!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

no problem!

Great stuff!!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

"I felt it warm my butt up, and something released" I see you're eating your greens 😂

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

LOL

Building strength in those positions is key to a great range of motion! PNF is a great way to do that!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

cheers!

Thank you for this it helps alot

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

no prob!

I have been static stretching for years. I tried this method and got more flexibility gains in one session than in a month of old style stretching. Thanks for the share.

@MMAShredded

11 ай бұрын

thanks for watching!

Holy shit, that works! Thanks

Thanks for ths vid, though i saw this a year late. Will be adding this and Gabriel Varga's drills to improve my hip mobility.

I've been holding on to watching this video for two months waiting for an injury to heal. It's been literally open as a tab in my browser this whole time. These are some great tips, time to get in some work today!

@MMAShredded

Жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Incredible tips there. Transformational for me!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Awesome Jeff, thank you for these good exercises that will help me stay more resilient on my path to pursuing amateur MMA in Vietnam...💯🙏

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

cheers :)

Man, this is exactly what I needed today.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

:)

Feels very nice on first experimentation. Thanks

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thank you for watching!

nice stuff! thank you, I will give it a try

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!

Wow definitely I will add those principles in my stretches

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!

Jeff is with another great video

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

:)

Congrats on 400k

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thank you!

very cool! these look very old school, I feel ive seen videos of kung fu and karate guys doing these!!

Thankyou so much for that priceless info what a top vid 👌👌👌👌🙏🙏🙏⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐💥👏👏👏👏👏🏅

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thank you!

This was quality stuff!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks bro!

Thanks!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

will try this!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!

Beautiful tips like always,Will try to do this alone with some resistance band hooked on the floor to get the resistance for lifting the leg lateraly like he did,thanks you very much ❤️

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!!

Thanx man

@MMAShredded

Жыл бұрын

no prob!

Hey Jeff as a black belt in taekwondo I got some advice if you want to hold your leg up. Btw these stretches are next level. But improve what you’re already are good at. Taekwondo fighters and poomsae athletes do wall drills for this. 1. One arm holding a ballet pole or wall. Other covering face. Standing in your fighting stance . 2 bring your knee up. Kick chambered (knees bent) 3. kick and hold one second in the air and then return 😉

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for those tips, I will def try them!!

great vid, i feel this should be bread and butter for all sports! This will be used for my soccer (GK) as well! Thx!

@MMAShredded

Жыл бұрын

cheers!

That's gold

wow thats gold thx so much

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

:)

@ayohab5757

2 жыл бұрын

im a fan for sure

Nice video guys, can't wait to try this later at home.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!

Man this guy is a GEM! he needs his own youtube channel, please let us know more about him!!!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

:) definitely!

Im gonna do it! Thanks

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

cheers!

I needed this in my life 20years ago.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

haha sorry im late!

Nice thanks

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

no prob!

That's amazing, bro. I knew the first technique, but I did't really take time to do it. It's about time for me, to do this every day. 🙂

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome :)

Great Video

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!

PNF is very effective in physical therapy, especially in neuromuscular disorders such as stroke

what a great video!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thank you!

Really useful

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thx!

Nice...I absolutely will try it

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!

@disacramento_music

2 жыл бұрын

@@MMAShredded Tank's for share bro!

damn why I haven't watch this vid until now!!! so useful, gonna try this on my next training day.

@MMAShredded

Ай бұрын

cheers!

Nice tips, will try this,( stiff ex soocker player in the 40ies)

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

cheers!

Jeff this is the best way to get more flexibility.. Great Video.. PNF stretching is amazing..Only thing I’d add from many many years of stretching is to start at 5 secs and see if you can get out to 20 secs, then back to back active stretch holds for 20 secs, then get up and do some kicks and leg raises, then repeat the whole process 3-4 times.. This takes about 30 minutes. Love your channel mate..:)

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching man and thanks for the tip!!

Very interesting!

@MMAShredded

Жыл бұрын

cheers!

Damn, tried it along the video and it´s crazy how different it feels just on very first trying. Definetly gonna implement these in my future trainings, the way how you can flex your muscles further than usual feels amazing.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome man!

Legitimately, that is nuts.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

cheers!

PNF stretching is a hidden gem (maybe not so hidden anymore, since there are many programs now that incorporate it). End-range resistance stretching is so hard... major gruntage. Also the final exercise shown is very similar to an old Jesse Enkamp side-kick builder video. I can attest that all these are great, useful stretching exercise. I'd also say dynamic stretches add a big positive component to developing flow and follow through on kicks at any level. Keep kicking!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks for watching!

Tried these this morning before sparring without telling anyone. Was complimented on my roundhouses looking much better. Definitely worked I felt great!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!

That ford is amaazing!!

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

cheers!

Whoa this worked instantly that’s insane! 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾

@MMAShredded

Жыл бұрын

cheers!!

Muchas Gracias!!!!! Genial

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

no prob!

@mariorauldelapena2052

2 жыл бұрын

@@MMAShredded Éxitos caballero, excelente contenido. Bendiciones!!!!

I love your channel

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thank you!

This helped more than old ways

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

awesome!

I've been doing the static method for a very long time, and just accepted 'that's my lot in life'. This though is definitely got me rethinking it. And I'll be honest enough to say that Jeff, being a no BS competitor, is only interested in reality. So that's good enough for me to at least give a try for a month or so and see what happens.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

cheers!!

So how would you incorporate this in a routine? in sets? And how long? Thanks for the videos. I tried these after training today, I got lost a bit because I didn’t know exactly when to use it

@myname-mz3lo

8 ай бұрын

just do it every day lol .... do you need him to write it all out ?

One word... WOW.

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

cheers!

When throwing a roundhouse I always felt a tug that led from my calf to my big toe and doing this instantly got rid of it along with adding the wider range, thanks again yall😂

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

cheers bro!

Gamechanger

Nice before and after 🥳

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thanks!!

Jeff, do you know if the joints are at a higher risk of injury if you hard spar immediately following this stretching technique (Since the joints are not used to this ROM)?

Excelent

Muscle energy techniques and active stretching are great. I'm a massage therapist and use them routinely with athletes. There's a huge range of techniques like contact relax, post isometric contraction, reciprocal inhibition, and active stretching that gives vast benefits that can be used pre event. Golgi apparatus and muscle spindle cells detect tension in your musculature, knowing how they work and using those receptors can be extremely beneficial. Great content 👍

@MMAShredded

2 жыл бұрын

thx!!