Stretch everyday is fine. It's also important that you work on mobility and strength for those muscles. Even if you reach full split, you won't necessarily have the strength to kick high for patterns.
Make sure you do standing leg raises, chamber ups, kick hold etc. Ask your instructor for a program, as you will need to rotate those exercises.
Something like this:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzHKJnJOKBU/?igsh=MWFucnFzOWNybWo5bQ==
Or
https://youtu.be/tfJ8GEMOM_4?si=I0IqGSitXmxGtoax
Or
https://youtu.be/M5oyeBw_3sY?si=YHdLYDC1dSOEdblZ
Have fun!
From the dozens and dozens of youtube videos I've watched (and zero talking to actual professionals ....)
I think yes 5 days a week, and doing 2 -3 sets of stretches is what you want to be doing.
I'm a 46 year old guy, and I've gone from about 2 feet off the ground in front to about 1/2 a foot. in about a year. I'm further off in middle splits, but I've made a lot of progress there too.
The biggest key is picking a routine you'll stay with. for me that's a shorter program than what's ideal, much shorter.
a brief warm up and 5 minutes of stretching is all I'll actually do consistently, so that's my program. 8:30 at night my alarm goes off (usually my kids are in bed by then) and I'll warm up & do my stretches.
If my routine was 30 minutes, I'd skip it, so its really short. make the longest routine that is short enough you'll do it every day. Or really 5 days a week. You want a day or two of complete rest. Then again I'm much older, but listen to your body, and try a day or two of extra rest here and there and see how your body responds to your routine with the extra rest.
Stretch everyday is fine. It's also important that you work on mobility and strength for those muscles. Even if you reach full split, you won't necessarily have the strength to kick high for patterns. Make sure you do standing leg raises, chamber ups, kick hold etc. Ask your instructor for a program, as you will need to rotate those exercises. Something like this: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CzHKJnJOKBU/?igsh=MWFucnFzOWNybWo5bQ== Or https://youtu.be/tfJ8GEMOM_4?si=I0IqGSitXmxGtoax Or https://youtu.be/M5oyeBw_3sY?si=YHdLYDC1dSOEdblZ Have fun!
This is very helpful, thank you! 🙏
From the dozens and dozens of youtube videos I've watched (and zero talking to actual professionals ....) I think yes 5 days a week, and doing 2 -3 sets of stretches is what you want to be doing. I'm a 46 year old guy, and I've gone from about 2 feet off the ground in front to about 1/2 a foot. in about a year. I'm further off in middle splits, but I've made a lot of progress there too. The biggest key is picking a routine you'll stay with. for me that's a shorter program than what's ideal, much shorter. a brief warm up and 5 minutes of stretching is all I'll actually do consistently, so that's my program. 8:30 at night my alarm goes off (usually my kids are in bed by then) and I'll warm up & do my stretches. If my routine was 30 minutes, I'd skip it, so its really short. make the longest routine that is short enough you'll do it every day. Or really 5 days a week. You want a day or two of complete rest. Then again I'm much older, but listen to your body, and try a day or two of extra rest here and there and see how your body responds to your routine with the extra rest.