15 Minute Pancake Routine (FOLLOW ALONG) 

Welcome back to the second splits focused follow along as a thank you for 200k. Hope you enjoy the routine and happy stretching!

Me: Shaking and convulsing Tom: Just relax

Love how you laugh when you say “just relax”

Thanks Tom. Would be great to have a 30-40min follow along lower body stretching covering side split, pancake and hip stretching.

I just did this whole routine, but I have a few questions: when do you add the eggs to the batter? And how hot should my griddle be?

Ur content is amazing man.. U deserve millions of subscribers.

I can't put into words how much I love this routine... Following them after any workout feels like a treat!

This is the best video follow along pancake routine that I do 3 to 4 times per week and it has brought me a lot closer to my goal. I have the rest of the year to make it a complete pancake with cherry on top! Thank you, Tom!

Aaaand relax I'm going to die in these stretches and you tell me to relax, sure 😂

I’ve only done this like 4 times, but I’m amazed by the progress already. Couldn’t call myself very flexible at first, but now I can touch my knees with my chin!

Will you ever do something like this for bridges/backbends? I’m already quite flexible, but I would like to build further and I really appreciate your content.

Anyone else sitting in a pancake attempt thinking flexibility training seems far more painful than progressing in strength training?!?!? 🤯

Estoy practicando mucho para poder llegar a esta postura, muchas gracias por tu video colega! Excelente domingo para todos saludos desde 🇨🇿 de un Argentino 🇦🇷

I have did this routine 3 times and on the 3rd time, my lower back hurt for quite a few days. I had over stretched when putting the opposite arm through. It wasn't until the next day that it really started to hurt. Important lesson for me was to pay attention to your body and not over do it. After a long break and a massage, I did the routine again and feel good because I am more attentive. I am in my 2nd week in the Tapp Brothers Double Your Flexibility Challenge. Last week, I applied a few of the exercises here to the pancake that is part of the routine. Today, I decided to end the scheduled follow along routine with your full routine. Feeling really good now. I will apply this again later in the week. Thank you for such a helpful video.

Your videos are so great! Thanks Tom 🙌 my flexibility has improved already after only 2 weeks of doing your routines daily.

I started this like 2 days ago, I'm gonna do this every morning (actually alternating this with a core compression/pike routine, one day pancake one day pike). I'll keep you updated with the progress of you will ask, and also I'll keep progress of my mobility for kick since I practice martial arts. Can't wait for this!

Absolutely stunning pancake work out! thank you very much for putting this together. Much appreciated.

It was great! Do it every day at the moment. Thank you for your perfect videos. Could you also do a follow along Hip flexor routine?? Thanks!

Best calisthenics channel on RU-vid!

What I did after following along - made some pancakes

I was able to do this after a full year of constant practice. Don’t get discouraged, you will get there.

Bru, I'm eating pancakes rn while watching a Pancake Routine. Word.

Doing it regularly, switching among other follow along mobility routines on your channel. Thanks Tom 😊❤️

FINALLY GOT STERNUM TO LEGS AND FLOOR!!!!!! This practise is incredible thank you soooo much!

Yesterday i got it all the way down. 2-3 months of pancake stretching. I was so far from it and i tried different type of stretching method and somehow got it so fast. What i did was 12sec hold in a position which doesnt hurt me and then go like 2-4cm down and hold it for 12 sec again and repeat it untill i go all the way down.. After a minute i was able to go down and it felt so weird because i was like 20cm away from pancake on my last session.

New subscriber Tom. I just finished 3 rounds. By the second set I was so relaxed & comfortable I had to do it again every much enjoyed. Appreciate it 🙏🏾 👍🏾😁🤙🏾

I have a habit of holding my breath while I'm doing things so I didnt realise I wasnt breathing till you said to breathe

Got my forehead to touch my left knee!

Love the follow alongs. Great routine. I'm feeling looser already.

The best i've ever gone! Absolutely perfect! Thanks Tom.

You are amazing. I am currently working to get my side split and I am doing your routines every night. Good luck for you.

Thank you Tom for this kind of videos, they help me a lot

Thank you for this routine that I completed it in 4 weeks and now I can do the pancake painlessly...

This was great! Definitely got deeper on my second round than the first. 👍

I LOVE your routines!

Ur ways of stretching is unique Helped a lot in doing basic streches Keep it up man!

I was inches to the ground but my hamstrings/ adductors slightly tight. I've greatly improved since I did this routine in Jan Thanks for sharing the video 😊

thank yyou Tom Merrick for making me a Body-Weight Warrior tm. I love you!!!

4 years later...I'm following along. 🥞

Thankyou Tom.

Amazing I just did this routine twice and I'm able to do pancake already. Still tight but able to lower myself to the floor. Tq

It's crazy how much breathing helps with stretching

My Favorite Routine after long Day 🥰

Best Videos ever

Just found this video and followed along. Really like. I will try to do on alternate days 👍🏼

Your content make me progress...thx bro. Cheers from Brazil

this routine is exactly what I needed. THANKS TOM🙏

Thanks tom, apreciate de pdf, very clear! Keep up the hard work💪

Does this routine is meant for achieving the pancake or is it just warm-up for the "real" training for the pancake? I can follow the routine fine but I do not see myself able to do the pancake at all. Thank you for the video though. Your content is very sound and feels safe.

Thank you so much for all of these. You da best!

Thank u Tom, love ur videos

Amazing videos Tom❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

“andddd just breathe” okay will do

Thank u for this video . Now I am able to do pancake .👍👍

Great stretch, thanks for this one! :)

Any videos to get to a Cossack squat? Can’t even get to that position…

Hi everyone I will be doing these for at least a month and see how far I’ve come. Wish me luck

Hey Tom. I love your content. Been really helpful. The only thing I can't get any progress is pancakes (my hamstrings are super tight. I can barely sit in straddle position) do you have any tips or a video for complete beginner beginner routine follow along :)? Thanks and keep up the good work

Loving it. What camera and microphone are you using? Thanks

thanks for the advices

Hi Tom. Loving the Pancake session, now firmly in my training plan. However coming out of pancake at the end of the sessions, feeling quite stiff in the hips. Is this anything to be worried about. Stiffness is gone within 2 - 5 mins post stretching. Many Regards

Hi just a general question to any and all. ~Does anyone have any tips for cramping int the soles of the feet?

Nice job as always.

Thank you!

Thank you for this video! Making progress!👍

After watching and doing so many of these videos, I am one of Pavlov’s dogs waiting for Tom to say ‘And that’…

Thanks so much 🤙

Love this routine! Could you make another one regarding the pike? :D

Feels like nothing is happening then suddenly shots of pain like Im ripping something and I've gone too far. Don't know how to ease in at all... Both legs feel mis aligned to be sitting on hamstrings. Going to keep trying day by day

i am liking this routine. Day 7in a row

I fall behind when doing a cossacks squat what can I do

Why is it that in the 90-90 I can fold all the way down with a little or non hip lift from the floor but at the pancake it seems like I’ll never reach the floor? Should I add some weight to it?

I'm way far from pancake 😹 but can sit in a squat now! But need my feet very wide turned out is that ok?

I have been following multiple types of stretching routines for about 2 years now, and yours is by far my favorite. I tore my acl and meniscus a few years back and had them surgically repaired, and have had no problems since, which Id like to credit to stretching. im wondering though are their any certain stretches or routines I should stay away from? im only 19 so I think im fine

I think this routine would be great if you add more "warm-up"/preparing exercises to the hamstrings. Things like sciatic never flossing, or something like squat to pike would be great. But that is just my opinion. Other than that, great job, as always.

I always want to do the pancake but unfortunately I don't have enough hamstring flexibility to do it

Thq for ur amazinggg content ! During this pancake stretch sumth pinches on my left leg close to my knee ! Evythg looks ok in the rite leg tho ... wat cud it b ! Also do u take personal online trainings ?

im notn doing this stretchesits deiififult

Should I learn pancake first then splits ? And thank you for your efforts 💙

I am not a very flexible person but this is by far the movement that I struggle most! First, I can't spread my legs wide enough, secondly, my torso doesn't even come close to touch my legs, and finally after a short while the outter side of my hips start cramping! Why??

First things first: This routine is amazing! I got a quick question, though. When I do the side bend, the hamstring of the opposite side rises from the ground. Is that wrong? I tried to shift my position/sit higher and lower, but it didn’t really change much Thanks!

would you consider a full upper body mobility routine? Or even a upper body series?

BONUS tip: always try to arch your back while doing these stretches, it works for me

Did he say at the end to do two more rounds?

In the video compared to the pdf is missing the 30s in pancake in upright position only. since I do this video frequently I just pause.

Great video Tom. Perhaps someone in the comments can help me with an issue I am having. every time I do one round of this routine and begin resting by doing for example the upward-facing dog , I get an uncomfortable sting in the lower back. is this normal? and do you guys also have this sting? or know what i can do to minimize this feeling? Thanks in advance.

One hip feels great other causes pain and so tight!

Ohhhhh ok stretching, duh. I saw the notification at store and grabbed some maple syrup. Bro, now I want pancakes....

The beginning was easy but then the end booooyyyyyy

How do you get your heel down on your foot in the Cossack squat?? I can get my heels flat in a regular squat but the heel under my body comes up off the ground every time I do a Cossack squat.

Can someone please explain when my inner groin clicks/cracks as I straighten my leg in the cossack? What exercises can I do to make that not happen because it doesn't feel/sound like it should be doing that 😅

I was having a hard time doing the Cossack squat, my knees felt like they were popping. Any advice to prevent this or progress the Cossack squat

5:50 i was about to try that until he said we have to rock back and forwards 😭🤣

Hi Tom and everyone Else, I dont think I am flexible enough for this routine yet, me feet Arent really pointings forwards and My legs arent spread like yours. Is middle split a good regression from this? Cheers mate

Love the vids but I am not that advanced yet, I feel if I was able to do the pancake I could progress with a lot of other movements but I can’t seem to be able to sit up over my hips. Any help would be appreciated. (Yes I know I’m just not flexible.)

hey tom, can you give some advice about this pain i have on my forearm particularly on the ulnar and extensor muscles when i do movements like tricep extension on floor and muscle up on rings, hope you can give me some advice man thanks

When I go into straddle, should I rely on my adductors or just friction you keep my legs from coming in?

Will this help with my cycling specific flexibility?

Should i feel my lower back when doing the side bends?

Hi Tom. I am hoping you'll notice this message. I was inspired by your videos on RU-vid. I am working on my flexibility. And when I tried doing the pancake, when I was trying to lower my upper body to the ground, I felt like there was a burning sensation on my hamstring on my right leg, somewhere near my buttocks. I would like to know if that is normal? Have you had any experience like that? Hoping you can answer me. Thank you.