It's 4:49 am here in the UK right now, I'm drunk and stoned and I'm about to try this lol. Never touched my toes in forever (44 years old now). I'm gonna edit this with my result. Wish i could do a video response lol. This cannot work but I really really hope it does!!!!!
Who took their time to try this? Cuz i did and it feeaking worked. And i have never touched my toes with that posture in life. I didn't touch it tocday, but its the farthest i have ever been able to go, legit. Thank you Uncle Dan, much love 💖🇳🇬💃
This is called reciprocal inhibition. When you engage the antagonist muscles (quads), the hamstrings relax. This works with tight muscles very well, but not shortened muscles too well. Boom!
@@llamacebu216 i never said he didn’t. I’m speaking to this technique. I’m not trying kid, I’m a doctor. Sorry that threatens you so much you tried to shit on a stranger just trying to share some science. Go back to your fry machine.
HOLY SHIT! 😮 sir you’re awesome!! I’ve been having a problem with touching my toes while standing just like the guy did! I was about to leave RU-vid and saw this, literally filmed myself with my entire reaction 😭 thank you so much! I’m in tears 😭 thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I tried it and the knee stretch thing really got to the hips. It felt great. I gotta add this one to my stretching routine. Usually it takes something like the inside hurdle stretch to loosen up enough for me to touch my toes.
@@kungfukxnnydeethis is a long explanation so I apologise in advance. TL;DR: a slight bend gives you more voluntary control of the muscle and allows you to teach the body that the new movement is safe for you to perform, leading in the long term to more mobility than just stretching with the muscle fully stretched and relaxed. Flexibility is basically two parts. 1. Is tissues, how physically short your muscle is, faccia, tendons, scar tissue, collagen/muscle ratio in muscles etc. this is worked on by regular stretching causing small breaks and then continued regular stretching while healing so that the healed tissues accounts for the new range of motion(ROM). 2. Is the nervous system/muscle tone and strength. For example, when you’re sedated for surgery you’re strapped in because when fully relaxed your arms can literally dislocate at the shoulder from their own weight. Because it’s your nervous system keeping you in place by telling muscles how much they should be tensed when “relaxed”(tone)and how they should interact with other muscles flexing to prevent injury. To work on this you need to keep the muscle active and be muscularly “in control” of the movements. You need to teach the body that more ROM is safe and that you have the strength to protect yourself. Often 1 is a factor, especially in old people or people with old injuries that were not properly rehabilitated, but 2 is usually more important. In conclusion, when you stretch the joint fully, you put the muscle in its most vulnerable state, it’s very difficult to be in connection with it because it’s where your body already doesn’t trust you to be. By flexing the knees slightly we can keep in contact with the muscle and stretch them, teaching our nervous system that it’s safe for us to be in control of movements in that ROM.
@@Anthony-pi6pf you’re supposed to have a bend when striking but when doing a static or dynamic stretch, you do want it to be locked so that you can stretch behind the knee
actually, not that weird. the fact that you found it weird tells me you don't exercise or have an ounce of self-respect to follow a densely nutritious diet plan. good luck out there, Chief.
so, I'll apply that logic to your comment, and pretend you don't exist lol. I don't quite see what problems I am blaming him for lol. maybe you should seek therapy@@jpwdowiak
I went from fingertips touching the floor to palms flat on the floor. Pretty good! I'm definitely going to utilize this before taekwondo I'm always rushing and don't stretch enough before class
Me: "This is so stupid". Also me: *Goes to the bathroom at work just to try it* {UPDATE} Me: I tried it and it doesn't work. Also me: Maybe I need to loose 30 pds first cause my gut won't let me bend that way.
I’m old and fat, and haven’t touched my toes for 25+ years. Just tried this. Barely got my hands below my knees. Did the squeeze, and fingers made it almost to the top of the feet. Dayum!
You will also extend more the 2nd, 3rd or 4th time you stretch, thus doctors and PT recommends multiple dynamic stretching instead or one static stretch.
This is about the heart and head, since standing fast makes your bloodsuger go lower and makes you light headed(low blood circulation) your brains switch’s off and forgets you can’t do that move 😂 it’s all in the head 🧠, ❤️ and 🩸
Glad that I saw this before my fitness instructor told me 5 days ago to touch my toes 😂 testing my flexibility. I felt I cheated 😂😂😂😂 cause I know how stiff I am.
It will definitely work especially the harder you squeeze your hands with your knees because then you're focused on the stretch and you forget the fact that your numb knees are actually flexed significantly
Neat!! Never knew that one! You can get a similar effect by hopping in place 10 or 15 times (the body relaxes) and then you can immediately touch your toes w/ no problem! Learned that on JP daytime TV :P
@@antoniodossantosmarcos2527no. I justed tried it. It really works. Before doing the hack, my fingertips were 8 inches away. After I tried but didn't squeeze super hard. I finger tips were half inches away from my toes. Then I squeezed as hard as possible as if my life depends on it. And I was easily able to touch my toes. I am not a fit person. Dont exercise much and have never been able to touch my fit before this.
This works because the nervous system is recruited during the squeeze. The nerves then become less inhibited, allowing the muscles to more easily lengthen due to less tension.
@@HauntedINK No. this is a common stretching protocol called PNF. It is all about applying tension against the muscle, which relaxes the nerves, allowing it to then lengthen more easily. It is relieving the neuromuscular inhibition that prevents the muscle from lengthening.
This is called reciprocal inhibition. Stimulating the muscle spindles in an agonist muscles, the hip adductors here, will relax the golgi tendon organs in the antagonist muscle, the hamstrings here. Works on all joints, try it out!! Just to add, adductors aren’t the main antagonist here, that’s the quads, but they co-contract with the quads so they can assist in reciprocal inhibition, which is a type of PNF stretching. Hope that clears some things up :)
I’m 51, & never stretch… I’ve tried touching my toes before & can’t ever come close without bending my knees. Tried this, & it’s the first time I’ve touched my toes in YEARS!!
He just made him get his hip internal rotators get involved (which they should be) with the movement. Using a technique called PNF (Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation) which gives your nervous system some feedback so that it can help react.
@@GustavJung5845 sorry bro. Basically he made him activate the muscles in his legs that are used to rotate inward moving from the hip. PNF is just a fancy way of saying if I want you to jump really high, I will get you to use all the muscles involved with jumping somehow. Like doing the reverse, such as hopping off a step and landing into a squat position or into the same position that you start in right before you jump. Hope that makes sense?
It’s actually neurological. Pressure on knees takes the focus off hip stability. The lesson: We can do more than we thank we’re capable of, but our brain tries to “protect” us by limiting us. Break the self-imposed limitations. You are meant to win.
I have never been able to touch my toes. I just tried this and it worked. It took four tries to squeezing my knees each time I got lower and lower and finally I touched the floor. Wow!
It's called stretching 😏... 🤔 Don't you ever stretch before working out ? If not, Then you should.. I learned the hard way and ended up getting a hernia
For a deeper stretch, I learned in Dance class, stretch, then hold stretched position, resist against something (your hold) or someone, for 5-10 secs, then stretch again, But I’ve never seen this before. How cool 😎
Fake.... . on his first time his knees are fully extended BACK, but on second time that he can touch toes HIS KNEES ARE slightly forward and not extended back as in the first time!!! I want to see him doing it again with his KNEES fully stretched/extended backwards as him first time!! !!!
Basically getting at a stretch immediately following a muscle contraction - here it’s after the groin muscles (the adductors) -which are also grouped in with some of the hamstrings. By having an isometric contraction squeezing the hands together between the knees, then immediately trying to bend further, you’re essentially doing a hold-relax PNF stretch -which does have acute affects on flexibility.
If anyone actually wants to get palm to floor with straight legs, do elephant walks. Took me just under 2 months to get palm to floor and I don’t regret it.
By golly it works! I’m 54 and had 8-10 inches between my fingertips and the floor. After doing this exercise, I actually touched my feet with my palms!! Incredible!
I just did it. It took me two times with the knees squeeze, but each time got better. I have a disc herniation, so my toe touching ability is terrible. I’ll take any non-chemical hack I can get!
I also herniated my disc a year ago was in pain for 8 months, came across an account named lowbackmobilty. His advice helped a lot, you should check out his page bro
Whats really cool about this technique is it helps your problem areas without having to do work directly on the bad areas. Also it has dramatic results in less than one minute. Can also be combined with other techniques like assisted stretching and tense and relax. Very cool tech.
Se llaman elongación balística autoasistida, funciona con una gran parte de segmentos del cuerpo. Al realizar una elongación balística, aumenta el rango artícular y de flexibilidad. Muy bueno para lesiones
Something similar to this, saved me. It’s about the coccyx. I would put a soccer ball between my knees and squeeze them together. And then I would get a band and pull my knees apart. 10 reps, three sets of each. Did that for a couple of days, it literally cured me of an element I had been frustratingly dealing with for 15 years. The squeeze helped more.
Doing the first stretch makes the second easier, you are more flexible. Squeezing the fists makes no difference. Try it. Stretch and hold for 5 seconds, straighten up then try touching your toes or the floor.
@@bokoblinsr7598 Just did. Again. Reaching until the pain becomes too much, I am 4-5 inches away. Squeeze my fists for 10 seconds. I can touch my toes now. It's just stretching, it's not a miracle...
I'm from Utah my entire life & it's basically taking a jab at the mormons because they allow(encourage) their children to make babies at WAY to early in life... I think it should illegal & their parents should be prosecuted!!!
Fake.... . on his first time his knees are fully extended BACK, but on second time that he can touch toes HIS KNEES ARE slightly forward and not extended back as in the first time!!! I want to see him doing it again with his KNEES fully stretched/extended backwards as him first time!! !!!
For those that don't believe, I've been trying to touch toes for a long time. I just did two rounds of this, and went from 6-8" short of touching to touching my toes.
This is rare for me to comment but I have to admit this hit worked for my stiff ass body. I’m 6’3 and can barely do this stretch but I tried that hand squeeze and I really was able to touch my feet. Finally a video that isn’t making false claims and teaching me something new
This also works when you rotate ur arms back behind you at full length I don’t know if that makes sense but both arms like your bowling a cricket ball but at same time
