what happened to kenzie ziegler's flexibility? 

She hasn’t been in class in like about four years you can’t blame her.

I think her strength was never the contortion part of acro. It was the tumbling so it’s not surprising she can still tumble.

Why are so many people being like "she doesn't train anymore, you can't blame her"? No one's blaming her! This video was just made to showcase how Kenzie's flexibility evolved over the years, not to hate on her.

She was flexible for tumbling...but she wasn't contortion flexible like Kalani and Brook.

She was more strong than flexible, I'd say. She definitely had an amazing flexibility, of course. But all the acro she did was more about strength and tumbling, not exactly contortion, like Brook, for example, did. As someone who is struggling each day to learn dance by myself at a too small home, it makes me sad to see a dancer regress and loose passion, but everybody has different choices and goals.

Flexibility naturally regresses as you get older, so you'd have to train more to be able to retain your skills.. so if sh'es not training anymore it's not surprising she regressed! Although her tumbling still looks cool:)

Mackenzie can't do some acro anymore Jill: *THIS IS A GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR MY KENDALL*

She has said she prefers hip hop over any other so that's why she isn't training in acro

Kids just have more flexibility than teens or adults

Her at 12:bending herself in half Me at 12:staying at home and eating chips

As a dancer, this doesn't surprise me. As you get older, it's a lot harder to keep your flexibility and agility when you don't train for hours everyday.

She's still a million times more flexible than me so...

I mean she’s still more flexible than I could ever be....

That flexibility is more from an acrobat than a dancer

I feel like nobody remembers that McKenzie never wanted to be a dancer she wanted to play soccer and then she started singing so it's really not surprising that she stopped dancing and training

nope. She is getting too big. That stuff is easier when your little.

I'll tell you what happened: She got older and lost most of her flexibility.

She getting older, you have to remember when she was younger her bones weren’t fused as much. Now she’s fully grown and not dancing every signal day. She still is absolutely an amazing dancer.

She was never gonna be an 8 year old forever lol give her a break. I wish I could do any of the tricks she can do now

i think brooke was a contortionist and kenzie a tumbler

HIP HOP is a WHOLE different dance that trains WHOLE different muscles for WHOLE differently endings.

I always think she would be really good at gymnastics instead of dance, her tumble was perfect, she really had talent for that (sorry for my english)

Hmm, if you don’t have the passion for dance I doubt you would still excell in it. Maybe she’d go back to dance for fun idk :(

she got older and she stopped training that’s it lmao

I think Mackenzie was always one of the best it’s just she was younger and Abby expected her to be better than her sister

Mmmm honestly Mackenzie wasn’t particularly “flexible”, even as a young child. Plus a lot of the contortion stuff she used to do weren’t technically executed well so that plus not being naturally flexible, well it exacerbates the fact that she wouldn’t be as flexible as she got older. Tumbling seemed to be more her strength i feel like.

I really hope Kenzie starts doing more accro again, that's one of the main things I always liked about her dancing, it just stood out to me. I hope she regains some of her flexibility because I would love to see her do all those tricks again, but she doesn't have to be as flexible as she was on dance moms. Love to Kenzie♥️ You make great videos btw, I always enjoy watching them💕

Why are people even talking about this 😂 the internet is weird I swear 😭

When anyone gets older being flexible if not so naturally requires lots of training and stretching. Also if she branched out into different forms of dance it would require different set of muscles and skills. If she wants something she will have to practice and stretch. Losing certain skills from early on in her dancing when she was young is not negative as it helped her get to know herself and her body. As long as what she is dancing and doing is purposeful fir her than please leave her be

She doesn't train anymore as her singing career is taking off, so of course she won't be as flexible xx

I saw the video and title and thought: “uhh she just didn’t stretch anymore. End of story”

Why are people talking about, “don’t blame her!” Nobody blamed that child. They’re just comparing her flexibility from then to now. Some of you defend her when it’s not necessary ( I saw many comments defending her, so don’t say “I don’t see any” 🙄 )

I stopped dance for 2 years and just doing a back bend was very hard! So I wouldn’t be surprised if she can do it but it’s just the practice again.

We also need to realize that having that flexibility without the strength to support it is dangerous to our alignment. I’m not saying she lost the strength but it’s very possible if she hasn’t danced to much. And honestly looking back at her younger days, I would say she fully had the strength to support it then. I used to be hyper flexible just like her until I became a dance major in college and they taught me how to gain strength. I ended up losing a little flexibility but overall my technique and alignment has improved!! Moral of the story is flexibility won’t do any good without the strength to support it!!

And then there’s me who can’t even get close to doing one of those in the video

I'm not sure if you've done this already but, Can you do this with all the other girls please?

Well people loose some flexibility one day if they don’t practice it a lot anymore for me i was a gymnast and i didn’t practice again for 2 years and my flexibility is bad now i cant even do a split anymore which was easy back when i was flexible

no matter how much Kenzie trained in “acro” she was never the most flexible. If we’re being honest brynn & kalani could do everything that she did as far as the contortion and back flexibility. BUT she was definitely and by far the best tumbler after Brooke and Paige left👏🏾..

Honestly this just proves that Maddie isn’t the best at EVERYTHING Mackenzie was even better at Maddie in acro

Adjusting to your body during puberty can be difficult.

A great video as usual. Awesome job, lolliecandy! Keep up the amazing work.

All I know is that shes still better than I'll ever be🤷‍♀️

I’m so unflexible I can’t even do a bridge smh

Lysm! I hope I can get a shout-out sometime😂💗💗💗

Relatable . I used to learn traditional and folk dancing during my childhood and I was one of the few male dancer in the class that can do contortion tricks (most male dancers focus on leg flexibility more than backbending) . After I quits dancing, my back went stiff not soon after, followed by leg flexibility. Now, I can still do basic scorpion and splits but not advance poses like needle,tilt,teardrop etc. Our bones hardened as we grew older and that contributes to the loss of flexibility (unless you keep stretching everyday of course) 💁🏻‍♂️

I feel like she retained more of her flexibility and tumbling skills than any of the other girls that used to be on the show.

she gained weight and stop training. plus she's not a little kid anymore.

Mackenzie does more hip hop so her flexibility was lost a bit (like she is more flexible and talented than most people)but she’s still an amazing dancer, just not contortion or acro

When I was in dance, I was so flexible. It’s been about 4 years since I danced and now I’m not flexible at all 👁👄👁

you could see she definitely lost agility towards her later seasons (before she quit) which just made her seem less flexible. however now she CLEARLY has lost flexibility

I don't think many people realize how consistently you have to stretch to maintain your flexibility. I was a gymnast, lost all of that. Finally trained back my splits on both sides after years (thank you, dance!), stopped training them for a 2-3 months due to injury on my leg recently as I was on crutches, lost them COMPLETELY. Basically flexibility is something that's hard to gain (unless you're a kid, then it's a lot easier), but easy to lose especially as you grow older.

In the Dance with the couch you forgot to show the over split she did off of it.

You are making it seem like now she’s not flexible that’s bad but she prefers acting and singing more than dance so why talk about her flexibility if she has moved on from the show she has grown and matured and is decided not to do dance that’s her opinion she can chose her life so stop referring to the show and her flexibility- I’m just saying and am not trying to throw hate if it came out the wrong way ily baiiii🙃🤍✨

Great video as usual! Thank you for the great content :D

I truly believe that when dancers grow, especially going through puberty, if they don’t train consistently they’ll experience a regression in flexibility. Even so, your body isn’t as easy to get in the air or off the ground as compared to being a child. We’re talking going from 70 pounds to like 120-130. It’s a drastic change. It’s the same thing with ice skaters. Many of them stop skating because they can’t handle the fluctuation in their body and they can’t do as many turns or get off the ice as easily as they could when they had a smaller frame. Kenzie is still flexible but she doesn’t train in classical ballet anymore and she’s physically larger than she was. It doesn’t matter though. She’s still venturing into different dancing styles and that is just as amazing.

She got older . I remember being able to do a back bend kick over and after a while I lost it your body changes after a while or not doing something

I think Kenzie is flexible in the way she is fluid and consistent in her tumbling and tricks but she’s not flexible like Brooke where you don’t even know where on earth Brooke’s arms and legs are. But Kenzie is still good at tumbling and that was always her strong suit so I guess she’s fine

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I have a guess she grew up and u cant always stay flexible 😂😂😂

She stopped working on her flexibility..you have to keep doing it to retain it

I don't think it totally matters. I mean the regression can be a bit surprising considering how amazing she was at such a young age, but as you grow up, you begin to lose flexibility. Also, the fact that she primarily trained in hip hop recently definitely makes a difference because as a hip hop dancer, you aren't concerned with your leg or back flexibility as much as a ballet/contemporary/jazz dancer. Also, you also wouldn't stretch excessively in a hip hop class because the style doesn't rely on skills that require flexibility. I heard recently that she doesn't dance anymore and is focusing mostly on singing.

She got older, stopped dancing and tried different styles 😑

I think it’s because she’s growing up and she’s going through puberty and all that.

As soon as she left she grew a lot which would have also would have had a impact

is sad how the whole dance generation is stopping dancing is not just kenzie and the og dance moms girls... is everybody even sophia lucia and tate mcrae stopped dancing, i think the only one who is full dancing is autumn miller

She’s amazing still

Her flexibility strength is better than mine! I cant do anything! 😂😂😂😂😂

Why are people clinging onto the past? Kenzie has moved on with her life.

For gods sake shes moved on to music stop commenting on her freaking flexibilaty if she doesnt want to be flexible she doesnt Thanks for listning

I think if she'll put a little bit effort she'll get her flexibility back

She’s not going to be flexible forever ya know🙄

She's still more flexible than me though 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Me during this video: what happened to my flexibility☹️

Oh goodness all the flips are making me dizzy haha.

I think it’s natural for her to loose flexibility and skills, but I think it’s something special to be so talented and it would’ve been nice if she held onto more of it, but it doesn’t matter much

I don’t even know who that is so I don’t care

I don’t think she’ll do acro anymore I think she’s just doing tumbling for fun now

I miss her when she was so flexible and she was so so cute and tiny on the first season of dance moms!! But now she is so beautiful and I love her personality!!

Her flexibility decreased due to age and her muscles that started to set.

We're not in place to judge her for her abilities, I think she has always been an incredible dancer and will be that forever. Whatever she loves to do is ok and she should just follow her passions.

Wtf why is this even a video like everyone can loose their flexibility I went to ballet and I could do handstands and some other things and u be making a video What happened to her flexibility like that’s messed up

*It's ok because When I was 8 I was Very flexible and I could do a backhandspring but know that I am 12 I'm not Flexible Anymore*

It doesn't really matter 'cause she is so fricking good in hiphop 😂

I really want you to do what she still and could do huhhh never mess with kezie please

She didn’t regress, she grew up. I’m hypermobile (essentially extra bendy) , and am still less flexible than I was 5/10/15 years ago

I think 'regressed' is really harsh. What happened was she grew, and she wasn't being trained as intensively in either strength or flexibility so lost a lot of that when she grew, which happens. Obviously she can still do basic tumbles bc she's still quite strong bc she does hip-hop, but that doesn't require as much flex as other styles. She seems to enjoy hip hop and jazz style dances a lot more than contemporary, lyrical etc. Being flexible and being able to do tricks isn't just what dancing is about, its about passion as well

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This is one of the things that I hate about dance moms: They are Elite dancers while they are on the show, however, once they quit they are so burned and tired and even over-stressed that they don’t want to do it anymore and they lose their hole potential. I’m sorry, but look at Kenzie, Brynn, Chloe, Brooke, Paige and Kendall, I’m am not saying they are bat, just saying they could have continued dancing

As we grow our flexibility gets worse, that's why you see more kids who are flexible. I was dancing since I was 6, and my flexibility isn't like from before anymore

Without training you get less flexible so I think Mackenzie just grew up and lost her flexibility since she had no training if she quit after she was fully grown she probably wouldn't have lost it

U cant blame her wasnt in class for about 4 years where me i learned splits,leg holds,brige, and almost a needle in lockdown after 2 motnhs of practice i did not go to any class but as I stopped practicing I couldn’t even do Good split with out any pain before my legs were quite flexible

it makes me low key triggered when people say “oH sHe oNlY dOeS hIp HoP nOw”. she doesn’t, she still does jazz and contemporary, there are videos of her doing more technical dance

Simple,she grow up,she isnt a child anymore ,so she isnt flaxible like before becouse of her bones and her body are not like she was 9/10 years

Mackenzie frances zeigler has incredible flexibility due to the fact she was best at acro. However as she got older she lost inter in her dance style and started to do hip hop instead , she started getting used to hip hop so she started to decrease in acro.Mackenzie went on dancing hip hop so so as a result she could still do some tricks but she wasn’t as flexible as she was before when she was on dance moms.She could still do tumble however this isn’t surprising as the tumbling was in Mackenzie’s routines.maddison Nicole Zeigler claims she doesn’t like her sister beating her when they do the awards. Madisson should be glad that her sister doesn’t have that potential any more. This video shows that not everyone when they can get older still be something that they were years ago Anyways sorry for blabbing on and on about how Mackenzie was when she was little and how she was when she was older so remember you all are beautiful even if you are not that anymore like to her channel if you want to see one about madison Nicole Zeigler too.

lmao i used to be a gymnast when i was younger and i was super flexible, but after i quit and stopped practicing, my flexibility kinda went away so i'm not as flexible anymore but i can still tumble well. cause if you want to stay flexible you need to practice a lot

She was never all that flexible to start with. Her back was the most flexible part of her, but honestly for a young dancer she was pretty average. Kids are naturally a lot more flexible and it gets harder to maintain as you get older unless you stretch all the time. Now that she isnt focused on it anymore, its no surprise its starting to wane.

Everyone gets less flexible with age especially when you aren't training because bending like that is easy when you're little and aren't fully developed, growing hips puts a alter to flexibility since there are bigger bones in the way

How can this shit not hurt your back after a long time? Or like when you get older? Some moves really don’t look healthy

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What happened to Kenzie flexibility She got older...tf?