dynamic leg raises

jean da best · Post by **jean da best** » Aug 22, 2005 13:58

are your muscles meant to tense. when doing front raises, my quads tense A LOT. it becomes very painful. the same can be said when doing side raises with my hips, and i do move my pelvis foward, i do that naturally when kciking to extent my reach. the only one im ok with is back leg raises. can anyone help?

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Aug 23, 2005 05:11

Maybe you are moving your legs too slowly,turning it into an active flexibility exercise.I can't see any other reason for your quad to tense when performing a front leg raise.
You should try to keep your leg relaxed.If it tenses,it defeats the purpose of the exercise.

Dragon.

jean da best · Post by **jean da best** » Aug 23, 2005 15:09

the only reason i can give for tensing is i keep my foot flexeed, otherwise im worried of turning it into a ballistic stretch

CrazyBoy · Post by **CrazyBoy** » Aug 23, 2005 15:58

Which leg do you keep flexed? The pivot leg or the moving leg?

jean da best · Post by **jean da best** » Aug 24, 2005 10:30

the foot of the dynamic leg. even without flexing and trying to relax, and doing it very fast, my quads still tense. stretchign balistically is the only way i can get the quads not to hurt. my side raises are ok.

jean da best · Post by **jean da best** » Aug 25, 2005 05:13

i have to say with side raises, do you try to keep as upright as possible, or do you allow your torso to move down with the leg going up, to get better balance?

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Aug 25, 2005 05:31

If you keep your torso upright and don't tilt your pelvis in any way your leg won't get very far before you feel pain.

Here is a link to another thread on dynamic stretches:-

http://stadion.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=396

Some of the answers you need may be here.

Dragon.

jean da best · Post by **jean da best** » Aug 25, 2005 05:45

thanks dragon, but that doesnt seem to solve the problem. ive got a problem in that my legs are very heavy, and the quads tense up quit dramitcally

dragon · Post by **dragon** » Aug 25, 2005 05:56

The link was to help with the positioning questions you had/have.

As for the contrations you are feeling:-

Maybe Mr.K will answer that.I've never heard of that before.I suppose it could be possible that if you are seriously out of condition you may need to work on your strength-endurance to enable you handle the work load of performing the dynamic flexibility exercises.

Dragon.

jean da best · Post by **jean da best** » Aug 25, 2005 08:11

unforutnatly you may be very very right. i used to train very hard, yet never have sorenss. it was odd, as people used to say you needed soreness to progress. now i have what i wanted, and i train very littlle and yet its counterproductive. its not good.

i shoudlnt kick, as advised by my pysio, so i need to get the abductors in tip top shape. i must rid my self of impatience.

however i suppose ill have to ahve a regime of stregnth, endurance, rest. until my muscles can support my load.

i hope Mr Kurz can answer that question. it would be really halpful.