Wanted - leg stretchers

loz

Hi,

Looking for 2nd hand mechanical leg stretchers if anyone know of anyone selling.


Cheers

L

Gilgamesh

am great at pulling peoples legs, just pop over sometime, hehe.
honestly, wouldn't you be better off putting this in the wanted section in FS?

loz

Wanted is CLOSED.


But Thanks

Naos

20ft HMPE rope (High Modulus Polyethylene, a high strength, high modulus fiber)
4 Pulleys, Reinforced Steel.
5 Planks of Timber, Red Oak.
10 Nails, 6inch stainless steel.
40€ ono.

Gilgamesh

what do you mean it is closed?
could get on it fine there

loz

Mear wrote:

20ft HMPE rope (High Modulus Polyethylene, a high strength, high modulus fiber)
4 Pulleys, Reinforced Steel.
5 Planks of Timber, Red Oak.
10 Nails, 6inch stainless steel.
40€ ono.

Cool - now just draw me the plans and ill build one !

loz

Gilgamesh wrote:

what do you mean it is closed?
could get on it fine there

There are no posts in there and it shows closed from the menu - - and no option to start new thread _ unless its just rights/permission on my user ?

maybe the mod can explain ?

memphis

Yep, wanted in closed for weeks. Was getting too much Spam apparently!

Gilgamesh

but they split up the Wanted forums to the different categories, you now have wanted general wanted discs, etc. just click on the shop link and you will see them there

loz

Gilgamesh wrote:

but they split up the Wanted forums to the different categories, you now have wanted general wanted discs, etc. just click on the shop link and you will see them there

Ah - see them now, think there should be a main menu to them though .

anyhow - no-one seems to have any for sale.

Anyone know where to get new ones cheap ? - theyre like 200 yoyos in the kwon catalog


L

breadmonkey

I'm trying not to sound like an idiot here but do you mean strectch as in "elongate". Otherewise, why couldn't you just"stretch" normally without a machine and shelling out 200 quid?

loz

breadmonkey wrote:

I'm trying not to sound like an idiot

No ?

breadmonkey

Ok fair enough.

Now, why the **** would anyone want to buy a machine to stretch thier legs?

loz

To act as a partner outside of normal training times - to help assist and give that bit extra.

I seem to have reached a platea ( spell ? ) in my stretch using my usual methods - and i thought a machine may help.


If you have any tips - then please share !

breadmonkey

You must be very flexible

breadmonkey

Some advice here and here

columok

why do you need such static flexibility?

loz

columok wrote:

why do you need such static flexibility?

Apologies if i dont understand your question. I need flexibility for sport and thought that use of a machine would help my normal stretching to achieve more.

Now i know little of the science to any of this - i only know what i am able to do from my own experience of the stretches i do.

If you can provide some advise then it would be greatly appreciated !

Naos

Colomuk means why do you need to be able to stretch that far for such a long time.
Where in your sport is it needed?

To put it simpler for you:
When you kick someone in the head do you

A) Kick them in the head, follow through/drop your leg in one swift movement)
or
Kick them in the head, then hold your leg up for as long as you can in a stretched position while your guard is weak and you can get sweeped easily and god forbid get a kick in the nuts..

Now.

(A) or (B)

Roper

Mear wrote:

Colomuk means why do you need to be able to stretch that far for such a long time.
Where in your sport is it needed?

To put it simpler for you:
When you kick someone in the head do you

A) Kick them in the head, follow through/drop your leg in one swift movement)
or
Kick them in the head, then hold your leg up for as long as you can in a stretched position while your guard is weak and you can get sweeped easily and god forbid get a kick in the nuts..

Now.

(A) or (B)

That Mear dude has got a point.......

loz

Mear wrote:

Colomuk means why do you need to be able to stretch that far for such a long time.
Where in your sport is it needed?

To put it simpler for you:
When you kick someone in the head do you

A) Kick them in the head, follow through/drop your leg in one swift movement)
or
Kick them in the head, then hold your leg up for as long as you can in a stretched position while your guard is weak and you can get sweeped easily and god forbid get a kick in the nuts..

Now.

(A) or (B)

/leave #sarcasm

ok i find that i can kick better when i am completely stretched , rather than as to just relying on mostly momentum to get my leg up, esp on side or turning kicks. If im not i just dont seem to be able to kick very high. Id like to get my stretch improved to help that. -

not explaining myself very well am i - kick well colder maybe is what i mean

Oh thanks for the B tip by the way ! never though of that.

loz

Roper wrote:

That Mear dude has got a point.......

Yes - and i know where hes coming from - im not looking for fighting technique tips though,

Just that im finding im having to stretch for 30 minutes before i can spar these days, and i think its either down to how im stretching, or im getting old.

I think its down to stretching , and how im doing it, i think a machine would be able to give me a little more - you know how better it is to stretch with a partner - and that machine would be a partner for when im not at the class

columok

so you want to develop greater kicking flexibility- ie dynamic rather than static flexibility?

Then you need to do a good dynamic stretching program. The Kurz program in the other thread is pretty good as far as i know

I think for sparring preparation surely cardio would be 10x more invaluable then some medieval leg stretching thingamee? Or watching your diet. Do a yoga class and develop better core strength and overall suppleness.

loz

columok wrote:

so you want to develop greater kicking flexibility- ie dynamic rather than static flexibility?

Then you need to do a good dynamic stretching program. The Kurz program in the other thread is pretty good as far as i know

I think for sparring preparation surely cardio would be 10x more invaluable then some medieval leg stretching thingamee? Or watching your diet. Do a yoga class and develop better core strength and overall suppleness.

Thanks for this - Ill have a look at the Kurz detail now

Cheers

L

Naos

loz wrote:

/leave #sarcasm

I was deadly serious.
Try it out some day.

loz

Mear wrote:

I was deadly serious.
Try it out some day.

Thanks - i dont wave my feet around in the air waiting to be grabbed though - its getting them up there the problem !

Roper

I've dropped static almost entirely from my routine these days and replaced it with dynamic. I have noticed no discernable decrease in my flexibility and I may in fact be less injury prone than before. I was prone to hamstring strains- knock on wood I haven't had one in about a year.

Loz, not to sound too much like the Ghost of Christmas past, but I was once like you, I had no flexibility unless I stretched for ages beforehand. I didn't cure it by altering the way I stretched, I cured it by altering the way I trained, warmed up, and prepared.

loz

Roper wrote:

Loz, not to sound too much like the Ghost of Christmas past, but I was once like you, I had no flexibility unless I stretched for ages beforehand. I didn't cure it by altering the way I stretched, I cured it by altering the way I trained, warmed up, and prepared.

All input appreciated ! i know you guys have much experience in these kind of things ! probably tried and tested everything to get the best out of the training tme

Ive just odered kurz book off amazon anyway for tips - and im gonna look through all the past posts on here on the dynamic techniques and ill experiment and see what helps best.

Cheers

L

Tim_Murphy

That kurz book is good.
This might be of interest as well:
http://www.iutf-tkd.com/thesis%20-%20Mr.%20Fitzgibbon.html

loz

Thanks for that link - After reading looks like ive been doing a good deal of Ballistic stretching - heading for injury - and probably explains the lack of any great progress.

Thanks Again

Loz

Naos

loz wrote:

Thanks - i dont wave my feet around in the air waiting to be grabbed though - its getting them up there the problem !

Have you been following the topic at all?