I want your realistic ballet flexibility advice
Hi! I’m on a journey to improve my overall flexibility as an adult ballet dancer and I’m honestly overwhelmed with all the conflicting advice online about the best methods, and I can’t help but feel a lot of what I see is not 100% honest. Everyone is trying to sell a course or get views with clickbait titles and most of the people demonstrating have been flexible since childhood.
So I’m asking for advice from anyone who has gained significant, yet realistic flexibility results- what are your biggest tips and overall advice? How much progress have you made?
My background for context: I’m 33, and have been taking ballet classes twice a week for the past year. I have zero dance or athletic background and have always suffered from extremely tight hamstrings- I have just gotten to the point where I can consistently touch my toes lol.
My current goals are to work towards getting my splits and to build hipflexor strength for controlled extensions