Two years of stretching...

[flexagon]

A year ago I showed the first set of "one year of flexibility improvement" pictures. Today we took some more. I am a little testy that this comes near the end of my hamstring rehabilitation, but decided to stick to my schedule. These are supposed to be representative of "pretty good for now", not "best ever", anyway.

As usual, heisenbug was behind the lens, and the cats sneaked their way into a lot of the pictures. :)

Same pictures as ever. But this year I'm wearing socks!

Butterfly stretch / baddakonasana

Boring...

Assisted forward fold

Please to politely ignore cat coming out of butt this year.

Reverse Namaste

My palms aren't flat against each other, but still!

Backbend

I'm shifted more over my shoulders, and my hips are more open (I can tell because the pubic bone is more visible). I thought at first this hadn't improved, until I saw how much shorter my stance is this year and started to look for reasons why.

Walking it in just for fun

Left splits

Remember Hedwig and the Angry Inch? This is flexagon and the angry inch. I have touched this one down, but only twice.

Right splits

I have no idea how my right has almost caught up with my left, especially considering the hurt hamstring. I haven't been working on these splits for over a month! One theory: stretching it 3x/day has been good for it.

Double pigeon / full pigeon / box pose, left:

right:

Creeeeeeeak! On the right, we have touchdown.

Straddle, still the toughest stretch of all

I will be lying on the floor one day if I don't get hit by a bus. Check back in 2019 or so.

Center "split"

This one got worse according to a digitally overlaid protractor, but the camera was higher up, so who knows. Dear adductors: beating will continue until morale improves.

Comments

[bluechromis.livejournal.com]

Look at the double pigeon - you're just kind of looking down thoughtfully. Now, maybe what you are thinking so thoughtfully is something along the lines of "Jeebus I'm breaking my hips", but it could also pass for "I like this rug. Rugs are good."

[flexagon]

If you must know, I was thinking "I have no memory of where I put my hands in this position last year. Usually I keep them under my knees, but if I do that they'll make the picture unclear. What the hell did I DO last time? Maybe if I just put them here in my lap it'll be okay." :)