how do you get a better toe touch and get your back handpring in a month????
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try working on your abs, this will allow you to get your legs up higher...maybe try jumping on a trampoline also. it doesnt have to be big, i have a small one and my jumps have improved a lot! also work on arm strength for the back handspring..just work hard at it! and once you get it you'll have it. just practice. trust me! :) k well i hope it helps.
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I know that these take along time, I took longer on these than I did things like back handsprings and back tucks! Back bend kick overs are one of the most important things to know in gymnastics.\nMake sure you have a"spotter" to arch your back correctly and so you don't fall.\nGet in your back bend.\nStart to rock a little bit, that warms up your muscles. \nPush off the ground with the foot you AREN'T kicking over, have your spotter support the leg and help push it over.\nYou need strong arms and back to be able to do a back bend kick over, not so much with the legs. \nGood luck.
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front flips are way harder than back flips... and a little dangerous on the trampoline (cause you can over-rotate and smash your nose on the frame).  So, start by jumping up, and flipping forward, landing on your butt.  As you get used to this, jump higher and higher.  Eventually, you will be comfortable enough to try to land on your feet.\n\nBackflip:  can you do a backhandspring on the tramp?  if so, try to take your hands away.  This will give you a "whip-back".  If you want to do a back tuck, you need to jump up, spotting a tree or something.  jump up high and when you get up to maximum height, slam your knees into your chest.  (you should practice this laying down on the carpet.  you will feel yourself start a quick back-roll)  As you slam your knees into your chest, you will flip over.\n\nSplits.  just strech.  2 weeks is a VERY tight schedule (pardon the pun) If you are learning ceter splits, use a wall or, better yet, a friend.  If you lay on your back with your legs perpendicular to your body and spread your legs.  Have your friend push your legs towards the floor. OUCH but it works.\n\nOh, one more thing for tramp safety.  Have someone "spot you"  They should be standing on the ground and if you over-rotate, they can catch you before you fall off.  \n\nBest of luck!
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first of all, buy better shoes. Second, take an anti-inflammatory ALL THE TIME. Just taking it when it hurts does not help the problem. Third, quit running and start walking for exercise. Shortening your stride will also help. You can strengthen those muscles by doing 30 toe-raises a day. Without the support of a wall, go from flat footed to up on your toes 30 times each day. Do so fairly slowly and let yourself back down JUST as slowly.
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squat all the way down with your derriere just above the floor and walk in a squated position as if you were pretending to be a duck and walk walk walk in that squatted position. You'll quickly start feeling your calves working hard. Also, if you lift your body in a controlled manner, with your metatarsals (on your tip toes) like in ballet, that works your calves as well. Your toes should be pointing outward not forward (think ballet positions -this would be first position). Hold our glutes, abs and the rest of your body up don't relax them and always keep your body controlled. Push yourself up from your calves and metatarsals. I hope I described these excersices enough to where you understand what I mean. Good luck!
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At home:\n\nlay face up on the floor with your legs straight, together, and just off the floor (wear shoes/boots if your prefer).  Place your hands on your hips and sit up while bringing your knees into your chest.  Lay back down, extend your legs, and keep your feet off the floor.  Put your hands on the floor close to your body and bring your legs up and over your head so that your toes touch the floor above your head.  Keep your legs as straight as possible with feet together.  It should be as if you almost do a backwards summersault.  Your head, shoulders and arms are unmoved but your legs arc 180 degrees from front to back.  Now, swing your legs to their original position while swinging your feet apart to either side and together again.  It is like making a snow angel with your legs in three dimensions.  Bring your feet together and a few inches off the floor below you again.  Next, put your legs straight up in the air and do a sit-up by attempting to touch your toes.  Lower your legs back down until your feet are just off the floor again.  Bring your legs in and curl into a fetal position on your left side (feet on ground).  Do a sit-up while rotating your upper body towards your right side (a sit-up with a twist).  Switch sides, then start from the beginning.  This exercise will get all the muscles that make up the six-pack and will focus on the very hard to develop lower "cans".  This exercise will KILL YOU, and you may need to do conventional ones to get ready for it.\n\nDo it everyday when you wake up and before you go to sleep until you can't do it anymore.  You will have a six-pack in 3-5 weeks.\n\nTang Soo!
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yes u can do some extension exercises while u at ur desk\n1. first relax ur body and sit erect\n2. take a deep breath\n3.extend ur back as possible to back \n4.relax\n5. touch ur toes for 4-5 sec \n6. relax\n7. move right\n8. move left \n9. repeat the same for 10-15 times\nsee result in 15 days\nfor more detail reply to me
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ok i think i can help.\n\n    toe touch.\nit helps to know the splits when learning a toe touch.have a partner lift you up from your waist as you try to get lift on your toe touch. this will help you learn a great toe touch. as they lift you yp you jump iof the ground spred your legs out and arms wwhile almost trying to touch your toes. your body should be out a bit in front of you.\n\nafter you get it done with a partner you should be ready to try it on your own.\n\ntoe touch count one.\nsnap arms up in a high V. witch meansfeet together,body straigh standing. arms up in the air in the shap of a V.\ntoe touch count two.\nrising on your toes keep arms locked in high V. keep upper body still while still slightly bending.\ntoe touch count three.\nswing arms inward in front of your body so it makes a X. bend down a little to get good lift when you take off. make sure you gain momentum while doing this. it's whats going to get you up in the air. keep toes tight.\ntoe touch count four.\ncountinuing the circular motion with the arms pull your self up wards into a T. (a T is simpley standing arms out . it looks like a T) jump off the ground  snap your legs and arms out trying to touch your toes slightly. come back down by just snaping back into a straight body postion.\n\nscorpion.\n\non one leg, take other leg and put in in back of you.with both hands pull the other leg up. and lean a bit forward. make sure you do this to one side so you can view it from the side. that's when it looks most impresive.\n\nliberty.\nstand on one leg. bend knee up in to you hipslike you are going to do a karate kick.this should be facing forward. then simply put arms in the air in a high V motion.\n\n\n\nhope i could help you out!
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Always be stretching. Stretch in the toe touch position whenever, watching TV, doing homework...\nRemember to point those toes! It actually lifts your legs and helps them go higher! \nWhat makes a lot of people's toe touches not good is they are not high. That is because they are reaching for their feet. NO! Bring your feet to your hands, don't go to your feet. That will weigh you down. \nGood posture also helps, that's why you must always be stretching, even take up some yoga if you can, or sit on one of those gravity balls in your free time instead of a regular chair to help you sit upright.\n\nGood luck!
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GIRL GO TO ANY DOLLOR STORE GET A: FOOT SCRUBER(4 DEAD SKIN) A FOOT BRUSH(TO GET THE DEAD SKIN OFF)~A FOOT SCRUB CREAM(TO SMOOTH THEM OUT)TOE NAIL FILE(TO GROOM NAILS) SOAK YOUR FEET IN WARM SOAPY WATER FOR 20 MIN THEN DO THOSE STEPS,ADD SOME GRAT NAIL POLISH AND LOTION PUT SOME SOCKS ON AND YOUR GOOD TP GO.ALL FOR UNDER 7 DOLLORS~~~HOPE I COULD HELP~~xoxoxoxo
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It takes a while to get the right momentum of things. You may be able to do the stunts, just not together. I had this problem with my round off back handspring back tuck. I knew what to do and I could do them, but it was hard to put all of the pieces together.\nWhen you go into your round off, don't think like you are going to stand when you come out of it, just throw your arms back and be ready to jump. Again, once you come up from the round off, immediately start thinking of backwards motions. Don't forget to push through your legs, or you won't get anywhere but on your head! Make sure to arch your back. Most likely if you can't connect them, your backhandspring is off. Ask the coach to watch your form and if it is alright, then try what I told you and you should be able to connect them better.\n\nBut until you can trust yourself and just let go and TRY YOUR HARDEST, you'll never be able to do it. It's all in your head. Good luck!
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hang upside down from a tree... it'll help alot... n lots of stretchin exercises too...
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Lay down on your stomach. \nHold onto something (couch, sofa legs..)\nLift your straight legs as high as you can. \nRepeat until you feel as if someone beat you all over the backside. \n\nDo similar excercise laying on your sides. As many as you can. \n:&#92;\n\nThen continue torturing yourself in this manner daily for a month. \nResults guaranteed. \n\n(it's actually not as horrible as I make it sound)\n:)\n\n~K
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you have to strecth youre legs alot....\n\nsit on the floor and spread youre legs open and lean over on the ground and put youre hands in front of you streching youre back and legs...it might hurt but the more you do it the more you will be able to open youre legs wider and wider......i learned it from cheerleading!
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Well 1st start with moving your hands in a circular motion 10-20 times forward and then backward.Then do pulsing where you keep your hands straight out and then start pulsing.Count around 50-100 times and this is really effective. Also another exercise is bending your hand from the elbows and move them back and forth like you are a puppet.. That really hurts but its the most effective... All the best!!!
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Here's my routine:\n\n1) Toe touches with one leg crossed in front of the other (make sure knees aren't bent).  Hold for 20 seconds, and repeat 3 times.  Do this for the right leg and then the left leg forward.\n\n2) Leg stretches.  Facing forward, standing, spread your legs apart about 3-4 feet.  Bend down and stretch to your left foot, right foot, then center ground, as far as you can (but don't strain yourself), holding each time for 20 seconds.  Repeat 3 times.\n\n3) Trunk rotations.  Standing straight, with legs slightly separated, begin rotating your body, just at the waist, in a circular motion.  Complete 15 rotations in a clockwise motion followed by 15 rotations in a counter clockwise motion.\n\n4) Shoulder rotations.  Spread arms straight out, and rotate them in a forward circular motion, first as large of a circle as possible, followed by a smaller circle, and finally a very small circle.  Do for 15 seconds each circle size, and then repeat, doing it in a reverse motion.\n\n5) Neck rolls.  Standing the same way as previously, tilt your head to the side, and then rotate it in a clockwise circular motion, for 5 rotations.  Repeat in a counter clockwise motion.\n\n6) Hamstring stretch.  Sitting on the ground, pull both of your feet as close to your buttock as possible.  Then, try to get your knees as close to the ground as possible.  Hold for 20 seconds, and do for 3 repeats.\n\n7) Hurler's Stretch.  Lay on the ground, with one foot straight forward, and the other bent away from you (shaped like a V).  Lean forward and try to touch your toes, holding for a count of 20.  Repeat 3 times.  Then lean back, and try to get your bent leg to touch the ground, holding it for a count of 20, and repeating for 3 times.  Switch the leg you have forward and repeat.\n\n8) Calve stretch.  Lean against a wall with your feet out about 4-5 feet.  Keep 1 foot with the heel completely on the ground, and lean forward for 20 seconds.  Switch legs and repeat.  Do both legs for 3 repeats, and then do another 3 repeats while keeping both heels on the ground.\n\n9) Quad stretch.  While standing straight, grab one foot, and pull it back towards your buttock until you feel the muscles in your front thigh stretching.  Hold for 20 seconds for each leg, and repeat twice.\n\nWow!  That takes a lot longer to put into words than just doing it!  Remember to take it slowly when you're starting out, and to just enjoy your runs.  Doing some stretches after wards is also a good idea.  I hope the above helps, and I wish you success in your running endeavors.
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try and extend your hand and jump as high as u possibly can while still getting ur original stroke.