[jB0_f0UR2oH]

so last night i had been making an attempt, AGAIN, at the basic crosser (been working on this for almost three weeks and still nothing to show for it haha) and somehow i managed to teach myself to do a 2beat wallplane. My question is about reach/flexibility i guess, can anyone give me any tips on improving my reach or does it just take time and if so usually how long? It seems lik im only having trouble on my left side when the inside glowstick (attached to my right hand) is swinging toward my body...

[LilRaverBoi]

Well, it will take some time to gain flexibility, but the key thing is not just flexibility, it is proficiency with control/planes in these (sometimes seemingly contorted) positions. To help to gain sheer flexibility try these exercises I use (hold 10-20 sec):
1) Hug yourself and reach back as far as you can to your back (if someone views it from the back, you can act like someone's making out with you and caressing your body...LOL). Do with either arm on top.
2) Reach behind your head and down your back with the other hand up the bottom/middle of your back with the other so your hands can touch...do other side
3) Reach one hand/arm at a time around your lower back to the front, opposite side...flex back of hand to stomach with other hand and reach as far as you can around...repeat with other arm
4) Now try both arms simultaneously behind your back like #3 (like a BTB crosser)
5) Twist your arms in front of you like a body spiral...link elbows and twist wrists till your hands are in a prayer position...twist hands more in same direction....hold, repeat in other direction

Then, after you're all stretched/limbered up, try spinning in some of these positions one handed to gain plane control. A good exercise to help learn crossers would be to go from a weave to the point where you are spinning both forward (or reverse) with one hand on each side with arms crossed...just hold that there and spin for a while...try moving them up and down and play with it (the move, not yourself...sicko!). Then transition out...later try to do some turns in the crossed position...perfect into crossers. This might be rather difficult to learn, but it's worth the effort/bruises! Good luck!

[jB0_f0UR2oH]

Originally Posted by LilRaverBoi

Well, it will take some time to gain flexibility, but the key thing is not just flexibility, it is proficiency with control/planes in these (sometimes seemingly contorted) positions. To help to gain sheer flexibility try these exercises I use (hold 10-20 sec):
1) Hug yourself and reach back as far as you can to your back (if someone views it from the back, you can act like someone's making out with you and caressing your body...LOL). Do with either arm on top.
2) Reach behind your head and down your back with the other hand up the bottom/middle of your back with the other so your hands can touch...do other side
3) Reach one hand/arm at a time around your lower back to the front, opposite side...flex back of hand to stomach with other hand and reach as far as you can around...repeat with other arm
4) Now try both arms simultaneously behind your back like #3 (like a BTB crosser)
5) Twist your arms in front of you like a body spiral...link elbows and twist wrists till your hands are in a prayer position...twist hands more in same direction....hold, repeat in other direction

Then, after you're all stretched/limbered up, try spinning in some of these positions one handed to gain plane control. A good exercise to help learn crossers would be to go from a weave to the point where you are spinning both forward (or reverse) with one hand on each side with arms crossed...just hold that there and spin for a while...try moving them up and down and play with it (the move, not yourself...sicko!). Then transition out...later try to do some turns in the crossed position...perfect into crossers. This might be rather difficult to learn, but it's worth the effort/bruises! Good luck!

WOW thank you SO much for the help!!!!! you just made my weekend!!! ::::runs off to practice::::::

[jB0_f0UR2oH]

holding my hands behind my back (like BTB crosser) helped sooo much@!!

[LilRaverBoi]

Sweet! Glad I could be of some assistance.

[Kythos]

+2 points for lilraverboi with the solo kill.. : )

[SpinnableDreamS]

this is my problem i can do crossers but i have a bitch of a time flowing into and out of crossers so i end up not doing them alot i have tried using reels to get into them but i end up coming out of them of where i need to be to crosser or i hit the shit out of my self

[Osmosis9]

Ya those are some of the same stretches I do, they feel great.