This is what we need. The internet is full of videos of already flexible ppl doing demos or teachers walking their already flexible students through stretches they clearly do every day. Yes we need to see proper alignment, but it’s so much more realistic for people to see someone who looks like a real beginner
Exactly! And on the proper alignment note, I'll be trying to figure out my positioning to ensure I don't injure myself, meanwhile the demonstration is done by someone so flexible that I have no clue how to do it properly bc my anatomy just isn't there yet
Also its very dangerous for a beginer start with stretching like that, before every stretch you have to be well warmed up and every stretch has to be gradually slowly done. Plus you need to make sure not just stretch , but also strenthen your back muscles and that are different exercises all together. What this flexible girl shows is for already either naturally flexible person or trained one. Beginners also have to be very careful, because back is your spine and you don't want to end up as invalid breaking your spine. NEVER FORCE YOUR MUSCULES especially your back and spine whatever you do.
@@Heather-nw1ywthat’s not true. Being flexible is inherently helpful so you don’t get hurt doing whatever physical activity that is your choice. While for most it’s not a necessity to be THAT flexible, stretching is something that EVERYONE can do to stay in shape.
Considering she’s a trained dancer and not a trained physiotherapist her advice was pretty good to suggest starting points. Her back flexibility and the strength to hold those is insane. Amazing stuff. Very entertaining video as well lmao.
I was doing a theraband stretch like this once and literally got a charley horse in one leg AND MY BACK. That, not gonna lie, was the most frightened I've ever been in my life. Like, I'm there, totally seized up, thinking "Is this, like.. forever now?" I COULD not move.
I LOVE this. I would love more videos like this where we see each dancer share a few stretch/strength exercises to develop a body part or something. I’m gonna do all of these!
Basically this whole video. 😂 Sophia: "So this is what I do to stretch..." Eva: "What would you recommend for us mere mortals who aren't already 50% pretzel?"
Dudeeee sameee- I tried to fall into a back end and fell straight onto my neck and i was seeing stars for a good 10 minutes. LITERALLY ✨T E R R I F Y I N G✨
One time as a kid I tried doing a back bend in a field by my house and fell straight down - got the wind knocked out of me and my head hurt like crazy and immediately walked home in silence and never tried one again
She's basically a contortionist. Building this level of flexibility takes time and it's better to work on it when young. That said, learning flexibility at any age is pretty much always good for you. It's something people take for granite, but it keeps you from pulling muscles or getting issues later as often.
You did great Eva! I can’t do this due to a bad back and 2 failed spinal surgeries. But I admire the ballet and those who try it and those who do it. One day I’ll see the ballet in real life and one day I’ll own a tutu.
your videos make me feel more and more confident about going into ballet as an adult. you always try so hard and have so much fun and you're never afraid to fail, and that's exactly what i need ! :-)
It is - I have a very flexible back but very tight shoulders. Some of these moves I can get into (not the advanced version 💀 but the intermediate!) but I can’t for the life of me get into full wheel bc of shoulders
Woah-I actually needed this so bad. My sis is doing my contemporary solo these year, for comp, just like last year so I need a flexible back for that lol😂
As a radiographer I WISH I could xray and see how their spines look in those positions. My brain cannot compute how that even works anatomically... like where do their vertebral bodies go?! And the spinous processes? Do they just collapse on each other somehow? lol fuuu
This cow/cat exercise is what prevents me from getting hurt on classes. There was a time where my back would get horribly sore after classes pretty much on every class, and it would increasingly get bad to the point I couldn't walk properly because of pain. Then I started to do this before classes and I don't feel pain anymore (except for a veeeery faint pain, sometimes). Sometimes when I arrive late I don't have time to do it and then BAM I go home and my back is horrible. The correlation is very clear.
That creepy walk at the end, but then down the stairs like that too. My niece had me legit ready to exercise the demons!!!! I love everything about the developmentally appropriate techniques for YOUR INDIVIDUAL current ability. I would love to see your progress EVA. I squealed in the lunch room at work when I saw my heels for the first time in my backbends. I was about 33 then. I went through some moving across the country and losing my flexibility while focusing on other life priorities. Im stable again and picked up figure skating. Can't wait to see my feet again and more at 44! Im almost there! You CAN DO IT!
I would love for you to make more videos like this to work on different skills. (like for example turns, balance, extensions, turnout) Love this video!!❤
Thank you for the back strength exercises. Anytime I try to google how to strengthen my back because it is so weak. I just get a bunch of videos about how to stop back pain. It’s so annoying.
Just doing the hands on floor, knees against the wall stretch, without trying to reach back with my arms, feels like a really useful stretch for where I’m at
Why everyone in the comments is acting like Eva is not flexible, hence relatable? Girl, I'd like to be able to do half of the things she's capable of doing!
I love you guys so much. You guys are so cool. I'm also ballerina and I'm also flexible not trying to flex also really really flexible. You inspired me to do all the stuff.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
I remember my friend's sister used to do calisthenics many years ago. She could watch a half hour TV show doing the full middle splits for the entire duration. She could also bend her back, able to touch her head to her butt without much effort. Always jaw dropping!!
I used to have a back almost this flexible; I could touch my feet to my head without even warming up and I can tell you, only a certain % of people will EVER be able to do this.
@@Sharipov-yt6rm yes, very much so. It took little-to-no effort for me to touch my toes to my head backwards. I now have extensive damage in my low back and it’s pretty much fused and nothing I do (and I a LOT of stretching) can get my toes anywhere close to my head now. So while it is possible to increase flexibility there, I honestly believe most people need to be born with it.
@@edotgirl wow ok, what was it like having such a naturally flexible back. my legs have always been very flexible and I love it because it makes gymnastics a lot easier
@@Sharipov-yt6rm It was fun! I also have always had really flexible legs and hips, too (I’m 44 and can still do over-splits on both legs), and yeah, it definitely helps😉 I mean I also put a lot of work into it, but it was pretty impressive!
Don't do these stretches unless you are already in very good shape, are naturally flexible, and you don't have any back pain. You could cause ruptured discs and all kinds of serious, lifelong back issues. The young girl demonstrstong them is extremely naturally flexible. That's something you are born with! You can't develop that with exercises. Notice Parker couldn't do those stretches and he is in incredibly good shape and very flexible. You really can severely injure yourself if you think you can "train" yourself to be this flexible. You can't! Eva, you are so pretty! I wish you would consider not making this noise as much 2:354:026:2810:2810:46 I think you picked it up while hanging around young dancers. You probably don't realize how often you do it. I noticed some teenagers laugh like that so you probably picked it up from being around them. You also got that thing where they cover their mouths really dramatically when they laugh. Its good you aren't doing that one as much anymore. Teenagers have so many fads!
BRO THAT THUMBNAIL IS DIABOLICAL 😭😭
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@randomcloud12her head doubled in size 😂
@@vagirl19HAHAHAHAHAAH 😉
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This is what we need. The internet is full of videos of already flexible ppl doing demos or teachers walking their already flexible students through stretches they clearly do every day. Yes we need to see proper alignment, but it’s so much more realistic for people to see someone who looks like a real beginner
Exactly! And on the proper alignment note, I'll be trying to figure out my positioning to ensure I don't injure myself, meanwhile the demonstration is done by someone so flexible that I have no clue how to do it properly bc my anatomy just isn't there yet
Also its very dangerous for a beginer start with stretching like that, before every stretch you have to be well warmed up and every stretch has to be gradually slowly done. Plus you need to make sure not just stretch , but also strenthen your back muscles and that are different exercises all together. What this flexible girl shows is for already either naturally flexible person or trained one. Beginners also have to be very careful, because back is your spine and you don't want to end up as invalid breaking your spine. NEVER FORCE YOUR MUSCULES especially your back and spine whatever you do.
People never need those flexibility! It s very dangerous
@@Heather-nw1ywthat’s not true. Being flexible is inherently helpful so you don’t get hurt doing whatever physical activity that is your choice. While for most it’s not a necessity to be THAT flexible, stretching is something that EVERYONE can do to stay in shape.
She looks like a beginner to you?! She can already do a backbend, and wrap her arms around her ankles in a forward fold. I can’t even touch my toes.
Considering she’s a trained dancer and not a trained physiotherapist her advice was pretty good to suggest starting points. Her back flexibility and the strength to hold those is insane. Amazing stuff. Very entertaining video as well lmao.
I was doing a theraband stretch like this once and literally got a charley horse in one leg AND MY BACK. That, not gonna lie, was the most frightened I've ever been in my life. Like, I'm there, totally seized up, thinking "Is this, like.. forever now?" I COULD not move.
I LOVE this. I would love more videos like this where we see each dancer share a few stretch/strength exercises to develop a body part or something. I’m gonna do all of these!
YES PLEASE! I’d like to see more personal TIPS from each of the dancers!
YES THIS>>>>
Basically this whole video. 😂
Sophia: "So this is what I do to stretch..."
Eva: "What would you recommend for us mere mortals who aren't already 50% pretzel?"
Eva, you are way too relatable. The "you need to kill me" sound is on repeat everytime I am stretch
The fact that she could keep talking while doing these 🤯
PLEASE have one of the dancers show you stretches for arched feet!! I really need some stretching ideas.
Search on TH-cam for “hannah martin rg feet”
She shows some good exercises :)
I put on sneakers , went to a knee kneeling position, and sat on my feet, then leaned back until my back was flat on floor..
Hannah Martin has a great sequence of foot stretches using a ball and everything. They're literally the most intense thing I've ever felt.
Eva being terrified so so relatable. I TRIED do a backbend and fell on my head so now doing anything like that just gives me MAJOR flashbacks 😭
Dudeeee sameee- I tried to fall into a back end and fell straight onto my neck and i was seeing stars for a good 10 minutes. LITERALLY ✨T E R R I F Y I N G✨
One time as a kid I tried doing a back bend in a field by my house and fell straight down - got the wind knocked out of me and my head hurt like crazy and immediately walked home in silence and never tried one again
thats so real cause i do comp dance and i did a handstand bridge once and fell on my ribcage at the age of 7 😭
Loving the modifications
for those of us not there yet. Thank you!
She's basically a contortionist. Building this level of flexibility takes time and it's better to work on it when young. That said, learning flexibility at any age is pretty much always good for you. It's something people take for granite, but it keeps you from pulling muscles or getting issues later as often.
Eva makes the EXACT same noises as I do while doing backbends 💀😂
This one: 6:28
@@mygirldarby more like the squeak at 8:12, but that one too lol
Eva makes the exact same noise as I do when I get in and out of a chair lol
You did great Eva! I can’t do this due to a bad back and 2 failed spinal surgeries. But I admire the ballet and those who try it and those who do it. One day I’ll see the ballet in real life and one day I’ll own a tutu.
Sofia's not only a ballerina she's also a contortionist!!😍😍😍😍👏👏👏🔝💯🌋💐💎💖💞
💯 % 👀🤸🧘🤸🧎♀️🤷♀️🙇♀️🙆♀️🙇♀️
Slawek really channeled his inner boat rocking back and forth 😂 ⛵️
your videos make me feel more and more confident about going into ballet as an adult. you always try so hard and have so much fun and you're never afraid to fail, and that's exactly what i need ! :-)
THE THUMBNAIL EVA😭
This was equal parts hilarious and relatable 😂 but also genuinely helpful
Thank you so much for this!! I needed more back stretches that weren't just backbends
I feel like it’s often just as much about shoulder flexibility as well as back
It is - I have a very flexible back but very tight shoulders. Some of these moves I can get into (not the advanced version 💀 but the intermediate!) but I can’t for the life of me get into full wheel bc of shoulders
O.O She is so flexible! Round of applause for all!
JSKAJAJAJAJJA the way Parker went face down immediately... I CAN'T 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
sound effects are on point lol!
Hi Eva! I love watching how you are improving every day, dancing just for the love of it! And of course your photos are amazing!
Woah-I actually needed this so bad. My sis is doing my contemporary solo these year, for comp, just like last year so I need a flexible back for that lol😂
As a radiographer I WISH I could xray and see how their spines look in those positions. My brain cannot compute how that even works anatomically... like where do their vertebral bodies go?! And the spinous processes? Do they just collapse on each other somehow? lol fuuu
You can actually look up the images online, there are images of a contortionist's spine when she's bent in half 😊
I'm a yoga instructor. Taking in person beginners' yoga class is safer. The instructor will guide you to proper alignment and show modified poses.
Dance has its own techniques/definitions of proper alignment that differ from yoga in many ways.
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These definitely lacked the safety point of view for a beginner.
Bringing flexy back
This cow/cat exercise is what prevents me from getting hurt on classes. There was a time where my back would get horribly sore after classes pretty much on every class, and it would increasingly get bad to the point I couldn't walk properly because of pain. Then I started to do this before classes and I don't feel pain anymore (except for a veeeery faint pain, sometimes). Sometimes when I arrive late I don't have time to do it and then BAM I go home and my back is horrible. The correlation is very clear.
I looove her accent 😍🫶🏾
Same 😊 Do you know where she’s from?
@@ChuffedLemon nope 😁🤗
@@ChuffedLemon Sofia is from Slovakia
EVA not the "i need your help you need to kill me" audio 🤣🤣🤣
That creepy walk at the end, but then down the stairs like that too. My niece had me legit ready to exercise the demons!!!! I love everything about the developmentally appropriate techniques for YOUR INDIVIDUAL current ability. I would love to see your progress EVA. I squealed in the lunch room at work when I saw my heels for the first time in my backbends. I was about 33 then. I went through some moving across the country and losing my flexibility while focusing on other life priorities. Im stable again and picked up figure skating. Can't wait to see my feet again and more at 44! Im almost there! You CAN DO IT!
GO Eva 🎉🎉🎉 You've got this! Please thank Sofia, for us!!! This here is PURE GOLD
you can try that 8:45 or some of the exercises with a big ball, so you dont hurt yourself 😅
Thank you! I could really use this for both dance and jiu-jitsu. Eva’s facial reactions have me dying! 😂
I would love for you to make more videos like this to work on different skills. (like for example turns, balance, extensions, turnout) Love this video!!❤
Love this!
Exercise with a little bit of humor 😂 makes it enjoyable 👌🏾
Whoever edited this is amazing 🤣
I have a very flexible lower back and so when I warm up for dance and do things like this, all my friends are amazed 😂
my has a very flexible lower back too, she can bend her head back to touch her feet, and sometimes her butt lol, can you?
Not them being in sync at 0:49
The “YER JOOKKIINNGG” killed me!! 😂😂😂
😍👊🏽 Thank you! Converting a room in my home into a workout space next month to work on my flexibility. Saving this vid!
the way the microphone clanking sounds like bones breaking 😭
Stretching arms is also super crucial if you want to have a very flexible upper body
Sophia is so elegant and beautiful!
THE CRACKING FROM LEXI AT 7:02😭😭😭
Love the editing
Eva, thanks so much! 😊🎉
Eva, your hair is so nice!
This video is hilarious!
Looved the inspiration🥰 can you maybe also do a video on how to learn the splits
THAT'S WHAT I LITERALLY NEEDED RIGHT NOW
Thank you for the back strength exercises. Anytime I try to google how to strengthen my back because it is so weak. I just get a bunch of videos about how to stop back pain. It’s so annoying.
SUCH A GREAT TUTORIAL !!
7:01 the crack 😪
Do you have a video on how to get like more flexible in your legs? Like warmup ups/trainings
We all need that someone, that'll push us harder 😩 full time. I'm currently working on touching my toes, myself
This is so fun!!
The crawl at the end broke me 😂
The thumbnail has me 😭😭😭
Just doing the hands on floor, knees against the wall stretch, without trying to reach back with my arms, feels like a really useful stretch for where I’m at
This is reminding me how flexible my back used to be before I became a potato and now I have back issues🎉
Eva, you do it quite good !
Why everyone in the comments is acting like Eva is not flexible, hence relatable? Girl, I'd like to be able to do half of the things she's capable of doing!
NO I LOVE THE THUMBNAIL
She did great!!!
Girl you killed me with that thumbnail 💀
Such a cozy video. I really love this
The sound effects killed me 🤣
“Do you feel the stretch?”
“YEAH I FEEL THE STRETCH”
Girl this is me too, w my spine built like a friggin “s” 😂❤
anyone know where to buy the band that's shown in 2:46?
CAN WE PLEASE HAVE MORE LIKE THIS LIKE WITH SPLITS AND OTHER FELXY STUFF CAUSE THIS IS SO GOOD/ HELP FULL
GREAT VIDEO!! I was laughing so hard…and were great tips!!
The editing is my favorite😂
I love you guys so much. You guys are so cool. I'm also ballerina and I'm also flexible not trying to flex also really really flexible. You inspired me to do all the stuff.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
are you flexible like Eva or the flexible back girl here?
I remember my friend's sister used to do calisthenics many years ago. She could watch a half hour TV show doing the full middle splits for the entire duration. She could also bend her back, able to touch her head to her butt without much effort. Always jaw dropping!!
SOPHIA!! THAT WAS CRAZY!!
✨Cool Vibes But The Cracking Sound Through The Whole Video More Than Annoying it’s Like Through out The whole Video 🤦🏽♀️🤷🏽♀️💯💃🏾✨
Evaaaa love ur videos so much❤❤
Pirouette tutorial next plzzzz❤
Sofia: *casually bends in half*
Also Sofia: *iS tHaT eNoUgH?*
🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨
“yEaH i FeEl tHe StReTcH 😵" 💀
Wow she is a contortionist!!!
Hello, where did you get that lovely leotard please? Thanks!
Thank you for thissss
I used to have a back almost this flexible; I could touch my feet to my head without even warming up and I can tell you, only a certain % of people will EVER be able to do this.
were you naturally flexible in your back?
@@Sharipov-yt6rm yes, very much so. It took little-to-no effort for me to touch my toes to my head backwards. I now have extensive damage in my low back and it’s pretty much fused and nothing I do (and I a LOT of stretching) can get my toes anywhere close to my head now. So while it is possible to increase flexibility there, I honestly believe most people need to be born with it.
@@edotgirl wow ok, what was it like having such a naturally flexible back. my legs have always been very flexible and I love it because it makes gymnastics a lot easier
@@Sharipov-yt6rm It was fun! I also have always had really flexible legs and hips, too (I’m 44 and can still do over-splits on both legs), and yeah, it definitely helps😉 I mean I also put a lot of work into it, but it was pretty impressive!
7:00 love those elbows😂
These were really good stretches and helped me so much thank you
What are the elastic bands, that are used in the video called and where can I purchase them?
Don't do these stretches unless you are already in very good shape, are naturally flexible, and you don't have any back pain. You could cause ruptured discs and all kinds of serious, lifelong back issues. The young girl demonstrstong them is extremely naturally flexible. That's something you are born with! You can't develop that with exercises. Notice Parker couldn't do those stretches and he is in incredibly good shape and very flexible. You really can severely injure yourself if you think you can "train" yourself to be this flexible. You can't!
Eva, you are so pretty! I wish you would consider not making this noise as much 2:35 4:02 6:28 10:28 10:46 I think you picked it up while hanging around young dancers. You probably don't realize how often you do it. I noticed some teenagers laugh like that so you probably picked it up from being around them. You also got that thing where they cover their mouths really dramatically when they laugh. Its good you aren't doing that one as much anymore. Teenagers have so many fads!
Men are not as flexible because they are more muscular.
Amazing exercises thank you Girls you are amazing bravo❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉
These are great for a person like me who already does dance and has good flexibility.
"Yoga gegen Rückenschmerzen" von Mady Morrison❤ ist ein gutes Video für normale Menschen😅, das man vorher üben kann
Omg, this video is frigging hilariously! Ahahahaha
the thumbnail scared me
this really help me🪳
I’m starting at home classes and got my first ballet slippers I’ve seen you a lot love you guys
Great video!
What’s the benefit of the straight knee back bend vs regular back bend? What are the differences as it relates to stretching/flexibility?
I could do a backbend in middle school, not any fricking more