Ballistic Hip Flexor - Emmet Louis?

[vicuna00]

please remove if not allowed. sry in advance.

I came across a video of Emmet Louis from 11 years ago on Ballistic Stretching. He said in the video he also planned on giving specific instruction on Ballistic Hip Flexor stretches and there was discussion in this forum about it.

I searched for a bit but couldn't find it. does anyone happen to remember that thread or have a link offhand?

or is it as simple as just doing my normal hip flexor stretches but adding the ballistics at the end?

I am wanting to give it a go to try to break through a bit of a plateau I'm having. the ballistics worked rather well for me for hamstrings...it works especially good for me for getting from my cold range to "warmed" range rather fast.

thank you!!

[Kit_L]

I do not recall that thread, and we have never deleted anything here. And Emmet is a good friend. I am completely happy with having anything from Emmet posted here, so if someone remembers the content, feel free to re-post it.

[vicuna00]

sounds good. thank you Kit.

my search skills suck perhaps  

I'll keep digging...in the meantime I have about 15 tabs of interesting threads I came across that I will be reading over the next week - so it wasn't a waste of time.

 

[vicuna00]

for anyone in the future reading this...here's what I dug up searching around. I haven't read this all yet. it's on my Feb to-do list to read / implement. 

- This looks like exactly what I was looking for: https://www.instagram.com/p/BFyn1LQudL8/

- Full instructions are here wrt protocol - this was for hamstring stretching. Emmet was pretty clear that this was only to be done as a finishing step. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ydaz_E4xZM0&list=WL&index=58

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs-iOux0zps&list=WL&index=59

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HVsDRjOHqU&list=WL&index=57

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXsjtgsca3g&list=WL&index=61

- Emmet linked this video by Kit showing how to roll fascia with a dowel - and encouraged everyone to use this during the Head to Toe Protocol:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1nxYoWA0GI

- Emmet posted on here with the same video and there was some experiments by users:

https://kitlaughlin.com/forums/index.php?/topic/875-head-to-toe-stretching/

https://kitlaughlin.com/forums/index.php?/topic/881-ballistic-stretching-90-day-challenge-ongoing-reports/page/4/&_rid=6962#findComment-10038

- I also found this post and this video...but not the exact ballistic version on reddit:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHwyBHS6MQs

 

- it led me to this great thread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/flexibility/comments/3fewg8/august_is_hip_flexor_opening_month_look_inside/

 

[Nathan]

I don't see a thread specifically about HF ballistics, but there are several big ballistics threads, so Emmet was likely referring to the discussion in one of those (even if not, all worth a read):

• Head to Toe stretching
• Ballistic stretching; 90-day challenge, ongoing reports
• Stretching Chinese Style

Was happy to find this gem again: One does not simply...

 

[Kit_L]

That last thread is a crack-up, even now. Thanks for digging it out!