Workshop: Gaining Comfort and Confidence in Your Splits By CHLOE WELTON

Gaining Comfort and Confidence in Your Splits Workshop presented by Chloe Welton, aerial instructor and coach, owner of Shangri-La Aerial Arts, in Colorado Springs, CO and a judge of Black Hills Aerial Cup 2023.

For those athletes who have always wanted more comfort, flat splits and injury prevention tips. All skill levels.

Obtaining the best splits possible by using correct form and proven techniques that have been developed by  professionals across the world. This workshop teaches general safety and mechanics for the human body, stretching within your comfort zone and beyond, deep straddles and being equally as strong as you are flexible. Buy the end of this workshop you will know how to use props and tools for healthy alignment, how to practice at home, the difference between passive and active flexibility and how to increase your leg power.

Workshop outline points:

* Properly warming up

* Understanding muscles, knee mechanics, hip alignment and tendon protection

* Stretching the muscle and not the tendons

* Breathing

* Strengthening your back & abs

* Corrective muscle flossing + flexing + activation

* Eliminating microbend in knees

* Increasing range of movement more often. Day to day practicing

* Using props such as ankle weights, thera-bands and foam rollers

Prerequisites: None

Ages: 10 and up

1.5 Hour Workshop