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When I first injured my right shoulder in 2010 I joined the ranks of circus performers, acrobats, dancers, and athletes...

The swim through splits (not sure where this term originates, I may have made it up but I don’t think...

Middle splits can be beastly. Often we push too far too fast, going past our body’s limits without the proper...

The straddle split and the middle split are similar, and there can be some confusion between the two. However the...

  I’ve often said that if I were stuck on a desert island and I could only bring one exercise,...

    I wish I had a simple, straightforward answer to this question like: hold your split for exactly 45...

There is a point in every splitter’s life when the booty nears the floor and that flat split seems so,...

When I first started training contortion with Serchmaa Byamba at Circus Center in 2004 I had already been dancing for...

  Whenever learning a new physical discipline you’ll have the experience of trying out a new aspirational move and thinking…...

Why do we over-train? This process may sound familiar to many of you: Feel discontent with something about your body...

Sometimes Tight Muscles Need Strength Instead   Muscles are tight for a reason. They are not tight because they hate...

WTFL???? What is the Tensor Fasciae Latae (TFL) The Tensor Fasciae Latae, or TFL to its friends, is a small...

  When I first started training contortion, after years of dance, I thought I had some pretty badass splits. I...

  “A cultural fixation on female thinness is not an obsession about female beauty but an obsession about female obedience.”...

  The gradual, controlled descent from standing to bridge is a foundation of the contortionist’s basic repertoire. It is more...