Okay, recently I've been practicing flips in my exercise room. I use a mat that stacks to about three feet up to jump off of, and I have another mat that I land on. This isn't a safety issue that I'm wondering about; I know how to land on my feet. The thing is, after doing it for 15 minutes-half an hour (trying to get it and other techniques down right), my legs feel extremely sore, and they feel like they way a hundred pounds each >_<. I'm thinking this is coming from landing hard on them, but I'm not sure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So the main question is: is this just muscle building (of which I have very little knowledge) after a workout, or am I damaging my thighs and legs overall by continually landing on them? (I'm not exactly graceful at flipping yet). Should I stop?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyone know :-k ?

There is a small amount damage to your knees and bones doing what your doing, but if your healthy, it's only a touch more than what walking does to your body anyways.

 

 

 

Most of it should be muscle building. Your straining the muscles into doing a repetative task that they are not use to, and become sore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You may find it a bit odd, but do some research in cheerleading techniques. They begin flips with a front hurdler and then work their way up to all the other types they do, including front flips.

 

 

 

If you go up one technique at a time, you will be able to do normal flips correctly and easier than just trying to start off.

There is a small amount damage to your knees and bones doing what your doing, but if your healthy, it's only a touch more than what walking does to your body anyways.

 

 

 

Most of it should be muscle building. Your straining the muscles into doing a repetative task that they are not use to, and become sore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You may find it a bit odd, but do some research in cheerleading techniques. They begin flips with a front hurdler and then work their way up to all the other types they do, including front flips.

 

 

 

If you go up one technique at a time, you will be able to do normal flips correctly and easier than just trying to start off.

 

 

 

Alright, thanks for the info dude :) . I'll be sure to look some stuff up.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Anyways, to make it easier I use the compression from the three foot high mat as a form of a "spring", and with the extra height and push I land on my feet (doing front flips off my right foot), though I don't exactly stick it most of the time. Should I start out easier, or use some other technique to simply train my body for it?

I'm not an expert, what I know was learned watching the little kids while my fiancee went to practices.

 

 

 

If I remember right, it goes from jumps, to cartwheels to front hurdlers to hurdler+handsprings, to handsprings to just flips.

Okay, thanks a ton. I took gymastics for three years as a kid and am fairly small for my age, so I can do pretty much all of the basic stuff. I'll look up some info, but I practice handsprings as well when I do this, so I think I'm all right.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Again, thanks for the info :) . Now to get to my homework... 14 hours of it -.- .

Can you do backflips?

Can you do backflips?

 

 

 

>_< No (excluding trampolines of course [which I don't own, but friends do]), though I havn't tried them much. Are they easier, better to start on? They don't seem as safe or easy in my opinion.

I actually found backflips easier than frontflips, but the only time I ever really flip is at the beach in the sand. I took gymnastics for a while back when I was 6-10 though, they sent me to hawaii, I twisted my angle on the floor routine thing, and all the russian coach guys got really mad at me. Thats when I stopped.

 

Can you do backflips?

 

 

 

>_< No (excluding trampolines of course [which I don't own, but friends do]), though I havn't tried them much. Are they easier, better to start on? They don't seem as safe or easy in my opinion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nope, because when you do it, well going into it, your blind as far as where you're going.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS: I did gymnastics so I love to flip! :P But I was always best at vault or pommel horse.

 

 

Can you do backflips?

 

 

 

>_< No (excluding trampolines of course [which I don't own, but friends do]), though I havn't tried them much. Are they easier, better to start on? They don't seem as safe or easy in my opinion.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nope, because when you do it, well going into it, your blind as far as where you're going.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PS: I did gymnastics so I love to flip! :P But I was always best at vault or pommel horse.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I couldn't stand the vault, I sucked so bad at it.

I couldn't stand the vault, I sucked so bad at it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I couldn't stand rings. Even though I sucked at it, I rather liked P bars.

Go figure that the rings were my fav.

Go figure that the rings were my fav.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It strained my arms.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scratch what I said early, I just remembered how much I enjoyed high bar.

Do you heels hurt in particularly? It wouldn't be surprising. You could have a little inflammatory in what's called the plantar fascia of the foot. It basically runs along the sole of your foot to the heel and a bit of the achilles. It could be compared with when your palm hurts when you grip and rub on metal and stuff, if you follow me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's not a massive problem, the inflammation dies down and no damage is done. Just make sure you distribute your weight evenly when you land. I've developed plantar fasciitis (basically the problem above nearly all of the time) due to my well-documented uneven legs - my left is longer by a good margin (I don't hobble though :P). So, my body's reaction is putting more pressure on the left, then when it hurts, more on the right, and hardly ever even.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It can be a real literal pain, some really thriving now and then, and after I completed the London Marathon last year, I got heel spurs - and they hurt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm just warning you really, I don't think you'll get this problem. Especially if you just make sure you land evenly and such.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, flipping's cool. Nice one!

Do you heels hurt in particularly? It wouldn't be surprising. You could have a little inflammatory in what's called the plantar fascia of the foot. It basically runs along the sole of your foot to the heel and a bit of the achilles. It could be compared with when your palm hurts when you grip and rub on metal and stuff, if you follow me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's not a massive problem, the inflammation dies down and no damage is done. Just make sure you distribute your weight evenly when you land. I've developed plantar fasciitis (basically the problem above nearly all of the time) due to my well-documented uneven legs - my left is longer by a good margin (I don't hobble though :P). So, my body's reaction is putting more pressure on the left, then when it hurts, more on the right, and hardly ever even.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It can be a real literal pain, some really thriving now and then, and after I completed the London Marathon last year, I got heel spurs - and they hurt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm just warning you really, I don't think you'll get this problem. Especially if you just make sure you land evenly and such.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, flipping's cool. Nice one!

 

 

 

My heels don't hurt at all; nearly all of the pain/soreness is in my thighs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Oh, and thanks :P .

Do you heels hurt in particularly? It wouldn't be surprising. You could have a little inflammatory in what's called the plantar fascia of the foot. It basically runs along the sole of your foot to the heel and a bit of the achilles. It could be compared with when your palm hurts when you grip and rub on metal and stuff, if you follow me.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It's not a massive problem, the inflammation dies down and no damage is done. Just make sure you distribute your weight evenly when you land. I've developed plantar fasciitis (basically the problem above nearly all of the time) due to my well-documented uneven legs - my left is longer by a good margin (I don't hobble though :P). So, my body's reaction is putting more pressure on the left, then when it hurts, more on the right, and hardly ever even.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

It can be a real literal pain, some really thriving now and then, and after I completed the London Marathon last year, I got heel spurs - and they hurt.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I'm just warning you really, I don't think you'll get this problem. Especially if you just make sure you land evenly and such.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally, flipping's cool. Nice one!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That would be a bigger problem if your like me and have high arches. On the pressure pad the foot doctor used (pediatrition?), you cant see ANY thing between my heel and ball of the foot, although the skin does touch. (I sound really angry when i walk barfoot, Bang, Bang, Bang). But ya landing like that on a high arch would hurt, so if you have a high arch wear shoes!

To whoever asked about the difficulty of front flips in comparison to backflips:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Front flips are harder. I can only do front flips though, 'cause I'm scared of backflips.

 

 

 

A tae kwon do instructor was amazed I could do it, he said he 'could only do a backflip'. It was then when I stared at him oddly.

 

 

 

Backflips are harder in terms of fear. But... that's pretty much it.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To the TC: If your landings dont hit right. your knees might be in danger. I remember landing hard (I do the opposite of what you do, I jump from the floor onto something higher) and messing up my knees. That's just my experience though.

Think bout it this way, at least you lot can flip, When i had to do gymnastics i nearly broke my teachers back because i landed on him and not the mat :-w