Flexible Knees??

[Carson]

Dexterity with external hip rotation is everything! With most stretches you should think active not passively manipulating a loose limb. The hard part with dexterity in the beginning is the concept of moving a limb in a unique / new direction without the use of other limbs. I'd start by trying to actively widen your hips. lay on your back with knees bent and feet up and try to widen your hips as you bring your knees / direct your knees towards your chest. Usualy being somewhat explosive tied with your breathing makes a huge difference. If the explosive movement feels good with an inhail then definitely do this on your back. If you like to do it on the exhale and this exerciese feels awkward on your back then try it on your knees in a crouch / fetal type position while staying very centered. Once you've gotten the hang of widening your hips, add the concept of "winding" as well. Make sure your hips are still spreading just as wide but simultaneously wind them in the "rubber gaurd" direction. Most likely your legs will barely rotate if at all but you'll feel the muscles / ligaments being worked. Then when you grab the leg it will be assisting this active motion and not torking on your knee. This will probably take a lot of experimenting to find what fits you best and it might even be a new variation that suits how you like to move. here's a link to an exerciese that you should do before and after your other stretches (it's for people with hyper extended knees due to flexability) as a precaution.
http://www.livestrong.com/article/12...nee-exercises/
There is such thing as healthy knee flexability and it is also used to treat injuries. here's a youtube link for that.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lS5wd1xetoY
Good luck bro

[AndyK5]

Where is this guys credibility? A fitness instructor certificate (it means gym membership and private training salesman) does not make you an expert on the knee joint. Also, stability and flexibility are two totally different things. Stability comes from your muscles not how long or short the connective tissue is. If that was the case, gymnasts could not even walk around. Their hips would shift around with every step, they would step over their own ankles and stuff. This guy does not even know the definition of stability or flexibility, has no credibility and makes one statement, with no proper purpose, proof or solution. Complete waste of time.

[Joe Chiasson]

LOL flexible knees.

Exactly.

I'm not sure what people are referring to when they say "flexible knees". The knee is a complicated joint, but I'm pretty sure there is nothing to stretch in your actual knees. I'm not an expert by any means, but if you are looking for good range of motion and mobility, I would think that having flexible hamstrings, quads, and hips would want to be worked and kept loose. Rolling out the IT band as well. If you want to have the flexibility to play rubber guard, your entire lower body needs to be loose and flexible.

Instead of focusing on one area of the body, you should stretch the body as a whole. Having a tight lower back can come into play as well.

[Rick Weise]

Where is this guys credibility? A fitness instructor certificate (it means gym membership and private training salesman) does not make you an expert on the knee joint. Also, stability and flexibility are two totally different things. Stability comes from your muscles not how long or short the connective tissue is. If that was the case, gymnasts could not even walk around. Their hips would shift around with every step, they would step over their own ankles and stuff. This guy does not even know the definition of stability or flexibility, has no credibility and makes one statement, with no proper purpose, proof or solution. Complete waste of time.

I was actually going to point that out but I never got around to it... the guy has no credentials to speak of, not that I could find, anyways.

[Carson]

Yeah I think looking up some gymnasts comments or tutorials would be smart. It's one of the few sports where flexability and strength have to be equal. It would make sense that just focussing on either flexability or strength alone would have downsides. Watching Penn jump out of the pool probably opened some eyes to how strenth and flexability can work simultaneously. It also probably caused a lot of people to fuck themselves up on the sides of their pool.

[Derrick Johnson]

lol i like to hit da chronic and stretch out....jus sayin