Want the Holy Grail of Flexibility?
Learn the methods to unlock a flat side/middle split. Through developing the correct alignment, muscular activation and specific strength, our Side Splits online program will quickly develop your split – whether you’re just starting out or trying to drop those last couple inches to the ground.
Want the Holy Grail of Flexibility?
Learn the methods to unlock a flat side/middle split. Through developing the correct alignment, muscular activation and specific strength, our Side Splits online program will quickly develop your split – whether you’re just starting out or trying to drop those last couple inches to the ground.
You Too Can Do the Splits!
Our side split online program isn’t some gimmicky one-size-fits-all 30 day routine. We understand that adults come into flexibility training with a variety of training backgrounds, physical capabilities, and genetic predispositions. So our program comes with with 13 training templates to help you address your unique limitations to achieving the middle split. Through a series of benchmarks, we’ll find your particular limiting factors and train the program template designed to break through plateaus and lower your split closer to the ground.
So whether you’ve never seriously stretched before or you’re a former gymnast looking to relive your flexible youth, Side Splits by M3 will meet you where YOU are at and bring you to that final touchdown in the side split.
Don’t take our word for it, here are the results of dedicated side splits training under the Modern Methods of Mobility:
The M3 system is a very professional, structured and method based approach to achieving a side split. It took me some time, but with the right assessments and understanding my weaknesses, the M3 system had me covered from beginner to now holding full suspended side splits. I didn’t need to doubt my training or to look for information elsewhere, all of my road bumps along the way were handled by this very well developed system. Would highly recommend it!
– Erdi @learningtohuman
The M3 system is a very professional, structured and method based approach to achieving a side split. It took me some time, but with the right assessments and understanding my weaknesses, the M3 system had me covered from beginner to now holding full suspended side splits. I didn’t need to doubt my training or to look for information elsewhere, all of my road bumps along the way were handled by this very well developed system. Would highly recommend it!
– Erdi @learningtohuman
What You Get
Access the Side Splits online program in our Members Area. Unlike other online programs, which often end up being just a few YouTube videos or a DIY Excel Spreadsheet – with M3 you get desktop and mobile optimized online programs with video tutorials, lectures and written reference material. And for ease of access at the gym, you can download interactive PDFs of the training templates which link to the online exercise library videos.
Attain the Coveted Side Split
How You’ll Get Your Side Split
The side split can be developed either directly or indirectly. The direct path involves training the split by itself and slowly incrementing deeper over time. The indirect path trains the middle split components separately, then slowly integrating them together into a full split. Our program offers both paths, with a focus on the indirect path as we have found developing the correct alignment, correct muscular activation and specific strength needed for the side split with separate exercises, the side split will actually develop much faster.
Hip Rotation
Due to anatomical variations and fascial connections, finding the correct alignment of both the torso, pelvis and femur is key to developing the side split. If your hips do not internally and externally rotate well, finding the anatomically necessary angle to perform the side split will remain out of reach!
Leg Tilts and Scales
It’s not always enough to relax the adductors to achieve the side split. You also need to have strong hip flexors, glutes and other transverse plane abductors to open your hips.
Adductor & Direct Side Split Programming
Is it easy to open and rotate your hip, but still can’t touch down? At this point your body might just need more adductor strength to feel comfortable lowering those last few degrees. We’ve provided a variety of novel adductor exercises and side split variations, each which provide a unique stimulus that can help you build that strength at end-range.
What Makes M3 Different?
The M3 System avoids the dogma of other training methods by taking bigger picture view of flexibility development and reconciling all the conflicting information about correct flexibility training. It focuses on finding what works for the person doing the training versus having a one size fits all approach. We believe strongly that anybody can develop exceptional flexibility with the right combination of correct methods and consistent training.
You can learn more about the philosophy and nuances of the Modern Methods of Mobility here:
FAQ
Not at all! Our Side Splits program has no prerequisites. Through our self assessment tools, progressive programming, and component-focused approach to obtaining the side split, your training routine will be accessible to your current ability level and reliably improve your range of motion.
Depends! You likely could keep grinding away and eventually achieve the side split. But if you have plateaued, our unique approach to flexibility programming will quickly identify the missing link keeping you from progressing. We’re also confident that our programming phases that meet you at your current level could get you to that touchdown a bit quicker.
There are a variety of levels within our programs assigned by the results of the program self assessments. We recommend that you train the level you can perform without pain, which might change depending on the state of your body. While everyone’s physical state is unique, hopefully over time you level-up through our programs and your pain becomes more manageable. If any particular exercise causes pain, you are always welcome to modify the program by training an earlier progression or skipping it entirely.
Yes, we discuss how to include the M3 Programs into your current training routine. We discuss a variety of ways to accommodate busy schedules, avoiding overtraining, and keep you from compromising your other fitness goals to incorporate our programming.
Our programs do make use of light dumbbells, dowels, exercise bands, and other equipment that is generally found in most gyms. Open floorspace, slick floor/sliders, and soft ground/mats are also needed. If you are training at home there are suggested modifications for exercises that use weightlifting equipment.
Nope, these programs are for anyone looking to become more mobile! All exercises in our programs are scalable to individual capabilities.
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