hey guys it's anna and welcome back to my channel today i'm going to be answering one
of my most asked questions which is how i got flexible by showing you how much
i actually stretch in a week as a self-taught contortionist i feel like if you have watched
any of my contortion challenge videos you might think that i just stretched like 24 7. today
i'm challenging myself to do everything in a contortion or flexibility pose for
24 hours today i'm attempting to spend 24 hours in the splits and i feel like this is going to be
a very hard challenge i decided to do another 24 hour challenge but this time bent in half
but as you will see today that is definitely not the case the only time i'm stretching that
much is when i'm doing those crazy challenges also it's good to keep in mind that i have been
working on my flexibility for around nine to ten years now so the stretching i do is mainly just
to maintain my flexibility whereas if you're a beginner wanting to get really flexible fast
you might have to stretch a bit more than i currently do in this video i'm going to
take you through all of the details to show every moment i do any sort of stretching throughout the
week so don't forget to give this video a thumbs up and let's get right into it
if you are subscribed you might have noticed that a few weeks ago i posted a new stretch challenge
as well as a new workout challenge and warm-up routine the week before both of those are 21
days long and whenever i create new challenges i always like to try them out for myself to see what
i personally think about doing them and if there's anything i want to change for the next challenge
so on monday i did the quick warm-up followed by the 15-minute workout and then the 15-minute
full-body stretch which are all here on youtube so i'll link them in the description like i said
i'm always trying to improve my challenges for you guys so if any of you guys did or are doing
one of my challenges i would love to hear what you thought down in the comments as well as any
requests for flexibility or workout challenges you'd like me to make in the future since i just
did a workout and stretched i feel like i should shower and wash my hair and that reminded me that
i want to quickly show you guys my updated hair care routine huge shout out to function of beauty
for sponsoring this video because lately i have been using their hair care line that's available
at target so obviously i've been using their shampoo and conditioner and then just one to two
times a week i've also been using their leave-in treatment and hair mask and then all of those are
with the wavy hair base since my hair is naturally wavy what i love about these is you can customize
them to your own hair goals by adding in the hair goal booster shots this is my old shampoo that
already has the hair goals added into it but it's almost empty so i'll show you how they work with
this new one these are the cute little boxes that the hair goals come in and for all of my products
i chose thermal protection strengthen and shine so basically you just choose the base for your
hair type then add in the three hair goals of your choice and then once you've added the hair
gold booster shots into the base you basically just shake it up for 15 seconds so if you want
to try them out you can get them at target or online through the link in the description
on tuesday i felt like changing it up a bit so instead of the 15 minute stretch i did on monday
i decided to do my 10 minute morning stretch if you want to get flexible but find stretching
boring i definitely recommend constantly changing up your stretch routine that's why
i have so many different ones to choose from on my channel there's even three different
warm-ups you can choose if you want to change that up too but my personal favorite is my most
recent warm-up just because it warms you up really quickly it's only like one song
this is like the weirdest habit but since i'm showing you all the stretching i do in a week
i figured i should show this too because it's technically stretching so basically what i like
to do at like random points in the day is come to this couch and do over splits so i'll just
go into an over split like this and then through the middle over splits and backwards over splits
i don't do this because i feel like i need to stretch it's just like a weird habit or sometimes
i'll even go into the middle splits like this and like scroll through my phone when no one's
around this is like a low enough oversplit for me that i don't really feel a stretch so i can
just hold it for a long time without even really remembering that i'm in an over split
so yeah this is basically just like a really random stretch that i'll do when i'm at home
it's now wednesday night and i haven't stretched at all today just because
i've had a bunch of other things to do i always get a lot of questions from you guys
asking if you'll lose progress if you take one day off of stretching and i personally think
it's totally fine to take a day off especially if you're sore as long as you get back into it
the next day i highly doubt you'll lose any of your flexibility progress so if you're doing
one of my challenges that's supposed to be daily but you're way too busy one day definitely don't
stress about it you can just start back up the next day another thing you can do if you're sore
but still want to stretch to stay in the habit of it is just do the beginner modifications
with that being said i am all done my to-do list for the day and i feel like doing a quick
leg stretch so that is what i'm going to do now and i'll leave what routine it is linked in the
description also just because i'm curious comment down below whether you prefer leg stretches or
back stretches i like them both but i think my favorite would definitely be leg stretches
on thursday i got back into the challenge and did the quick warm-up full body workout and
full body stretch i did on monday if you've ever done any kind of stretching or working
out make sure to give this video a thumbs up and let's try to get to over 20 000 thumbs up
in case you are wondering my outfit is from gymshark and this yoga mat is from
annamcnulty.com on thursday night i also did some bed stretches just to relax before going to sleep
on friday i didn't really do a
full stretch routine but i did make a flexibility video for my shorts channel
and also did some handstands just for fun
and that's all the stretching i do in a week so from monday to friday today's flexibility
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channel by clicking here if this video inspired you to start stretching you can click here for
my 2022 flexibility challenge or you can also click here to watch my most recent video bye