Its pretty standard. People say 4 hours, 5 hours, whatever. The take away is you're stretching like the whole day every day. Ive been stretching all day today. Stretch, take a 5 min break and look at the laptop, go stretch more, repeat. I dont think it means you hold a position for literally 4 hours.
Quote from: lessthanavg8300 on December 14, 2022, 06:28:13 PMI get it. Im working hard on stretching even before the surgery (but currently every other day to allow to heal which might need to change)....thats why Im getting inflammation. Just was curious if your body fights you after intense stretching. I can touch my mid shins right now which is probably not ideal considering people go into this being able to touch their toes, so this is my biggest concern that im trying to resolve.
I am going to be honest with you. Stretching before LL is close to useless. I would much rather enjoy the free time you have now because you will miss it. No for the body it would be best to stretch the entire day. One guy did 7h/day he had a meticulous recovery.
Quote from: Kanye Western on December 14, 2022, 08:37:42 PMWhy did you need stretch for 4 hours a day? Were you not flexible at all prior to the surgery?
I'm curious, cause 4 hours a day seems alot to me.
This is bs. Has nothing to do with flexibility before surgery. The only thing that changes is when true tightness will hit you. Your muscles have a natural “reserve flexibility” and that lasts until about 3cm length for most people in femur. If you are extremely flexible, like gymnast super flexible. It may last to 4cm.
See no big difference at the end of the day, you need to stretch that much because it‘s the amount of stretching required for the muscles to be able to lengthen up to 0.75mm/day and thus catch up with and adapt to the increased bone length. 1mm/day would require 6h+ of stretching.
I am being honest with you. Pre surgery flexibility is pretty irrelevant. And stretching during the first 3cm is as well, they still will push you into the habit which is good of course. But once the natural muscle flexibility is pushed to it’s limit then it becomes the most important thing by far.
Just because someone is flexible doesn’t mean the muscle is adapted to a 8cm longer femur lol. You need to stretch during the process so it adapts. Its very simple logic.
Quote from: lessthanavg8300 on December 14, 2022, 08:47:54 PMIts pretty standard. People say 4 hours, 5 hours, whatever. The take away is you're stretching like the whole day every day. Ive been stretching all day today. Stretch, take a 5 min break and look at the laptop, go stretch more, repeat. I dont think it means you hold a position for literally 4 hours.
Of course not 4h in the same position lol. But to give you an example. There is five stretches. Each one 3 repetitions per leg so 6 repetitions. Each one holding 2 and a half minutes. So for all five you need approximately 1h15min. Maybe even more sometimes with extra repetitions. Then you do it 3-4 times a day= Approximately 4h +- 30 min. Every day
I just want to add that 5 or 6 cm is easily achievable with less intense stretching.
I won’t advice or recommend anything, I know each person has their own choice and goal etc but man I am honest, to me I felt no real difference at 5cm. At 6cm a friend didn’t even notice anything different but I slowly did. I think 5-6cm TO ME is a good change on paper but only a minor one in real life.
Perhaps it was due to me wearing flatter shoes and being on crutches as well, I don’t know. But even at home where I am always barefoot it felt not that big of a change tbh
Bro going from 5'7+ to 5'9+ is a game changer, it has to be. I know because I put lifts in and walked around to feel how it would be. Night and day for me and cured my height issue. Theres a chance ill go for 6CM, well see. But right now the plan is 5. If I go to 6CM Ill be nearly 5'10. Not ruling this out.
Really appreciate all your input though its very useful including on the stretching. And yeah Ive heart flexibility beforehand doesnt matter, but I cant help wanting to be prepared just in case. I want to be more flexible anyway.
Quote from: lessthanavg8300 on December 14, 2022, 09:58:32 PMBro going from 5'7+ to 5'9+ is a game changer, it has to be. I know because I put lifts in and walked around to feel how it would be. Night and day for me and cured my height issue. Theres a chance ill go for 6CM, well see. But right now the plan is 5. If I go to 6CM Ill be nearly 5'10. Not ruling this out.
Really appreciate all your input though its very useful including on the stretching. And yeah Ive heart flexibility beforehand doesnt matter, but I cant help wanting to be prepared just in case. I want to be more flexible anyway.
Yes if you already get in the routine if stretching that’s perfect. But if I was you I would actively do a lot of things now that you won’t be able to do for a very very long time, like sports. Going out. Clubbing etc.
I did the same. I planned this as if I was to die and get the maximum out of my time left. Unfortunately some things got in the way and I regret that I couldn’t eg climb even more before LL. Or go to a club even more. The issue was I didn’t tell my few friends that it’s the last time so they didn’t see the “urgency”. Anyways you will definitely miss these things so I would prepare more for that, mentally.
If it’s your dream height then sure man. I am just sharing my experience. I was super into numbers and height measuring all the time and all that but really irl it’s less noticeable than I ever thought it will be.
Thanks for appreciating
5cm is a game changer imo
stretching before helped me. i was the most flexible patient of my batch and didn't have to stretch as much as the others and could easily keep my legs straight
Quote from: tallerwouldbenice on December 21, 2022, 09:51:43 PM5cm is a game changer imo
stretching before helped me. i was the most flexible patient of my batch and didn't have to stretch as much as the others and could easily keep my legs straight
Definitely is. I can do the 90 degree leg test right now. So I can put my legs on a wall and have it completely vertical with my butt against the wall. But I cant touch my toes. Dont know where that puts me in terms of flexibility.
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