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Can an old man learn to do the splits?
I’m 67. I exercise daily, doing heavy hands on odd-numbered days and lifting dumbbells on even. For warm up,, I go through stretching including straddle splits as wide as I can go, then bowing my head as close to the ground as I can get it, and then front splits with right then left leg extended forward. I can see that I am slowly getting more limber. I can get to 20.5 inches in the straddle splits and 17 inches in front splits. Can I hope to ever touch down, or am I just too darned old to dream of that?
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