Yesterday I went to my MMA training early so that I could stretch and work on my flexibility. I jumped into the stretching machine pictured above and had quite an experience. There is a lever in the middle that you use to ratchet your legs back as far as they can go. I started off slow and sat in about a half split for a minute, took a deep breath in and let out while cracking up the depth another notch. It was painful, but still not awful. One more time, deep breath in, then out…………CRANK IT UP!! Now I am in pain as I am almost in a complete split, not a good thing for a big guy like me. I sit through the pain for about 1 minute and then realize, I don’t know how the hell to release this contraption. 5 minutes go by and I am frantically trying to figure out how to get out of this torture device. My legs are killing me, there is no release button, and I am dreading the worse. Finally after 8 long minutes, I was able to unwedge one of my legs and get off of this machine. In doing so I developed the biggest cramp in my thigh that I have ever had, and screamed like a little girl while doing it. If you see me walking today, just remember. No I am not gay, my legs just hurt really bad!!
