Bucket List Item - Trying To Do The Splits

After sharing my bucket list on this blog, I've been asked what will I do first and to be honest with you, I wasn't too sure.  There are so many things to do and some things require money for which I have none at the moment.  After thinking about it for some time and seeing what wouldn't cost me anything, I decided do the splits again for my first task.

I used to be able to do the side splits (or straddle splits) when I was a kid and throughout my teen years, then something happened and I could no longer do the side splits.  Instead I was able to do a front split, that's where you have one leg forward and the other leg behind your torso.  Now it's been awhile since I was able to do either side or front splits and since I never specified what type of splits to complete for my bucket list, I decided to try and do the forward splits for this task.  They seem to be the easiest.

Yesterday, I was tried this tutorial split stretch workout for the first time.

Now this is where I am with my splits.  As you can see, I'm not too far off from doing them and with a little practice, I hope to be able to do them completely and soon.

 My little cheerleader is helping me in the second picture - she probably wanted to do a photobomb.