Are there a lot of backbenders on MFP?

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  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    This is frustrating for me.

    I was sort of being a little silly when I initially posted this thread.
    I didn't have an unnatural fixation with backbends and thought it would be funny to pretend as if I had some sort of weird fetish.

    But now I actually do have one! Look at you women, jesus christ!

    Karincakes, that's an awesome body you've developed.

    I'm so lucky I married a bendy woman myself or I'd be up a creek after this thread!
  • toomuchbootyindapants
    toomuchbootyindapants Posts: 811 Member
    Yeah - Karin is foine as hell eh?! She's my super strong hero...heroine...bakery crack feign...whatevs. :D
    Oh, and thanks! :blushing:
  • _SABOTEUR_
    _SABOTEUR_ Posts: 6,833 Member
    I finally put some clothes on and took a pic

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    My form is rubbish and I can't straighten my arms, but I'm gonna call this a NSV as I've never been able to do one before and it makes my stomach look really flat. :laugh:
  • BurtHuttz
    BurtHuttz Posts: 3,653 Member
    HEY ROCK AND ROLL MATT!!! Nice work! Makes your thighs look great as well.
  • Trilby16
    Trilby16 Posts: 707 Member
    Oh gosh!
    This is sad!
    I can't even figure out what muscles I would use to do that!!!!
  • jofjltncb6
    jofjltncb6 Posts: 34,415 Member
    I just tried and while it was *technically* there, it was atrocious form. Shoulder flexibility/strength is a weak point.

    ...and so now, I will be adding some work over an exercise ball to try to get this.



    Damn you, eman...

    ETA: Oh, and my two youngest got on the floor and said, "That's not how you do it. Do it like this." and then popped up into these nice little semicircles. I wanted to say, "Oh, sure, maybe if I had spent thousands of dollars on classes for me, then I could do it too...*mouthy little whippersnappers*...GET OFF MY LAWN!!!"

    ETAM: My kids also tell me this is more accurately called a "bridge"...or maybe that's part of my problem, that I'm getting into it from a bridge and not from a full backbend. I figured it made more sense to try pushing instead of falling into it...and given my inability to hold the position, feel justified in my approach.
  • Smash666
    Smash666 Posts: 42 Member
    Back bends are awesome I tried contortion training for a while but didn't stick with it. Yoga was my alternative though and has done me wonders.
  • iulia_maddie
    iulia_maddie Posts: 2,780 Member
    Oh why not, everyone loves some good backbending on a Saturday morning.
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  • dirtnap63
    dirtnap63 Posts: 1,387 Member
    I just wanted to say I hate you all and will not rest until I can do this too.


    Have a nice day. Not really.
  • TylerJ76
    TylerJ76 Posts: 4,375 Member
    Oh why not, everyone loves some good backbending on a Saturday morning.
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    :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:
  • jayliospecky
    jayliospecky Posts: 25,022 Member
    I just wanted to say I hate you all and will not rest until I can do this too.


    Have a nice day. Not really.

    Aw, that's sweet. *sniff* We inspired you.
  • NaeNaeJanae
    NaeNaeJanae Posts: 261 Member
    My back feels broken just looking at you all!!! Someday.....someday!
  • Junken_Diraffe
    Junken_Diraffe Posts: 716 Member
    YAY!!!!!

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  • RainHoward
    RainHoward Posts: 1,599 Member
    Oh why not, everyone loves some good backbending on a Saturday morning.
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    :love: :love: :love: :love: :love: :love:

    I officially love this thread.
  • lacurandera1
    lacurandera1 Posts: 8,083 Member
    I feel remiss in that I was far too fully clothed (compared to well, all the women plus Emany) in my attempt.
  • MyChocolateDiet
    MyChocolateDiet Posts: 22,281 Member
    Yay, I have a casting director friend who is looking for actors for the next exorcism movie. I will refer her here. jk.
  • avababy05
    avababy05 Posts: 930 Member
    Ok, just tried, and NO. Hahahaha. But to be fair my shoulder is hurting so I couldn't push myself up.

    Are they pushing themselves up or doing a full backbend? I used to be able to do both.I'm not sure I can do either now.

    But I'm going to try tonight and hopefully will not need an emergency visit to the chiropractor
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    I'm going to try again today using my exercise ball. I WILL DO THIS DAMN IT
  • lacurandera1
    lacurandera1 Posts: 8,083 Member
    Ok, just tried, and NO. Hahahaha. But to be fair my shoulder is hurting so I couldn't push myself up.

    Are they pushing themselves up or doing a full backbend? I used to be able to do both.I'm not sure I can do either now.

    But I'm going to try tonight and hopefully will not need an emergency visit to the chiropractor
    I can do both. Full back bend makes my muscles crampy but that's how I did it for half my takes. Then I got tired and started pushing up. lol
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    I am very un-bendy today. And cranky. And maybe a little cold.

    [Insert other excuses here]
  • avababy05
    avababy05 Posts: 930 Member
    I wonder how many out there are trying after reading this.Hope nobody gets hurt and everyone can get back up again.
  • barkin43
    barkin43 Posts: 508 Member
    Im a firebender ;P

    I can almost do that, but i dont really do yoga often.


    I can bend paper clips.
  • milf_n_cookies
    milf_n_cookies Posts: 2,244 Member
    OMG, I haven't done one since I was like 8, just went and tried it and I can DO IT! Now I need to get a picture LOL I am rather impressed with myself right now :tongue:
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    yeah.....but I teach yoga so I don't count. :)
  • sboyle1393
    sboyle1393 Posts: 2
    Doesn't matter your age I'm 19 and if i tried to back bend I'm pretty sure I'd die
  • RainHoward
    RainHoward Posts: 1,599 Member
    no, yoga instructors count twice.
  • HarlCarl
    HarlCarl Posts: 266 Member
    I would, but Mother always told me when I was young that I would get stuck like that!!!
  • etoiles_argentees
    etoiles_argentees Posts: 2,827 Member
    Please just do it correctly, you don't want the load in the wrong spots of your shoulders or back. :)

    [/quote](OORD-vah don-your-AHS-anna)
    urdhva = upward
    dhanu = bow

    Step by Step

    Lie supine on the floor. Bend your knees and set your feet on the floor, heels as close to the sitting bones as possible. Bend your elbows and spread your palms on the floor beside your head, forearms relatively perpendicular to the floor, fingers pointing toward your shoulders.

    Pressing your inner feet actively into the floor, exhale and push your tailbone up toward the pubis, firming (but not hardening) the buttocks, and lift the buttocks off the floor. Keep your thighs and inner feet parallel. Take 2 or 3 breaths. Then firmly press the inner hands into the floor and your shoulder blades against the back and lift up onto the crown of your head. Keep your arms parallel. Take 2 or 3 breaths.

    Press your feet and hands into the floor, tailbone and shoulder blades against your back, and with an exhalation, lift your head off the floor and straighten your arms. Turn the upper thighs slightly inward and firm the outer thighs. Narrow the hip points and lengthen the tailbone toward the backs of the knees, lifting the pubis toward the navel.

    Turn the upper arms outward but keep the weight on the bases of the index fingers. Spread the shoulder blades across the back and let the head hang, or lift it slightly to look down at the floor.

    Stay in the pose anywhere from 5 to 10 seconds or more, breathing easily. Repeat anywhere from 3 to 10 times.

    - See more at: http://www.yogajournal.com/poses/473#sthash.nFBo1VZY.dpuf[/quote]
  • harvo
    harvo Posts: 4,676 Member
    Yep now I feel the need to go try one, too bad I don't have someone to take my pic


    Ooh, ooh ....pick me, pick me!
  • xaMErica
    xaMErica Posts: 284 Member
    I thought this was just some neat, odd thing me and my friends used to do.. didn't realize it was a 'big thing'.. =p I can't do it now.. I'd have to start stretching and working up to it again.. I was in dance for awhile in middle school... I could do it then!

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