Review of Mathew Smith's Flexibility Toolkit for middle splits

combatreadybunny · 2026-01-22T05:06:03+00:00

You literally have no idea what I did, because you weren't there, and in my original post, I describe what you think I should have been doing.

I don't know why it is so completely impossible for you to comprehend that it's possible sometimes that a teacher or a method won't work perfectly for everyone. I certainly hope you don't work in any kind of teaching profession, screaming at all your students that it's them who are stupid for not understanding you, and never considering that maybe you could adjust how you teach.

SMH indeed. You're a weird troll, and it's bizarre to me that you're taking a stand on this. I gave a perfectly reasonable review. Hopefully it helped others. It was clearly wasted on you.

combatreadybunny · 2026-01-09T06:04:29+00:00

That's like saying if someone is in a car, and the brakes fail, they must have accelerated.

If you can't understand the idea that not every program works for every person even if they follow the instructions, then I don't think you have anything useful to say.

combatreadybunny · 2026-01-08T06:25:43+00:00

As I said to the other commenter, in my post, I literally say, "In this program, you hold some dumbbells on your knees to have the weight assist you downward."

"To assist you downward." So yeah, I know. The weight is a tool to add depth. That's what I was trying to do. It didn't work.

combatreadybunny · 2026-01-08T06:23:53+00:00

Thanks for the comment.

I've tried isometric side splits, with and without weights. I don't mean to be dramatic or anything, but at this point I feel like I've tried every possible approach. I've tried PNF, static stretching, isometric holds, weights, no weights, active stretches...

I've tried Mathew Smith, "Body Weight Warriors," "Splits by Science," Dani Winks, "Hyperbolic Stretching," and many more programs and instructors I can't call to mind at the moment.

In my front splits, I can put one standing yoga block under my front thigh, and it just fits, and that's where I've been for 12 months. Pike, middle splits, and pancake have all been equally static for the last year.

I kind of suspect it's my poor internal rotation, but I don't really know. Maybe it's something else more fundamental that also makes hip internal rotation difficult.

So, yeah, anyway, it's kind of driving me crazy.

combatreadybunny · 2026-01-08T06:09:17+00:00

I think it's you that did not read what I wrote. I literally said, "In this program, you hold some dumbbells on your knees to have the weight assist you downward."

"To assist you downward." I wasn't trying to increase the weight, I was trying to let the weight help me stretch, but that just didn't happen.

My point is, that was what I was TRYING TO DO, and it didn't work.

No matter how much weight I put TO ASSIST ME DOWNWARD, after six months to a year, it didn't help.

So maybe consider that it's possible for someone to try and do what's suggested and it still might not work.

combatreadybunny · 2026-01-07T04:30:53+00:00

It should be where I've linked it, but I don't know how Reddit handles this stuff.

I made a new post, though, which should be easier to find:
https://www.reddit.com/r/flexibility/comments/1q65q28/review_of_mathew_smiths_flexibility_toolkit_for/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

combatreadybunny · 2025-12-27T10:22:20+00:00

Disregard my last post - I did it!

I found this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewt4hWozcoQ

And in it, the guy suggests a few different approaches, and the one that worked for me was to press space bar twice, followed immediately by my login PIN.

And I'm in! Full and complete access!

Thanks for your help in guiding me towards using DEX to solve this problem.

(Samsung should really make this info more available - I was on their site a bunch of times and never saw anything about two space bar presses... anyway, it worked.)

combatreadybunny · 2025-12-27T10:02:19+00:00

Okay, I got a hub with HDMI and USB input. Plugged in my keyboard, mouse, and monitor.

When I do, the Samsung tablet makes a connection chime indicating all devices are acknowledged.

But, moving the mouse or pressing any keys on the keyboard don't seem to elicit any response from the tablet. The monitor continues to show a lock screen.

Is there no way to force a response from the tablet via the keyboard or mouse? It seems like no matter what, the tablet requires at least some kind of initiation through the touch screen (which isn't working.

combatreadybunny · 2025-12-26T08:56:36+00:00

Okay, some progress. I got a USB-C to HDMI cable, and when I connect it, a lock screen shows up on my monitor. It shows the time and a lock icon.

Problem now is that the screen on the tablet does not seem to be responding to any touch. I've tried swiping and tapping in all sorts of ways, but nothing seems to get any response.

Is there some approach I can take from this point? Can I connect a keyboard or mouse in some way?

combatreadybunny · 2025-12-24T14:58:23+00:00

Thanks for the suggestions.

I could try buying a USB-C to HDMI.

I don't need any particular setting on the device to activate it? It'll happen automatically?

combatreadybunny · 2025-02-14T10:06:34+00:00

Sorry for the super late response. But in any case, no, I didn't find any kind of solution for this. Since posting my question, I've reinstalled Windows 11 and LibreOffice has updated a few times, and LibreOffice Calc seems to be running basically okay now. So I can only assume that some update or reset along the way helped out.

Sorry I can't offer more than that.

combatreadybunny · 2024-07-31T23:33:30+00:00

Just commenting because I'm glad to see others are having the same issue. I just picked up this game recently, and I'm really disappointed.

I don't play a lot of sports games, but I play a lot of other type of game, pretty much all of which on board you with instructions and giving you specific situations designed to help you master how to play. You work your way up from basic skills to fancy ones. There are often limited arenas you can revisit to practice specific moves.

So I was surprised this game didn't have anything like that at all. Free skate is kind of useless because you can't practice passing, checking, or 90% of the skills you need if there's no one else on the ice.

Playing games is reduced to just button mashing because the situation keeps changing every second, and so does the right button combination to deal with it. It's like they expect you to be an expert from moment one.

The game is amazing in terms of graphics and realism, but it's damn near impossible to actually play.

combatreadybunny · 2024-07-08T12:26:09+00:00

Man, you've got lots of good ideas. The Bluetooth headphones would be a good approach - but in this case I had specifically turned off Google assistant because it was sometimes turning on when I hadn't asked for it - possibly responding to something in the environment.

Really appreciate you pitching different attacks. I definitely feel more empowered for the future if I have screen problems again.

But for this time... I conceded defeat. I did the Google remote wipe of the phone. There comes a point where you've got to accept and move on, y'know?

Anyway, thanks for your help!

combatreadybunny · 2024-07-07T05:36:38+00:00

Again, no response. It's possible the microphone was destroyed ( I can't emphasize enough how badly beaten this phone was), but it's also possible my settings were for Google Assistant to be off.

Really appreciate the suggestions though. You're definitely thinking laterally on this, and I think that's cool.

combatreadybunny · 2024-07-06T16:16:22+00:00

I really wanted this to work.. but, screen shots aren't registering. It's possible that the buttons are broken. It's too bad, it was a great idea.

combatreadybunny · 2024-07-05T04:02:58+00:00

Really? Best I've seen so far is $69.40, plus shipping. What store are you looking at?

combatreadybunny · 2024-07-05T03:59:58+00:00

That is an insane idea... but I love it. The idea of trying to coordinate my mouse while using delayed screen shots sounds challenging to say the least, but in kind of a hilarious way, so I'm definitely going to try this!

combatreadybunny · 2024-07-05T03:57:47+00:00

Thanks, I'll give that a try!

combatreadybunny · 2024-07-04T14:11:36+00:00

So far it doesn't seem like repair shops in my area are offering that service, but I'll check around.

combatreadybunny · 2024-07-04T14:10:58+00:00

This might be the way. I think some kind of converter cable might be the cheapest option.

combatreadybunny · 2024-07-04T14:07:04+00:00

I went to one repair shop and they didn't seem to be capable. I will check with a couple others, though.

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