I'm 6'3 and 22yo
For my whole life I've been a sports freak and I've been going to soccer practice twice a week as a kid for like 6 years

I always liked being active and playing ball (soccer, basketball, whatever)
But I was always the typical kid who wants to play all the time and doesn't care about stretches or anything like that

When my body started growing and I started spending more time sitting my body started tightening

Fast forward couple years and I went from a flexible kid who was fast, agile and overall in great shape to a man who has strength to shoot or kick the ball but literally cannot touch his feet while standing up

My back hurts after long sessions of bball, I feel my hips being locked like mfcker, I am slowly developing a terrible texting-neck. I cannot even fully straighten my legs when sitting on the floor.

I want to take it serious but there are so many ways to approach this.
I need someone to guide me.

I'm sure some KTT health gurus know amazing stretching routines

Please help a fam member

I don't wanna be 30yo looking like a grandpa and not being able to pick up a dime from the floor because my legs hurt

buy some collagen and do exercises

Ok op np, do me a favour and face the wall

reddit.com/r/flexibility/wiki/starting_to_stretch

Remove your lowest ribs

OP Im a master stretcher and spend about 3hrs a week stretching

What exactly u want to know?

idk if you're joking or nah

But I can feel my but is tight asl and my legs are basically barely bending. My hips are locked.
I want all that sorted I want to free my legs

A Master Bator ? Maybe
A Master Stretcher ? Idk Pimp

Either I'm missing some inside joke between you two or you are literally 12yo

Follow this routine as prescribed it will change your life I promise

youtu.be/NnqAkM9r2a8

Why would I be joking lol

Also get a foamroller and a lacrosse ball to release all the super tight spots like hamstrings and hip flexors

U might be under a lot of stress too since stress induced muscle tightening often gets stored in the hips and/or abs

Therefore I suggest daily meditation for a while too

And idk if the above video has ab stretching but definitely do that too

idk I thought you make fun of me for thinking people on here take stretching that seriously

But glad to know you weren't

Thanks for recommendations I'll look into that

I promise on everything the routine in the video will change your life

Lemme know how u feel after doin it just once

Foam roll
Dynamic stretching for warmups
Static stretching for post workout recovery

I got a few ideas

I’ll stretch you out op