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I could use some advice on my L-sit. I've finally started to learn how to brace my upper body for this hold, and push my hips forward through my hands. However, I'm still doing it with my knees tucked up as high as I can. I really don't have the strength in my hip flexors and quads to fight against my tight hamstrings enough to get an L-sit that looks any kind of okay. Even trying to extend just one leg at a time is difficult. I have to keep the knee bent on the "straight" leg, or my hamstring pulls tight and brings my foot down. To improve my hip flexors, I'm thinking of weighted knee raises, and leg raises, but the tight hamstring issue always ... hamstrings my progress. (sorry.) I feel like I have the strength to do good leg raises, but not to fight my hamstrings. What recommendations do you all have for improving hamstring flexibility? I would love a program to follow, if you can recommend a book or website. I work best with specific plans, and have yet to find anything. Everything I find shows different stretches or massage or something, but programming is very vague.