Day 28 - Middle Splits Challenge
2 days left until this challenge is over; I'm already having mixed feelings on this.
Anyways, I was able to attend the gym today where I spent significant time working on my shoulders, hamstrings, and glutes.
This helped with my warm-up drills, which I started as soon as I got home.
The Training
Since I was already warmed up, I didn't spend too much time on warming up.
I still completed most of the warm-up drills; however, I didn't spend too much time on each.
Within 10 mins, I was ready for the session.
The Experience
1st set was as expected, slightly painful as the muscles begin to open up.
2nd set was much better as I began to push down.
3rd, 4th, and 5th sets were tough as expected, with sweats gushing down.
After the 5th set, I still had the energy; also, I felt that additional sets would have helped as I felt the muscles responding more the longer the sets lasted.
After the session was over, I rested for 60 seconds and started the front splits.
I completed 2 sets of the front splits; I could be wrong but it seemed that the front splits seem to be helping the middle splits muscles as well.
The muscles are being stretched forward & backward as well as from left to right; this is much better than just the left & right stretches.
Anyway, after the front splits, I completed the headstand.
While on the headstand, I started incorporating backbends; boy, my back was stiff!
Once done with headstand, I completed another chest-to-wall handstand, holding for about 40 - 60 seconds.
Informal Sessions
I only completed wide leg horse stances as well as hamstring drills.
No further splits were completed.
I've started formulating how to make the next challenge work well; more details will come later.