Middle Splits - 30 Day Challenge
As an incentive for losing weight and being more active, I decided to have one specific exercise goal to work towards.
I do have many exercises I practise daily, but it makes sense to have a specific one that I can focus on completing; once that exercise goal is accomplished, it simply goes back into the list of exercises being maintained while another exercise becomes a focus.
What Happened To Your Other Goals?
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Why Middle Splits?
To be fair, handstand was my first thought; I do spend few minutes daily working on it.
I also work on the middle splits as well; in fact, it's actually the only one I recently bought an equipment to help me accomplish.
I thought I was closer to getting the handstand done (without walls) and wanted to give myself a 60-day challenge to completely nail the movement. As in, complete a 5-second handstand without using a wall.
60-Day Handstand Challenge?
My thought was to utilize the wall until the 30-day and from then on, try without the wall.
However, I doubt my ability to keep my commitment to complete this task in 60 days; after all, I've been trying it on/off for a couple of years without major success.
Again, Why Middle Splits?
I love middle splits; I'm always wowed anytime I see anyone perform it.
I've been intrigued since I first saw it (as per my recollection) in 5th grade being performed by a girl in school.
Anyways, I watched a video a few days ago in which a British lady completed her front splits in 60 days. So, I've sorta started practising it as well; I even bought an inexpensive leg-stretcher equipment to help stretch my legs.
But then, last night, I saw this video:
I watched it twice, back-to-back!
I was quite impressed!
The Plan
So, I gave myself a 30-day challenge to learn the middle splits.
I initially planned to follow the guy's stretching routine; however, after reading the video's comments from others who have a better stretching routine, I'm updating my routine to:
- Dynamic horse stance stretching for 30 - 60 seconds
- Straddle lifts for 30 - 60 seconds
- 1 min train & 1 min rest for a total of 10 mins
Since I'm quite motivated, I'm gonna see if I can complete the activity more than once daily.
Progress Tracking
I'll take periodic videos of the training sessions to visually track any progress.
In addition, I may write periodic blogs for motivation, express frustrations, and simply document my experience on this wonderful journey.
Conclusion
Watch out, Van Damme! Here I come!