Sept Goals - Session 4

Middle Splits Challenge

Got a break during work and decided to utilize the period for some splits training.

The Training

As usual, started with the warmup drills:

• Favorite drills (video below)
• Straddle leg lifts
• Lying down butterfly pose
• Standing hamstring stretch
• Lifting inner thigh stretch (same as in the below video, but with the leg lifted):

With the warmups over, I jumped into the training session.

The Experience

The first set was actually better today; by the time the 60 seconds were over, I was at my maximum stretch range.

The second set was likewise.

3rd set through 6th sets were each 90 seconds long and I felt the stretches, although not as bad as during the first challenge.

I only stayed in position for 60 seconds, instead of 90 seconds, on the 6th set due to some time miscount.

After the 6th set, I had a 2-min rest prior to the 7th set.

I only completed 60 seconds on the 7th set.

Rested for 2 mins before starting the front splits, spending 45 seconds on each leg with 30-second rest.

Informal Sessions

I still continue with my horse stance and butterfly poses daily. I'm also performing some yoga stretches to keep the stretches up.

Reading up on other people's stories regarding the splits, it seems to take most people upwards of six months to a year in order to achieve the splits; some even take longer.

Oh well!

Water Treading

I didn't go for a swim today due to very low energy at the pool (had a day-long fast yesterday and have only had about 500 calories over the last 36 hrs).