A new use for horsestance.

[shinbushi]

This is the R3al usuage for the horse stance.

[meataxe]

Horse stance will rock your snowboarding!

I just started looking at some dynamic stretching. It looks like a bunch of silly repetitive motions. (Sorta like qigong.)

[Axelton]

Thanks guys,

I just fixed the stretching link.

[PizDoff]

I'm guessing this is the link?
http://www.stadion.com/column_stretch5.html

Here's the index: http://www.stadion.com/column.html:
I have read up to 31 years ago, I should rescan them and read the new ones.

Exactly man. I was an avid static stretcher till I realized it is useless as it made my muscles clumsy right after doing them. PLus if someone attacks you, are you gonna say "Wait, let me stretch first."?

Agreed. Reading Kurz helped me understand the physiology behind when I felt pain when kicking right after static stretching.

I use PNF and dynamic stretching these days. I normally do it in depth once a week and I can kick over my head with relative ease.
http://www.thestretchinghandbook.com...stretching.php
http://www.cmcrossroads.com/bradapp/...g_4.html#SEC36

[Teh El Macho]

Aw shit, they took the link down.

[RunningDog]

The link in the OP isn't working for me, plz fix

[odorblocker]

Here,

Plenty of horse stand for stretching.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLG-aZU6Wbs

[Teh El Macho]

How long should I hold the horse stance?

I just tried it, and man do my hips feel better. I grabbed onto a railing, went into it, and then started going lower, just stretching everything out.

Pavel Tsatsouline suggests to keep a stretch for no less than 10-15 seconds. Anything less does not allow the ligaments to adjust and the muscles to relax into the stretch. Holding the stretch for 30 seconds would allow you to increase the stretch in gradual steps. That is, hold a stretch for 30 seconds, then do a gradual increase in the stretch for another 30 seconds and so on and so on.

[Jack Rusher]

Anthony--

My personal trainer recommends 1-5 minute "wall sits" (building up from 30 seconds if you can't initially do it for one minute) to open the hips and pre-hab the knees. The wall sit is like a horse stance against a wall:



I showed him the low CMA version for comparison. He said it was a better but more difficult version of the same exercise, which also turns up in a slightly different form in yoga as "chair pose."

[DerAuslander]

I just want to add that by changing stances I did not mean back stance, front stance and the like, but rather southpaw or orthodox.

[Axelton]

Olympic Taegwondo requires the ability to quickly alternate kicking legs and stances without sacrificing power for speed. I had a huge problem with throwing multiple roundhouses, both in speed and flexibility. After a few weeks of horse stance training, the problem had disappeared. My hip flexors were much more pliable while still retaining power, and this exercise helped my kicking more than any static splits and the like.

Exactly man. I was an avid static stretcher till I realized it is useless as it made my muscles clumsy right after doing them. PLus if someone attacks you, are you gonna say "Wait, let me stretch first."?

[DerAuslander]

How long should I hold the horse stance?

I just tried it, and man do my hips feel better. I grabbed onto a railing, went into it, and then started going lower, just stretching everything out.

Start with a minute, and then try and work yourself up to about 5. Beyond that, all you're really working on is stamina.

Olympic Taegwondo requires the ability to quickly alternate kicking legs and stances without sacrificing power for speed. I had a huge problem with throwing multiple roundhouses, both in speed and flexibility. After a few weeks of horse stance training, the problem had disappeared. My hip flexors were much more pliable while still retaining power, and this exercise helped my kicking more than any static splits and the like.

[KayRoc]

And relax the sphincter

[Axelton]

How long should I hold the horse stance?

I just tried it, and man do my hips feel better. I grabbed onto a railing, went into it, and then started going lower, just stretching everything out.

Honestly, the longer you can hold it the better.

One thing I forgot in my OP was try not to have you pelvis pointed forward. Keep your butt from curling under you hips. And keep your back straight, this will give you the maximum overall stretch in your hips.

[Pandinha]

How long should I hold the horse stance?

I just tried it, and man do my hips feel better. I grabbed onto a railing, went into it, and then started going lower, just stretching everything out.