My work capacity improved compared to last week. I needed a little less time to rest between sets of clean-and-press, and so I was able to do more volume. I'm on track to replicate the amount of work I did in Weeks 3 and 4 of my previous iteration of The Giant 1.2.
From what I understand, improving overall flexibility for straddle split/straddle sit can involve improving not only hamstring flexibility, but also the flexilbity of the hip muscles, such as the hip adductors and hip flexors.
So I decided to start practicing the horse stance. Horse stance is supposed to improve hip flexibility as well as leg strength. GMB has a good horse stance article. I've seen other resources/videos on horse stance but I like GMB's here because they're not as dogmatic as other coaches who say you must hold horse stance for 2 minutes or longer. GMB says if you can do horse stance for only 5-10 seconds at a time, it's fine.
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