Inter 2 Day 4
Day 4. Today you’ll be training two leg hangs. Don’t worry if you can’t invert, you can use the No Invert option for today. Start this session by watching my Veena’s tips for Invert into Gemini, then warm up.
Gemini (Outside leg hang) 5-10 times, both sides.
Star 5-10 times, both sides.
Pigeon Hold for 10-40 seconds, passive stretching.
Sitting twist Use resistance stretching (starts at minute 1:30) 5-10 times, per side.
lol now I remember why I made myself go back to do the invert 30-day, this day 4 is intimidating! I tried my best, but I’m going to need more practice :’)
There’s more time to work on this later. You’ve got this!
I recently moved and was unable to do a workout for two months (waiting on an extension). Decided to come back and redo the intermediate programs to get my strength back up. Had no problems doing both of these moves this second time around ðŸ˜
Happy you’re back!!
Would you say having a deeper/more open middle split makes this move a bit easier to hold? My straddle isn’t as wide (looking at :57, for reference) and wondering if it’s holding me back. It’s a move I feel like I SHOULD be able to get into, but feels impossible to place my bottom leg against the pole, I end up leaning quite far forward (almost like I’m trying to do a pancake, which I can’t quite do yet) :/ Any tips would be appreciated!
Which move are you referring too?
Ah, sorry, thought I was commenting on the Star!
Yes, having a pancake split for the Star and middle split for the Advanced Star will allow you to hold the pose much easier. However, you can be as bendy as possible but if you don’t have the strength to push the lower leg into the pole it will be difficult as well. If you go to the pink links in the descriptions can click on Star, you’ll be taken directly to the video for the Star. This will then show you all the moves you need to know to improve on the star, including stretches. Here’s the link for star https://www.studioveena.com/tutorial/star-1035/
If you’d like to work on your middle splits this active middle splits routine is great https://www.studioveena.com/tutorial/active-middle-splits-routine-live-lesson-1574/
Thank you so much, Veena! 🙂
Let me know if you have any other questions, I’m more than happy to help!