Hinging 'straddle-bow'
BW 'front-folding'-range
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5m 31s
THE WHAT & HOW:
A progressive leg-abductor and hamstring range-development context. Performed from standing, it is also accessible for those who cannot effectively utilise floor-seated, or even elevated, contexts for similar range-development (i.e. 'Pancake' forms).
Further to contributing to development of the 'Pancake' range, then, the standing, leg-abducted position transitions into what is essentially a 'Middle-splits' form in the same way that the 'Straddle-up' does (it is effectively an isolated version of the second-half of this movement pattern).
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