TDTrain: Split Stance

What is it?
- Split Stance movements are lunge variations and step up variations.

Why should I care?
- Split stance movements allow you to simultaneously train lower body strength and stability, which are great qualities to have if you're not quite ready to commit to Life Alert. Lucky for you split stance work starts somewhere familiar, the 90/90 position(Half Kneeling).

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The Split Squat is our tier one split stance movement. Mastering this will allow you to easily transition to higher tier split stance variations.

How?
- For beginners its best to start from the 90/90 position and then rise by pressing through the front foot. Soon you'll be able to start from the top and descend into the 90/90 like I did in the video. Also, if you're doing well getting into the position, you may feel a stretch down the quad of the trailing leg.

Cues
- Assume the 90/90 position, aligning the knee and ankle under the hip
- Squeeze the glute on the side of the down knee
- Make sure you can feel your entire tripod foot in front and press the floor away
- Descend and return your knee to the starting position on the floor

Once you have the split squat down, you can attempt other split stance variations like the...
- Reverse Lunge