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STWhy my right split is WORSE than my left (and why I don’t care). 🤷♂️
So last week I posted the left leg splits training from this workout. If you're familiar with my splits training style, I'm an advocate of doing one side until you're done with it, then doing the other side or even doing it on another day. Yes, you can alternate sides in a training session, but I've found for the best outcome, focusing on one side and getting it done works better.
The other thing I want to share is that I personally don't believe it's necessary to have both RIGHT and LEFT leg front splits equal. We are creatures that have dominant sides. Right brain, Left brain, different strengths and weaknesses. Same here. I'm right side dominant, so my right leg is significantly stronger than my left. Especially the hamstring. That strength comes from a slightly higher tension at rest. The result is that leg is great to jump and land on, kick hard with at sub-max ranges, push with, etc., but it's not the best to split with. Whereas my left leg is better for full range of motion kicking, splitting, stretching, etc. This "imbalance" doesn't need to be "corrected" in my opinion. It just needs to be kept in check: I don't want a giant discrepancy between legs in capacity, but a little bit of discrepancy makes sense.
All that is to say: don't get frustrated if one leg is more flexible than the other! It's normal! So here I'm doing my right leg split. I don't like doing it as much as my left, and it's not as good, but I still do it cause I want it to be "good enough". The thing is: my expectations are in check. Yours should be too. Happy splitting!
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