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Question 2, Fabio (Side split)
I am a big sports fan and I have been training for some time to do a side split (I am about two palm-lenghs from the ground after warm-up): unfortunately, my instructor told me it was useless to train for a side split because it is a genetic ability that depends on a specific shape of the hip joint. Is he correct or or will I be able one day to touch the ground with my pelvis in a side split?
- Answers David De Angelis
Your instructor may surely be an expert in training tecniques but certainly hasn't studied bone mechanics of the coxo-femoral (hip) joint. Exept for rare pathological cases of malformation (and it is most unlikely in your case), the normal range of movement of the coxo-femoral joint (45/50 degrees in abduction and 45 degrees of extrarotation from a physiologic position) allows one to perform all types of splits. Your present level of opening depends on the degree of flexibility and strength of the adductors muscles of the thigh and groin muscles (which are those most directly involved in a side split). If you traine in accordance with the P.N.F. ISOMETRIC TECHNIQUE and with an expert guide you will be pleasantly surprised by the results.
Happy training!
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