I read this in Thomas Kurz book. “Stretching Scientifically”
When in a low horse stance try to “pinch the ground” with your legs. Meaning try to stand yourself upright by sliding your feet together. This focuses on the muscles of the inner thigh.
Low squatting (Vertical back varieties) with heavy weight stretches your hips out. Using a lot of weight can be helpful for forcing the legs apart at that angle that stretches your hips. As well, loading the spine at different angles will help your posture.
He asked for supplementary weight lifting exercises to improve the stances. So I am thinking something which is not emphasizing endurance, rather strength, especially in the low range of motion. The endurance piece is already covered by the stance holds.
Originally posted by fa_jing
[B]Low squatting (Vertical back varieties) with heavy weight stretches your hips out. Using a lot of weight can be helpful for forcing the legs apart at that angle that stretches your hips. As well, loading the spine at different angles will help your posture.
ACCORDING TO PRINCIPALS OF BOTH YOGA AND PILATES, THAT MAKES ALOT OF SENSE…
He asked for supplementary weight lifting exercises to improve the stances. So I am thinking something which is not emphasizing endurance, rather strength, especially in the low range of motion. The endurance piece is already covered by the stance holds. [/B]
WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING FOR QUADS AND HAMMIES LIKE WIEGHTED CALF RAISES AND REVERSING FOR A WEIGHTED GLUTE CONTACTION..LIKE ON A NORDELUS…AND MAYBE SOME PULLEYED INNER AB AND ADDUCTOR WORK?? MAYBE EVEN SOME CIRCULAR WORK ON A TIGHT PULLEY ?
WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING FOR QUADS AND HAMMIES LIKE WIEGHTED CALF RAISES
Weighted CALF raises don’t work quads or hammies 
maybe I’m just calling it something else.. too tired to care ..sorry
ok…a couple of workout sesions, a guarana hit and a multi later..i’m functioning again
I have no idea why I said calf raise …lol…what I meant was a seated lower leg extension on a nordelous…still don’t know what it’s called…but that’s what I meant…sorry ..my bad 