Holding the Horse Stance everyday for 31 days | How long can I hold?
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Hello Humans! Today, I come to you with a video that has been in the works for the last month. I have been holding the horse stance everyday for the past 31 days. I wanted to see how long I could hold the horse stance after a full month of work. This was a very interesting experiment for myself and a very difficult one. I hope you enjoyed my suffering.
-Antonio
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I am 70 years old do now 90 sec.its a hell of a exc( started a month ago ) tnks for the motivation.
When I first started the horse stance, I was just barely getting by at 60 seconds. I would say you are doing great.
I’m with you I’m senior as well …
It's crazy to see how much you improved in only 31 days...
I'm currently building it up towards 5 minutes (I've half way to go, cause I'm currently 2'35). I can already see improvements in my hip mobility and agility in general, definitely a great tool to implement in a practice !
Great job, keep moving !
Keep going, with good consistency you will get to that 5 minute mark.
In fact, after having posted it, I remember he obtained the 5 min 1-2 years ago...
But also, I'm currently at 3'25... So I improved by 1 minute in less than 2 weeks.
Is there a gap / plateau since you get to a certain duration ?
@@arindamadhikary1844 Nice xD I only intend to reach 5 min ^^ and maintain it, i use it as a sort of meditation, besides all the benefits it provides 😅. But it's fine, I'll tell you when I reach 5 minutes !
And Back in the day, I was doing sets of hundreds bodyweight squats, after a basketball training session to create endurance in my legs ! But my knees didn't like those !
@@arindamadhikary1844 thanks you for this advice ! But don't worry, I managed to bulletproof my knees since then.
I'm currently practicing the horse stance 6 times per week, each morning, and I manage to increase by 5 seconds each day, in order for my body to adapt better in the long run rather than increasing too much the holding volume.
@@arindamadhikary1844 Well... The first thing has been Squatting down.
Then, I started Locomotion work (at a very low level though), which, combined with different bodyweight squat variations, and later weighted leg strength training, gave me nive knees. And then I started to horse stance, parkour, and everything skyrocketted. But nothing with excess of course, I'm still weak to do certain things I guess.
But the most important thing has been to have a varied movement practice: not necessarily with a process which focus specifically on it, but I guess, even though it wasn't the goal, it came naturally.
Was 15 seconds away from 5 mins. Going up in ten second increments. Then had a big fall. Broke my back shattered my talas and dislocated my shoulder 9 months later I’m back to 4.45 seconds ready to go to five mins. 15 seconds added every week works for me. I’m sixty one. I love this exercise. So painful so good for the mind and body. Awesome job. Incredible in such a short time. Respect 😮
It seems like you were able to turn your body into a crystalline state @ 4 min and 45 seconds.
i thought you meant you fell while you were 15 seconds away and broke your back doing the stance lol that confused me
You break your whole body from that lower height, wow. I think you should turn back to be couch potato to be safe.
@@Jo_Zh This was my thought at first, but I think they meant the fall happened at a different time than during the exercise.
Inspiring dude! Horse stance is a main stay in my practice. For the last four months I have been approaching it with a VOLUME mentality. So for month number one, I accumulated 5 minutes of horse stance throughout the day. Second month I accumulated 7.5 minutes throughout the day. Third month I accumulated 10 minutes throughout the day. Im in the middle of my forth month, 12.5 minutes every day. My goal is to build up to an accumulation of 30 minutes a day.
However when I practice my sets are always 30-90 seconds. I am amazed you increased 10 seconds every day for a month. That is beastly dude.
Ah, by "volume" I first assumed that you were talking about the groaning. Way to go.
What are the benefits of a horce stance?
@@dekik.979 The benefits are insane, especially once you start getting to higher times. A lot of eastern practices in general focus on cultivating your internal energy
and energy originates from your Lower Dantian according to chinese medicine, or in yogic traditions that's where kundalini energy originates from, from your lowest. root chakra.
Needless to say, those practices are known to increase a persons lifespan and health span since they focus on cultivating the energy within your body
And Horse stance is a brute force way to activate and engage with that energy, especially if you want to take it a step further and incorporate movements or variations in positions for your hand. The only way for you to reach longer times, youll have to reach a high/adept level in breathing which can only be obtained through practice, which is why breathing practices are so common in those traditions. Horse Stance combined with a healthy diet (lots of plants, not overeating and/or fasting) will make your energy on a day to day basis skyrocket and life will be less painful. You'll find yourself having more energy throughout your day to do the things you want or need to do in your life.
Definitely take advantage of the fact that you know of this powerful technique that only takes a few minutes out of your day!
Or like an hour if you just want to like experience that level of energy in your life. One of those things you have to just experience to truly understand.
@@dekik.979 discipline
i've done a few of those horse stance holds...they're really tough. building by 10 seconds every single day is an incredible achievement. great job!
Congratulations Antonio, bringing some quality motivation to my horse stance practice :)
Been doing Horse Stance in VRChat since January 2023, and up to 08 min now but stop then .. All while dancing in VR. Thanks for showing this progress vid, inspiring in so many ways
8 minutes is crazy good. It Must have been weird being in a horse stance while people tried and talked with you in VR Chat lmao
I do it every day on the dance floor, and the fun part is that ppl join in ^^ @@CodyScary
I though he was going to hold it for the whole 31 days 😂
Me to bruh
@@pandacrook3493 Chunyi Lin did 49 days of nonstop full lotus (padmasana) meditation in a cave at Mt. Qingcheng - check out spring forest qigong
@@pandacrook3493 Chunyi also did 2 hours of nonstop horse stance every day at Shaolin - with thighs parallel to ground - for three months straight
Haha
😂😂😂
Makes me wonder how we actually did 30 mins back in the day, a few of the more intense students with the shifu.
Great commitment, TTW!
this channel is motivating.. just gave it a try: 56 seconds!
Respect I have.
That inspired me to practice horse stance every day, starting from today :D Love ur videos
Whats your result? Did you give up?
@@defaultlmk9290 Not really. I am on/off through the years. I am back on it the last 2.5 months, currently standing at 2 minutes horse stance. :) This helps me for my runs, my legs dont get tired and the mental capacity for enduring pain went up.
Just did my first horse stance in... Well, it's been so long it might as well be my first ever.
Made it 55 seconds.
Been pushing to finally get fit and healthy. Was starting on single leg squats finally but then a video made me relive, if I can't do deep squats with both legs I won't be able to do it single.
And this same video said I should start with horse stance before I even work on the deep squat so... Here I am!
Helps that part of me has been telling myself for years I need to do this.
That's awesome... especially without a day off to recuperate.
Digging the Mulan soundtrack in the background!
This was really great insight. I have been trying to build up my horse stance and I am just up to 90 seconds. Knowing that the mental is so much more significant than I originally thought will change the way I train horse stance. It sounds like the meditation before hand is really important
The trick to building up the horse stance is not just training it once a day, train it at half or 3/4 of your max three or four times a day then go for max once or twice a week. So you would do 1 min for breakfast, lunch, and dinner then on Wednesday and Saturday do max of 90 seconds for 3 weeks. Then you start adding max in daily.
@@donovanweir2305 I like your thinking. Lots of singles, doubles and triples. Not just home runs.
You've trained with people that can hold a horse stance for 30 minutes? That's longer than I've ever sat down to meditate. I'll need to have a go at this challenge.
30 minutes was the minimum where I was training in China. An hour was what most of the coaches / master had built up to. Very inspiring.
Heard of monks going hours
@@TheTaoWay holy cow
@@TheTaoWay How do masters progress to 1 hour of horse stance do they also add 10 seconds per day, or what was the method that they use to achieve that kind of level, thank you.
I will be very happy for just 5-6 minutes and stronger legs
Wow, amazing work teacher! Your suffering inspired me to work on my horse stance better. Haha
Fantastic consistency, accountability and discipline! Well done.
Nice job man! Back in the day for testing for "Shifu" ranking, the horse stance was done right off the bat for 15 minutes. Then just for fun, they made me do it another 15 a day later. It was hell.
Try pointing your toes forward and standing on the outer edges of your feet, to work lower core muscles.
This Has Been Good Motivation. Since Your Video Release, I've Been Able To Increase My Week Time To 6Minutes And 10 Seconds As Of This Week. I Beleieve I'll Supass 7 Minutes Next Month, Thank You
Awesome as always :D Great motivation to starting with daily horse standing practise.
Fantastic effort,.The breath is everything slow breathing helps the lactic acid build up I find, and scientific evidence has shown. 🙂👍🏻
Most impressive, I find most things turn out to be about mentality. You can do it.
Very amazing, you inspired me to do the same. You should post before and after leg photo too it'd be interesting to see!
I like the Mulan Soundtrack there... nice.
You just mentioned it... lol
As soon as I saw your vastus medialis, I knew I was in the right place.
Antonio you are great! Please do Wim Hof breathing method before doing the horse stance --- it will help you immensely. Thank you
Awesome work, Dude. Way to commit. Awesome progression. Inspiring stuff. ❤
That is an amazing achievement!
Cant believe he did 31 days, bit suspicious about the change in clothes along the way though, well done!
What is suspicious about the clothes? You can also see my beard slowly growing and being shaved across the 31days. This was done, for real.
haha I'm sorry about that, I do believe you! (was refering to the 31-day timelapse in the begining)
The music!! Awesome
Love the background music
great video I am going to try this out for 30 days
This is very inspirational, thank you so much brotha!!
Yes, sir, my comment is I'm 70, and I can do the horse stance for a minute. Just know this has improved my walking speed by the scientific term,a lot.
Wow, what a hero!!!
Love your video, love your dedication and ...... love this Song = "A Girl Worth Fighting For (Epic Version)"
This is that Mulan love right here 🙏🏾✨
Thanks for the vibeo
Mulan music in background 👍🏻
Best form I've ever seen
Congrats dude
Inspirational! Great post.
Mulan training montage music… nice touch :). Great job on horse stance..
This seems like a good idea
It's good you advised that the 10s/day increased is not for everyone. I was going to try it. I'll play it safer now
I really got inspired...thank you
🗣🎤A girl worth fighting forrrrr
Did it my first time today and was able to hold for 50 seconds
Bro impressive and inspirational 💯👊🏽👊🏽🙏🏽🔥
On my first very 1st attempt of 'Horse Stance' i did about 60 seconds or 1 minute...barely!! I am surprised and a bit embarrassed... i am shanken-up and tired!! I had thought i could do it much longer without any stress... I am fit. I practice Yoga... cycle etc. and live a very active/hard life...
Many muscles in the body....simple nerver used in western fitness but used in horse stance position.
Adding 10sec each day sounds very hard.
2 questions.
Is there recommended way for breathing? Deep and slow? Normal?
When you stand, which part of feet do you put weight on? More in to thumbs? Sides? Back? Completely even?
At Wah Lum 3 minutes was standard for every basic class.
Hello, I just seen your video, and I'm going to try this, because I have been giving some medication that took my body out and I can't walk? I'm walking with a walker now, & it's been 4 months and I still can't walk. So I'm going to start and do this for the month of May and see what happens? Thank you Eric from Boston. I've had both knees replaced and Life is miserable for me now also My CORE is so weak I can't balance myself? I want to thank you for your inspiration and encouragement I'm going to try this immediately thank you & GOD Bless you and your Family.
Good job, i find it scary that sumo wrestlers do it for hours, hence their incredible strength
Amazing, 7 mins, wow 👏👏
Try the knees and feet facing forward.
Hey dude, what about the shaolin monk form, toes pointed forward and lower abs fully engaged?!
Please watch my other videos detailing the different positions that can be done in the horse stance. Every style will do this a bit differently. I never trained under the Shaolin lineage, I was under Wudang Kung Fu in China.
I can imagine how it feels and how stressed the hamstrings are after and 31 days in a row.
This was done years ago so my ability to remember accurately will be affected but what I do remember is that my posterior chain did not fatigue much. It was more the anterior aspect of the legs. After about day 10 - 15 I stopped getting sore/fatigued and it was a much bigger mental battle. The body adapted at a certain point and the legs felt recovered each day even with my normal practice on top of this challenge.
Great stuff I practice horsestance every day even my thumbnail picture is me in a horsestance
Feet forward
Straighten the back
Hips foward
Shoulders need to relax
You are doing great, but can do it greater
Hi did you notice any muscle growth from doing this?👍
I was in martial arts and encountered my classmates Ex-GF at the beach.. He saw me and was jealous.. We fought and he beat me.. Later, I wa angry, and started my own school called Cobra Kai.. We fought again and I defeated him with a front snap kick.. THE POINT of this is that I defeated him using horse stance training.
Congrats for the challenge. Actually a more difficult horse stance variation is the golden rooster standing on 1 leg. I can't hold longer than 1.5 minutes 😭
Yes, that is how 'masters do it'. Hours. Very hard.
I tried the golden rooster, but ended up the tin chicken.
I was literally just in the horse stance
You used the 10 second add on per day method for this self challenge video which was very fun to watch. Im wondering when you were training it with your teachers who were able to hold it between 30-60 minutes, what was the method of progression? Obviously you cant build ten seconds per say until you reach an hour. How did they recommend you practice it?
They train for years
🔥landed🔥
Congrats for you. I have a question, I would like to know if it could be correct to practice the horse stance two or three times per day.
I practice horse stance a few times a day for about 1 min a rep and I think it is better this way (for me, at least). In the morning I wake up very easy and charged
I'm impressed
How much would it be a good progression? Thanks 😊
Mental strength! Do you feel like the breathing was the game changer as the time increased ?
lol the Mulan background music
Been doing this for like 3 weeks and my best is 130 seconds...man do i feel weak...I'm also worried about form
You could see the leg development
Really insperational! I agree that it is a lot about the mentalparts. I know I give up way to fast. However I do wonder what kind of benifits you see by doing the horse stance. I know it is incorporated in many martial arts to stabilise the lower body. Your video however make me wonder if the effects are more due to mental reasons rather physical. What do you think according to your experiances?
Congrats man ! But come on you really were not on your limit at 90 seconds on the first day
Definitely not. I wanted to find my 'comfortable maximum' which was about 90seconds. If I went to where form broke down that would have been around 3 minutes or so. Adding 10seconds a day is a lot, I wanted to start conservative.
@@TheTaoWay where your form broke down after 3 mins or so is where you should of increased your time you gain maximum benefit from keeping your horse stance and concentration after that point.
great ... 💪
for example in the day which you failed to fullfill your goal ,what will you do.....i.e you tergated 150 sec but you stopped at 145 sec ...then you repeat it again or stand for 30 sec extra for that
As I said in this video, I do not recommend this method to increase your horse stance. This was just a challenge. There are far better ways that I have given in other videos on this topic. We want to be working at an intensity that is consistent. If you are failing often at a certain time then it hints that the time is too high for you.
I forgot that guy name from baki hanma who did horse stance and putted up 15lb of muscles
Great job 👍🏻👍🏻
Please did your teachers/training mates hold more than 30min (as you said somewhere) holding that stick that way?
I think that most practitioners do it a little bit higher
Many thanks 👍🏻
So what else are you doing I wonder? Anything for recovery? Any other forms of exercise? Do you bike to work? Gym? Yoga? Stretching?
You can watch other videos from my channel to get an idea. I practice movement in many different layers. Here is a video I made recently talking a bit about this: ua-cam.com/video/bfgtrCJZc3I/v-deo.html
It seems that you left leg much more stronger
Hello I really like your video My questions
1.would this method be better than squats (maybe a replacement) ?
2. How many times a day should I do this? 😊
Hello, please watch my video on the horse stance here: ua-cam.com/video/PAFsSwVx864/v-deo.html
This video was just a 30 day challenge. It is not sustainable long term nor is it advisable for those that have not worked the horse stance intensely previously. In the above video, I give recommendations for starting and a goal to reach for.
🎼🎶A girl worth fighting for🎵
Also how much did this help w your splits
What kind of horse stance is that. I am asking, because the type I am doing is different. The inner part of the of both feet part is parallel, while in the stance from that clip the feet make approximately 70-80 degrees angle.
Every discipline and school will teach this slightly differently. I learned from the Wudang style while I was in China. Shaolin will be different, as will karate, as will taekwondo, etc.
I'm curious what your actual max hold would have been on day one. How close to 7:00 you were at the start rathe than picking a starting time
I answered this in another comment, if I had gone to form breakdown on day 1, it would have been around 180 seconds.
Awww thanks for the Mulan music! :)
I'm wondering if you tried sprinting to see your increase in power
The video got copyright struck for it, but it was worth it :)
I have done many different types of sprinting but they are often more task orientated so it would be difficult to see power increases as opposed to if I consistently ran a 100m dash.
@@TheTaoWay interesting. Thanks for sharing!
Be careful you have a swift hip( too much on your left). U should work on it to avoid imbalances and later injuries. You could look at squat university's videos.
Hope it helps
I had surgery that removed a structure in my lower body pre-this video. This video is also over 3 years old.
What is that written in Chinese on the thumbnail?
蹲馬步 Dūn mǎ bù 。 It simply means, " to do the horse stance" or "to squat down into the horse stance position"
What do you recommend for horse stance practice?
what is the benifit?
I lasted 20 min at a yoga retreat once and walking the rest of the day was very strange
Do you still train the horse stance every day? How long do you do it for now?
No, the horse stance is a good tool but not to be seen as 'THE' exercise as there is not any 'ONE' exercise. People tend to either get attached to one thing forever or people change from one new thing to the other in the pursuit of novelty and never getting bored. Neither of these will bring you to a higher practice. Things should be worked intently for a period of time but not held onto forever as 1. It is impossible to do so and 2. it will end up holding you back.
Sir, what's the longest time or hour of Horse Stance ever done. I've searched up for world record on this but it doesn't shows up. What's the highest time Shaolin Monks ever did.
Next: Gagnam Stance
whats your pre horse stance stretching/warmup?
Just back supporting exercises like bridge. You want to be fresh for hirse stance. Also its a stance, no need muscles pulled, no need for stretching/warmup.
Maybe warm uo your'willpower' before it, you will need it 😂
You can do bridge before and after. Like 1 minute or whatever you can hold.
Are these pronated foot? Is that healthy in the long term?
Hi I wanna try that work out
What is the benefits if this pls.
Thank u and goodluck everyone
Did you practice horse stance with sets everyday? or did you just make it in one go?
If you are looking to improve the horse stance, then I would recommend starting with 3 sets , 2 - 3 times per week. Make all sets the same. For example, a 60 second hold for all 3 sets and slowly improve the time. Avoid going for a maximum attempt only to slowly decrease the time across the sets. If you are not able to do 3 minutes of a horse stance in one go consistently then this is a good place to start. For the challenge in this video, I just did one set per day. This is not something I recommend to improve the horse stance, it was just a challenge for myself after I had already practiced it for years in the past.
Thanks
Just inspired me doing the same