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1. njadi says:
   December 23, 2007 at 6:10 pm

   Hi Josh,

   I’m always looking forward to your posts so I wanted to thank you first and foremost for all your time and advice. I’m relatively new to bagua and was wondering if you had any further suggestions for improving solid structure and stance. For example, if I wanted to improve my posture and maintain a low stance just walking around the circle, are there any exercises I can do to accomplish this. While I’ve been at it for a few months now, my legs still fatigue more quickly than I’d like. Is it just a matter of doing more squats and leg presses?

   Thanks,
   Nima

2. jleeger says:
   December 25, 2007 at 6:34 pm

   Hi Nima,

   Thanks for writing! I’m glad you’re reading the posts. If you’re just starting out in Bagua, here’s what I’d recommend.

   Since what you want to do is increase your endurance, on your non-class days, start doing Hindu Squats. One of your classmates can show you how to do these if you don’t know how.

   If you aren’t following the class schedule (i.e., going to every class) have a rest day between each day. So one week you’ll do them 4 days, and one week you’ll do them 3 days.

   Break the days down like this:
   Day 1 - Do as many as you can in 3 sets
   Day 2 - Do as many as you can in 5 minutes
   Day 3 - Do as many as you can in 1 set
   Day 4 - Do as many as you can throughout the day.

   On the days you’re doing sets, take about 2-3 minutes between sets.
   At the end of your workouts, do 1-5 minutes of a static stance. Try to make it all the way through the time period you’ve selected without changing your stance. Here are some good static poses to use:
   Traditional Horse Stance - low, middle, or high stance
   Wall-Sit
   San Ti Shi
   A frozen “moment” from any Tiangan

   Let me know if this doesn’t make sense, or if you need any other info.

   Good luck!

   Josh

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