Walking Straddle Planche

Walking Straddle Planche

From the same guy who did the Clapping Planche Push-ups, here is the Walking Straddle Planche. And another one from a different guy.

Parellel Bars Planche Dips

Parellel Bars Planche Dips

Over at Gymnastic Bodies you can see a demonstration of Planche Dips. An excellent exercise to build upper body pushing strength. Progressions: This movement may also be performed with a tuck, advanced tuck, ½ lay or lay in addition to the straddle planche position demonstrated in the video. And before I get any comments on [...]

Planche Progressions

Planche Progressions

Carl Paoli goes through some Planche progressions. hand positions planche lean planche lean with elevated feet (feet on bands) planche lean with elevated feet, one foot free Headstand to Frogstand Frogstand while extending one or both legs Part 3 goes over some tuck Planche variations working towards flat tuck. Part 4 has a bouncing variation [...]

Wrist & Forearm Prehab/ Rehab Stretches

Wrist & Forearm Prehab/ Rehab Stretches

This is not just for you gymnasts working on your planches, but also for Olympic weightlifters. Since in Olympic lifting you are spending a lot of time with your wrists in extension, it might be wise to get in some prehab work done by focusing on flexion. Of course once you get more comfortable with [...]

How To Planche Tutorial

How To Planche Tutorial

Here is another How to Planche Tutorial. This time by richardburnze (the guy from here). He follows the concept of steady state cycles (SSC) from Gymnastic Bodies. Prerequisites: 3×30 seconds of handstands, all variations L Sit planche lean wrist push ups Tuck to Advanced Tuck Steady State Cycle Explained: test your max holds divide your max time [...]