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Home » exercises » How to Learn the Planche for Beginners

How to Learn the Planche for Beginners

October 17, 2011 By Gregor Winter

This tutorial covers the most important points when starting to train for the planche.

Points Covered

  • L-Sit
  • L-Sit to tuck support
  • rock back and forth between tuck support and tuck planche
  • play with various leg positions , one legged , straddled, both legs kicked out
  • correct hollow body position
  • locked out (straigh) arms
  • tucked planche push-ups
  • correct planche lean (also see here), gradually raising feet
  • hand placement

Also Check out this tutorial which goes into a bit more details.

Update: Here is another Planche tutorial
this one also shows lowering from handstand to straddle planche

Update #2: various auxiliary exercises using an exercise ball.

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About Gregor Winter

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Comments

  1. Anonymous says

    October 18, 2011 at 09:25

    Speaking the obvious – imminent stall alert!

    And why doesn't he lock out his elbows?!

  2. Gregor says

    October 18, 2011 at 09:52

    As far as I can tell he is locking his elbows correctly at all times.

  3. Marshall Wang says

    April 11, 2013 at 09:24

    very helpful, thank you very much, I’ll train as u advised

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