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Straddle Press To Handstand Form Check

May 29, 2011 By Gregor Winter Leave a Comment

Update: Check out this follow up post with the tips and hints I got on how to improve my the form.

This is me doing a straddle press to handstand.

Actually, one of the first times I ever did one. For most people this is not a hard skill to learn. Not for me…

I always wanted to do that, but my extraordinarily poor flexibility (ankle / hamstrings / glutes / back… you name it) was preventing me from doing it. Yes, I know a lot of people complain about their lack of flexibility, but I couldn’t even pike my hip to a 90 degree angle with flat back.

So I checked out lots of flexibility resources and got me a copy of Stretching Scientifically by Thomas Kurz and started to incorporate his methods.

It’s a painfully slow process.

Finally I have enough flexibility to get slightly past 90 degrees. Still, I have to heavily lean (planche) into it, which makes it a super hard skill for me.

I also posted this in the GymnasticBodies forum for some critique.

And once again this quote holds true

“Just remember: somewhere in China, a little girl is warming up with your max.”
– Jim Conroy, Olympic weightlifting coach

She my not be Chinese, but this is simply stunning. Her flexibility allows her to do that move so much more efficient.

Gotta work more!

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