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Sup /fit/

I'm currently training to be able to perform planche press ups.

Anyone else working towards this goal, if so, any tips?
>> Anonymous
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>> manu !mPVQxchC5E
you mean, like that picture? If so, you're sick :D
I can do tuck planche pushups fairly easily atm, working towards even being able to do a straddle planche, if you can do this even barely you have my respect, sir.
>> Anonymous
>>36005

yeah i've made a decent amount of progress.. at first i could barely manage pseudo planche but now i'm working on being able to perform straddle planches just as i can perform normal pressups, in sets of like 20 + with good form, because i'm wobbly as hell at the moment.
>> Anonymous
What's a straddle planche?
>> Anonymous
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>>36025
>> Anonymous
My wrists ache from pushups...
>> norw
http://www.dragondoor.com/articler/mode3/229/ only thing I got on the subject, would like to be able to do it one day but atm my wrist need healing
>> manu !mPVQxchC5E
>>36019
holy, nice, how exactly did you build up for it?
>>36025
Straddle Planche is like in that picture, except you're splitting your legs to the outside, so it's quite easier because you need less force to hold it. Tuck Planche obviously is with the legs tucked in.
>> Anonymous
I saw this great video which I have decided to follow (in good time)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvbLSgWMJec
>> Anonymous
>>36035

MANY SQUATS. how else?!

nah, i just set myself targets weekly, progressing my sets and positioning of hands in pseudo planche, then finally got my legs in the air and did the same with that. i love having goals, it's great having something enjoyable to do that also gives great body results.
>> Anonymous
>>36038
he look somewhat strange with his buffed upper body and his chopstick like legs
>> manu !mPVQxchC5E
>>36038
wow nice video. Now I want to build up to it, too :)

I had a whole other approach for it, though. I started out, of course, frog sits, and lifted them - slowly - into a handstand. Same thing with tuck planche, instead of just push ups, pressing up right into a handstand and back down. Next thing is standing with your legs straight and together, putting the arms infront (without bending the knees), and pressing up into the handstand and same back. Now I'm doing this with split legs, which is harder, since the back's lower than before when you start pressing. The more you split the legs, the harder it is, obviously. And so I'm working my way down with this pseudo straddle planche to handstand, until I can do a real straddle planche.

What I will try, now, are those pressups with the feet against the wall. Look interesting.
>> Ted
Its seems like doing dips would help too.
>> Anonymous
>>36069
dips don't really work out the core at all. the planche needs shit load of core strength and balance.
>> manu !mPVQxchC5E
>>36069
well, to an extend. Since when doing dips you don't need to lift your body, they're only working the strength you need to push your weight up, but the hard thing about planches is keeping the body above the floor, which requires a damn good core strength, basically every muscle from the arms down the shoulders to the ass and legs.
I'd rather recommend tuck planche pushups as they work those muscles, too, partially at least. It'd be wise to just try to push the legs out more, or do it the way described in the video.
>> Anonymous
>>36038
Does the idea of bending your wrists like that bother anyone else? As a bassist, no fucking way I'm doing that!
>> Anonymous
>>36086
It should be ok for normal people, but i have really fucked up my right wrist ( I do muay thai, repeatedly hitting stuff is not good for your wrists ) and it hurts to hyperextend by wrist that way. a better bet is to get those mini parallel bars shown in this thread already.
>> Anonymous
>>36086

you get used to it
>> manu !mPVQxchC5E
>>36086
well, yeah it is freaky, but once you start working up to it, you realise that it's not simply flexibility. If you'd just bend your hands like that and put weight on it they'd break immediately. But when you get strong in the wrists, you realise how you can 'push' against the floor, and like this, it's not painful at all, but like I said, you need the strength for it, first. I even realised that you can have your full body weight on your wrists even when you're only on the heel of the hand.
>> Ted
now that I saw that video I guess dips wouldnt help much, though those wall planches look like the way to go.
>> Anonymous
>>36101
I know you get used to it, but I can't shake the feeling that my wrists will be better off in the future if I don't do it.
>> Anonymous
>>36105
It's the flexibility that worries me. Not sure I want to put them through that range of motion on a regular basis.
>> manu !mPVQxchC5E
>>36121
Well I had lots of wrist problems earlier, but when I built up to this stuff, the wrists got insanely stronger and are just fine, now.
BTW, I can press my wrist like 45° back without external force, 90° when I pull the fingers back with the other hand, and like 120° (lifting off partly) when working with bodyweight+floor.
Got a damn unflexible wrist, but it's strong enough to hold it otherwise, so it's okay. But I can't tell, if I had a flex-wrist like some people I know (some can pull their hands straight to ther arms, touching it with the fingers), if it'd be good to put force on it then. But like I said, if they're strong enough beforehand, there shouldn't be a single problem.
>> norw
hmm, Manu, I fucked my wrist on a saut de chat bail a year or so ago, I don't have any pain in it through regular training but I am worried about really training for something like this. From your experience with the exercise, how safe would it be? Naturally talking about steady progression from a starting point where I can't hold a planche pushup position, it would give my wrists plenty of time for adapting but I still wonder if it would be safe

-giant