Bent Arm Straddle Planche
The Bent Arm Straddle Planche is a Straddle Planche progression that allows you to isolate the hold through your glutes. It requires a lot of tricep and shoulder stability and works the bent arm strength.
- Type Of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Chest, Abdominals, Glutes
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Body Only
Bent Arm Straddle Planche
- Begin kneeling on all fours with your hands rotated out approximately 45-degrees.
- Begin to lean forward and lower your torso down toward the floor.
- As you lower, lift your feet up, straighten your knees, and straddle wide.
- Hold your torso just off the floor and achieve a wide straddle with your hips.
- You'll need a strong forward lean to maintain balance.
- Keep your shoulder blades strongly depressed and protracted to maximize your leverage as you balance in the bent arm straddle planche for time.
- Exercise: Open Planche Single Leg Extension
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Chest, Abdominals, Glutes
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Body Only
- Exercise: Half Straddle Planche
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Chest, Abdominals, Glutes
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Body Only
