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Hey guys, I think I just discovered a very advanced variation of the PPP. It is a PPP with the hands placed further behind your hips or COM. To do this your feet would have to be pinned to the wall with something otherwise your feet will lift off. I just discovered this yesterday while trying to find out how PPPs with heels against the wall are harder than regular PPPs. I think my scaps had to be elevated a little to a lot and on some attempts my body was piked depending on how far back I put my hands. Some attempts felt like I had a straight body, but my body may have been piked a little and scaps elevated. Even then with a pike the resistance is much greater than a regular PPP with hands at the COM. I think the difficulty is about equal to or greater than that of a real full planche push-up, but I haven't thoroughly compared it yet. I have been doing them with hands placed a couple inches behind my hips (also my COM) and I think my body was straight with some elevation of the scaps. I think the piking on some reps were because of fatigue or when I put my hands even further pack without falling.