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Hi all, I know this is a question most of us have asked in our first few days here, and generally the advice is to go with whatever feels most comfortable-- floor planche and support work including Lsits, StraddleLs and manna work with either flat palms, first knuckles, etc. I'm coming back to this question again now as I learn more about how everything fits together-- my goals don't stop at static work, and I am eyeing off walks, jumps, swings etc in those positions. First knuckle is my preference for L/StraddleL/Manna, flat palms for planche. I can get the sets done (and have forced myself to) with flat palms, but if I allow myself to use my first knuckle it is a whole order of magnitude easier-- my floor L for example might be close to double the single set length. Am I cheating myself at all with that extra inch or so of clearance, or is there really not a whole lot of difference? What brought this up was playing with middle split holds and Lsit walks-- thinking about cantilevers and clearance and support base sizes. I also wonder about pressing from L or straddleL to handstand-- surely that necessitates training with flat palms.