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Hello guys, today I had a HS session with my friend. We worked on his straddle press. His abdominal muscles are very strong (performs HLLs easily) and so are his shoulders. His HS is also pretty solid and straight. As for straddle press, his current condition is that he can lift his legs above the ground and keep them slightly elevated for 5-6 seconds. As for his flexibility, his splits are good, but at this moment he has trouble performing standing forward bend and touching the knees with his head. He is progressing steadily towards straddle press, but today we have discovered that he has difficulty performing tuck handstand. As soon as he starts to lower his knees, he feels great pressure in abdominal wall and lower back and falls out of the position. As we are both devoted to HS training, we are interested are those two problems related (trouble with straddle press and tuck handstand)? We are also trying to analyze possible causes (hip flexibility, abdominal strength, shoulder strength…), any suggestions there?