Aaron Hughson Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Hey guys I've been looking a lot more at the planche and noticed that everyone leans so far forward...This was never the case when I was around 8-9 years old. The angle was slight but much closer to 90 degrees. Perhaps being only 50 lb's at the time would help tremendously.So just curious as to why and how one becomes strong enough to decrease the lean? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Hinote Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I would venture to say the lean is about balancing body-weight, so if your lower body is heavier than more lean is necessary. I could be wrong though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Birchall Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 The longer your torso is in relation to your arms, the more lean is required to get the hands at waist level. If your arms are longer then you have less lean... ...or that makes sense in my head anyway Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximilian Schmahl Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Yeah, the lean is rather a matter of physics than a matter of strength. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Hughson Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 My hands were just slightly behind my shoulder... Never even close to my waist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mats Trane Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 I try to think of the planch as a see saw or a scale (it's even called scale in the code of points). The middle of your body ( around the belly botton) will be the middle part of the scale/see saw. You will want to lean over until your hands are at this point. Another words distribute your body weight equally on both sides of the middle point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stefan Hinote Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 My hands were just slightly behind my shoulder... Never even close to my waist. My hands were just slightly behind my shoulder... Never even close to my waist.Sounds like you have a bad memory, or defy physics--perhaps you could show a picture of someone doing a planche in which you believe has the "correct" lean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Hughson Posted February 18, 2013 Author Share Posted February 18, 2013 My memory is in fact quite good... I don't know what physics are present during a planche. I simply attribute it to being so small for my age. Perhaps just a mechanical advantage at the time.We were all much stronger when were young. But that was well before the weight of the world rested squarely upon your shoulders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Naterman Posted February 18, 2013 Share Posted February 18, 2013 Well, it would depend entirely on where your center of mass is, because it has to be inside the base created by your hands, and that changes when you alter the position/shape of your body. If you were in a very wide straddle, or a tuck or something, as a child your center of mass would probably have been somewhere near the bottom of your sternum, which is pretty high up. Keep in mind that children have small limgs and large heads, proportionally, so the whole-body center of mass is going to be much closer to the shoulders than it will be as a teenager or adult. The younger the child, the more prominent this effect. Add that to protraction and depression, and there's no reason why you couldn't see something like 60-70 degrees (and maybe more) of shoulder flexion in a small child. That's very close to 90. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FREDERIC DUPONT Posted February 19, 2013 Share Posted February 19, 2013 (...) that was well before the weight of the world rested squarely upon your shoulders. LOL... with the "weight of the world" on your shoulders, you should not have to lean very much, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaudius Petrulis Posted February 23, 2013 Share Posted February 23, 2013 If anyone can provide me a video or a picture of a close to 90 degree planche I would be very happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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