Hollow & Straight lines

Hi Guys,

What's the difference between a hollow line or straight line in the context of a hand stand?

Any pictures of the two so I can compare?

Thanks!

if you've seen a hollow hold, you'll see that usually the legs are in front of the pelvis because all you're doing is creating as much tension in the abdominal region to work on compression and in the glutes to keep it stable. 

 

a straight line, is one where you do this, but you actively "pull" with your glutes to make your legs into a straight line with your Posterior pelvic tilt and ab compression. 

 

edit: i'm not so well versed in this, so someone will most definitely have a better answer than me

> if you've seen a hollow hold, you'll see that usually the legs are in front of the pelvis because all you're doing is creating as much tension in the abdominal region to work on compression and in the glutes to keep it stable. 

 

 

Thank you Keilani. When you say "in the glutes" so you're flexing the glutes in order to pull the legs back in order to create balance?

 

And in the case of a straight line, you're flexing the glutes even more (but a bit less flexing in the abs) to create the straight line?

yes, the glutes extend the legs backwards and the hip flexors move it forward, so you are getting the idea

usually straight line means no high level of protraction of the scapula section.

when an excellent level of shoulders/thoracic mobility is achieved (following H1 mobility) you can work over the elements to make the hollow position more easy to achieve. the problem is that when you pass the 90° of arm abduction the serratus anterior becomes more weak, so also the sensation of pressing the scapula on the rib cage is more difficult to reach. for my experience the hollow activation was achieved gradually doing handstand at 45°, then 60° and so on. as i was reaching the vertical position the activation of the protraction was built up gradually and was more easy. for sure maintain that position with full opened shoulders requires more flexibility than a straight line with limited protraction.

Thank you Alex.

 

I've never had to google so many different terms from one article .

 

I know I'll come back to this as I progress though H1.