Nidhish S Posted February 16, 2015 Share Posted February 16, 2015 It seems to me that a Straddle L and Manna unlike most of the other strength holds which are based around the shoulders, relate to the hips. For example, a dead hang, inverted hang, support and handstand are the shoulders moving through the "y axis", l sit, planche and levers on the x, and crosses on the z.From what I can tell a Straddle L is when one pushes the hips back, and a Manna is when one pushes the hips forward. This is comparable to the planche and front lever which move the hips backwards and forwards respectively. Since the leverage on a planche makes it harder than a front lever due to that posterior motion diffusing the weight, does that mean that a high Straddle L is harder than a high Manna?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christoph Pahl Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 The answer depends certainly on the exact height of the compared straddle L and Manna. I do not understand the details you discuss, how do you choose x-, y- and z-axis? Why is the leverage of a planche different from a front lever? In first approximation they are related by mirror symmetry and so have identical leverage. Clearly leverage is by far not everything that contributes to difficulty: A perfect high manna is identical in leverage to a handstand, but *way* harder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connor Davies Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Does that mean that a high Straddle L is harder than a high Manna??Not even a little bit. With a straddle L your hands are in front of the body, whereas in a manna the hands are behind you. Manna is very much harder than straddle L because of the demands on the shoulders. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christoph Pahl Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 (edited) Still, he speaks about *high* straddle L. http://www.google.fr/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dragondoor.com%2Fimages%2Farticles%2F1B-Nick.jpg&imgrefurl=http%3A%2F%2Fboard.crossfit.com%2Farchive%2Findex.php%2Ft-5249.html&h=244&w=250&tbnid=YG7lmOKVe54d_M%3A&zoom=1&docid=PjIml4PzQOnavM&ei=6rjrVNqQO8nnUtf3gPgG&tbm=isch&client=ubuntu&iact=rc&uact=3&dur=2866&page=1&start=0&ndsp=29&ved=0CCIQrQMwAA Mr. Sommer stated that only two of 1000 athletes he trained were able to do this, whereas Manna was pretty common. Edited February 23, 2015 by Christoph Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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