Proper Form For Reverse Planche

[jamesters]

I see some people do reverse planche with their legs horizontal, others do it with extreme arch like a bridge with the feet off the ground. What's good and proper? Also, is hollowback synonymous with reverse planche?

[Blairbob]

Hollowback is very similar.

Reverse planche in the women's gymnastic world typically is with the feet arched pointing to the opposite direction of the chest as a counterbalance. I have seen it worked with an extremely open shoulder angle and a planched shoulder angle as well as with the legs in a straddle split. Look it up in the FIG code for women's artistic gymnastics.

There really is nothing cut and dry about this.