Matthew Bradshaw Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Hi guys. Just wondering if you noticed hypertrophy from doing planche progression statics and if so, where about the most? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alessandro Mainente Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Shoulders, serratus anterio and forearms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Bradshaw Posted April 28, 2016 Author Share Posted April 28, 2016 What about the biceps and pecs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eva Pelegrin Posted April 28, 2016 Share Posted April 28, 2016 Pecs, yes. How about the entire upper body. Not to mention glutes and lower back! I recently re-started Planche progressions with PLL and if and when my SA (serratus anterior) blows up, I will know I AM WORTHY. Although I would not recommend wrapping your self-esteem in one's ability to do Planche. It's not for everybody. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Li Posted April 30, 2016 Share Posted April 30, 2016 Haven't noticed any hypertrophy from planche statics, but I did not train for hypertrophy. Keep in mind that isometrics aren't as good for hypertrophy compared to non-isometric exercises if you are thinking about trying to build mass with planche. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Birchall Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Forearms - I don"t use parallettes at all and my forearms look like Pop Eye now lol. I found that in Tuck Planche, it was very much pecs and front deltoids. Once on to Open Planche and the leg extensions, I found that it really hits your lats. Also biceps - when good external rotation 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexander Egebak Posted May 4, 2016 Share Posted May 4, 2016 Low hypertrophy until you reach open tuck planche. You simply do not stress the muscles enough to create the same muscle response as the bent arm pushing exercises. But you have to lay a foundation to be able to handle stressful straight arm training. Rewards will come to those putting hard work into the basics so that they can safely and efficiently do the more advanced progressions. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Hutchins Posted May 9, 2016 Share Posted May 9, 2016 Its funny because some people just get stronger but stay Super skinny as they learn harder planche variations while others swell up and look all Encho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaro Helander Posted June 16, 2016 Share Posted June 16, 2016 (edited) It's very hard to pinpoint a roadmap of strength gains vs. muscle mass gains. With GST, neural strength gains are a huge factor, since it's a total different world of neural warfare for majority of the population. But at certain points the body has no choice but to response with hypertrophy to gain more strength to perform harder exercises. I guess it depends a lot on genetic factors, structural factors, muscle attachment points and so on. Goes deeeeep. Personally I'm happy that I've at a point where I feel like every GST exercise gives me both strength and mass gains! https://www.strengthandconditioningresearch.com/perspectives/stronger-joint-angles/ An interesting article to give some insight into the matter. Does anyone have a good resource describing the physiology of straight arm strength in detail? Edited June 16, 2016 by Aaro Helander Link added 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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