Planche hand placement

[Nic Scheelings]

Hi all,

I just want to get some feedback on the hand placement I'm using for the planche in the following vid. Specifically the width of the hand placement. I've been experimenting a little bit and feel slightly stronger in this position but I'm not sure if it's too wide or not. Generally I find planche way easier on p-bars and i'm just trying to find an optimal hand positioning for the floor. I know planche isn't perfect here, hips are a little piked but i'm sore from last nights WOD!

Also I've never seen myself planche from the front before, looks like my heads about to explode!

Note to self : breathe

Any feedback appreciated.

Cheers

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[Kiyoshi]

woa good job

[Dillon Zrike]

Good job that's an awesome planche! Hand placement is completely up to your preference. I like that your hands are turned but besides that width and such is up to you. I will say your hips are a little piked, but then again I do that too :wink: Just something to think about.

[Nic Scheelings]

Thanks very much for the kind comments :oops:

So it's not too wide? I feel its a much stronger position for me so i think it'll be my preferred method from now on. Yeah I know about the hips i think i'm focusing so much on pushing the floor i sometimes forget to tense my legs much. The turned hands is now how I prefer to do it, hands forwards is murder on the wrists, and mine aren't too flexible to start with.

Great to hear comments from u Dillon even tho I've never met you I understand your pretty dam good at this stuff, so great to have your insight.

Cheers

[Guest]

Inspirational as always, Demus. Slightly offtopic: I remember you posting the HS alignment video. How's that coming along? I seem to have the same issues with a slight lean towards my left side even though I feel as if I fully extend my arms/shoulders. I was wondering what you did to improve your HS form. Thanks a lot!

[Nic Scheelings]

Hi Biomeg,

The HS allignment is still something I haven't completely fixed to be honest. Especially when I'm tired I seem to lean more so it prob did have something to do with my shoulders but i think it also had something to do with my hips. I really haven't done a lot of handbalancing of late due to being too busy with uni, and to get better I need to spend a lot more time on it that I just don't have. When I finish exams I'm gonna up the HS work I still want the one arm but it's prob further away now.

Thanks for the commment

[Razz]

You often see rings guys do slightly wider than shoulder width planches, like the one you just did.

[Tarun Suri]

Immediately thought of this when I I saw your planche from the front:

[Michael Traynor]

Good work

[Joshua Naterman]

@ Havoc!

That's pretty awesome, Demus! Out of curiosity, how is your rings planche?

[Nic Scheelings]

Thanks guys!

Slizz:

Not bad for my rings planche, focused a lot on it lately. I do my FSP warmup with rings planche and lever. My best effort rings straddle planche is good enough but it is more inconsistent. Learning to turn my hands on the floor made a big difference to my ability on the rings.

[Joshua Naterman]

Excellent! I always thought there would be a much stronger carryover to the rings from hands backwards floor PL as opposed to hands to the sides or forward. This has been your experience, yes?

[Nic Scheelings]

Yeah definitely makes the transition to rings easier