Sailor Venus Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 How do you develop strength for the shoulders so I could keep my pelvis from touching my arms and lean forward when I try the L-Straddle? And eventually one day, from there, roll the whole body up round the shoulder from the l-straddle to a handstand. I always wanted to do that!I believe it is also relevant for the manna though its not currently on my training regime.I find cranks to be helpful as it burns my shoulders nicely. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Venus Posted June 15, 2012 Author Share Posted June 15, 2012 what's compression, mate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Venus Posted July 9, 2012 Author Share Posted July 9, 2012 sorry man i still don't get it. lol. don't know what's a stack either. i'm still lost! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rik de Kort Posted July 9, 2012 Share Posted July 9, 2012 Dude, 'stack'. You're from the UK, you should know what a stack is. It's when you put things up above eachother. In a good HS your shoulders, hips and toes are stacked above eachother so you get a nice straight line. Stacking here means that you can get your hips up over your shoulders.Compression is going into a pike by lifting your legs. Like in V-sit.If you can compress well, your legs are going to be closer to your hands, which means your centre of mass will be closer to your hands, which means that you can more easily stack yourself because you don't have to lean forward as much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sailor Venus Posted July 11, 2012 Author Share Posted July 11, 2012 Lol I'm still not familiar with all these gymnastic jargons. Yeah, plus I found this video a few days ago that helped me understand the logistic and science behind this l-straddle or whatever to handstand. Thanks Rik. the video taught me a new excercise to put into my program: hip lifts from the headstand position. Tried the new exercise today. Weird exercise but I love it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hamilton Posted July 12, 2012 Share Posted July 12, 2012 Scroll down to the assistance exercises at the bottom, they'll help with your compression http://www.drillsandskills.com/article/16 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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