Started by Léo Aïtoulha, November 5, 2012 · 5 Replies · 7,015 Views
Hello 
As the front lever is the opposite of the planche, meaning FL involved posterior deltoid while planche involved anterior deltoid, does it mean that the back lever involved anterior deltoid too ?
Because the BL also looks like to be the opposite of the FL. If it's the case, could we say that the BL and its variations are a prerequisite for the planche ?
Thanking you in anticipation !
It's already been said before. 
Mainly that the core strength involved in the back lever is necessary to perform the planche.
But does the BL mainly involve posterior deltoid like the FL or anterior deltoid like the planche ? :?
I am in no way an expert on the matter but to me it seems pretty obvious when i do it that im working my anterior deltoid. It seems more like a pushing exercise to me especially if you imagine the more advanced element of moving from back lever to maltese/ planche,
Yes, the BL is more of a pushing exercise than the front lever.
Many of these ring strength elements blur the line between pushing and pulling. They are not necessarily one or the other.
I somehow achieved a straddle back-lever on rings the first day I tried it (I have a long history of messing around on bars, though, and I knew a bit about how they were supposed to be done). Having no specific conditioning for the position, it was certainly stressful - and I came here to point out that in fact my glutes seemed to be struggling the most! Then my lower back and legs. So basically "core" as others have said, but there's a different spin on it for you. And that was where I had the most DOMS the next day.
The arms/grip/shoulders/upper back side of things really wasn't all that difficult.