Timeline for Core exercise for Planche
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| May 7, 2021 at 8:16 | comment | added | MJB | I am not saying that his shoulder couldn't be the issue here, but this entire answer is focussed on shoulder improvement which could turn out to not be the problem at all. | |
| May 7, 2021 at 8:14 | comment | added | MJB | I agree that 'the hardest part' is the shoulder strength, but saying that keeping your legs up is easy is an understatement if I've ever seen one. The hard part about a planche is the fact that you have to control all of these muscle groups at the same time. I can deadlift around 200kg (or approx 440lbs) at a bodyweight of only 74kg, indicating that these parts of my body are reasonably strong and still the glutes/legs/lower back part of a plance is the hardest part for me. | |
| Apr 15, 2021 at 14:13 | comment | added | Liiuc | thanks man! Greatly appreciated! | |
| Apr 15, 2021 at 14:12 | vote | accept | Liiuc | ||
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| Apr 15, 2021 at 13:48 | comment | added | David Scarlett | I don't think it would be a scapular depression problem. Your shoulders will often elevate in a tuck planche because the torso is more upright, like in dips, so gravity causes scapular elevation. But in a planche, the torso is horizontal, so gravity makes the scapulae retract instead. | |
| Apr 15, 2021 at 13:46 | comment | added | David Scarlett | In terms of difficulty, straight planche will be hardest on the shoulders, straddle planche will be a little easier, and straddle planche will flexed hips (legs dropping towards the floor) will be easier still. So not being able to raise your legs in a straddle planche could still just be hitting the limits of your shoulder strength. Try lying face-down on a bench and performing a bench hip extension exercise. If you can raise your legs there, then your core and hips are strong enough to raise them in a planche, it's just that your shoulders might not be strong enough to hold that position. | |
| Apr 15, 2021 at 13:28 | comment | added | Liiuc | could it be a scapular depression problem? for example if I try to do a tuck planche max, I feel my shoulders approaching my ears. | |
| Apr 15, 2021 at 13:27 | comment | added | Liiuc | I really appreciate your answer. I forgot to include this in the question,now i've edited it, I think it is an abdominal problem because doing a straddle planche I cannot raise my legs in line with my body, but they stay much lower (even if they are contracted!). | |
| Apr 15, 2021 at 12:57 | history | answered | David Scarlett | CC BY-SA 4.0 |