Straight-Arm Straddle Planche Press Handstand

Technique

How to perform Straight-Arm Straddle Planche Press Handstand

1. Establish a floor straddle planche with straight elbows, straight knees and your trunk and spread legs held approximately horizontal.
2. Push firmly through your hands and keep your shoulder blades spread as you begin to raise your hips.
3. Let your shoulders move back toward a stack over your hands as your trunk and straight straddled legs rotate upward, keeping the hips open rather than folding into a pike.
4. As you approach vertical, push tall through your shoulders and bring your legs together into handstand.
5. Open the legs again and shift the shoulders forward as you reverse the press under control.
6. Return to the horizontal straddle planche without bending your elbows, then lower your feet when finished.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Anterior Deltoid, Serratus Anterior, Trapezius.

Calisthenics graph

Progression relationships

These relationships describe graph position, not personal readiness.