How to Learn the Human Flag Straddle
The straddle human flag is a horizontal side hold on a vertical pole with your legs spread wide, the step between the tuck human flag and the full human flag.
Human Flag Straddle technique
- Grip the stall bar firmly with comfortable hand spacing
- Top hand overgrip, bottom hand undergrip
- Lock both elbows and keep your arms straight
- Pull hard with the top arm and push hard with the bottom arm
- Brace your core and squeeze your glutes
- Kick up into a Vertical Human Flag
- Open your legs and lower slowly into the straddle position
- Keep your body in a straight horizontal line
Key progressions
These are the main building blocks you work on before the Human Flag Straddle feels solid:
- Band-Assisted Human Flag Straddle
- Human Flag Straddle Negative
- Vertical Human Flag Hold
The 3-stage training path
In Raw Control the Human Flag Straddle is split into Training 1 → 2 → 3. Each stage is a structured session of four exercises:
Training 1
- Tuck Human Flag To Vertical Human Flag
- Band-Assisted Human Flag Leg Raise
- Vertical Human Flag Hold
- One-Arm Forearm Side Plank Press
Training 2
- Band-Assisted Human Flag Push-Up
- Human Flag Straddle Negative
- Band-Assisted Human Flag Straddle
- Hanging Windshield Wipers
Training 3
- Band-Assisted Human Flag Push-Up
- Band-Assisted Human Flag Leg Raise
- Band-Assisted Human Flag
- Dragon Flag Straddle Reps
Exact sets, reps, hold times and rest periods, plus a full-screen HD video for every exercise, are in the app.
Where the Human Flag Straddle fits
Each skill line runs through all three levels. This is the path for the Human Flag Straddle:
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Train the Human Flag Straddle with Raw Control
Every training comes with exact sets, holds and rest times, a full-screen HD coaching video for each exercise, warm-ups and offline downloads.
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