How to Learn the Straddle Planche
The straddle planche is a horizontal straight-arm hold with your legs straight and spread wide, which shortens the lever compared with the full planche. It is the bridge between the tuck planche and the full planche.
Straddle Planche technique
- Place your hands slightly wider than shoulder-width
- Lock your elbows and keep your arms straight
- Push the floor away and round your upper back slightly
- Lean forward until your shoulders move well past your wrists
- Keep your hips level with your shoulders
- Open your legs into a comfortable straddle position
- Brace your core and squeeze your glutes
- Point your toes and keep your whole body tight
Key progressions
These are the main building blocks you work on before the Straddle Planche feels solid:
- Band-Assisted Straddle Planche
- Band-Assisted Tuck Planche Push-Up
- Straddle Planche Negative
The 3-stage training path
In Raw Control the Straddle Planche is split into Training 1 → 2 → 3. Each stage is a structured session of four exercises:
Training 1
- Planche Lean Push-Up
- Band-Assisted Tuck Planche Push-Up
- Band-Assisted Straddle Planche Hold
- Planche Lean Hold
Training 2
- Pike Push-Up
- Band-Assisted Tuck Planche Push-Up
- Band-Assisted Straddle Planche Hold
- Wide Planche Lean Hold
Training 3
- Planche Lean Push-Up
- Support To Tuck Planche
- Band-Assisted Planche Hold
- Hollow Body Planche Raise
Exact sets, reps, hold times and rest periods, plus a full-screen HD video for every exercise, are in the app.
Where the Straddle Planche fits
Each skill line runs through all three levels. This is the path for the Straddle Planche:
More advanced skills
Train the Straddle Planche 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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