Comments on: Planche Pushup Progression

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:48:21 +0000

I am 19 now and ive reached them this way: push up, weighted push up(20-40lbs), tucked planche pushup, weighted p.pushups(20-30 lbs) + abdominal dragon flags and a lot of patience. Then after almost 2 years I made it! In the beginning I wasnt able to do 20 consecutive regular pushups.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 18:03:58 +0000

The truth is, despite all these bad-a$$es on youtube who can do the planche pushups, they’re hellish to do, and train for. I do think the above video howto is pretty damn good, especially the planche pushups walking up the wall. Keep doing those. You were the anterior delts, and trapezius a *LOT* when doing planche, and most don’t have that strength to begin with. It takes time, but keep at it. I also recommend a lot of cross training, do some rock climbing, bouldering, one-arm pushups, pullups, wide-arm, etc.

I found a couple of new videos with a guy doing handstand pushups destabilizing his hands with exercise ball supports. Will post those in coming weeks!

cheers,
sean

By: pro fitness blog

pro fitness blog — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 17:15:40 +0000

I am also trying the planche push up, but im not getting very far very fast, ill check out the dragon door thing.

Thanks dude.

By: admin

admin — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 14:43:45 +0000

Glad you enjoyed the post. The move you’re talking about is often called the elbow planche or elbow lever. There’s a Yoga name for it too, though I can’t think of it at the moment. I’ll have to do a post on these, good idea!

By: GeegeR

GeegeR — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 06:01:35 +0000

Wow! Amazing. I’ve always wondered how they do that. I’m learning something in yoga right now that looks very similar- though I don’t know what the term for it is in hindi. Good luck with your planche.