Straight Arm Frog Stand

The second progression towards a full Planche is the straight arm frog stand. Once you can hold the regular frog stand for 60 seconds then this is the one to try.

1) Place your hands on the floor or on.
2) Keeping your arms locked straight, lean forward and place your knees against your elbows.
3) Continue to lean forward until your feet come up off the floor.
4) Keep breathing normally and hold this position.

The important difference here is that your arms are locked straight and your knees are only resting AGAINST your elbows rather than ON them as in the regular frog stand. This makes your abdominals and hip flexors work a lot harder to keep your feet up off the floor and also a lot more work is required of your shoulders in a straight arm position.
Again, try to work up to a continous hold of 60 seconds, broken down into sets if necessary.

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