Lever Training

Last post I wrote about the planche. There is another gymnast exercise that goes hand and hand with the planche. I won't be starting the training for that until I get to the second static hold of the planche. The lever is like a pull up... but instead your body is held parallel to the ground. A ton of core and shoulder strength required.

Now that you know what a lever is, why would I wait until I'm done the first static hold of the planche? First off, my grip is still weak from my tendonitis, and I don't want that acting up again. Another reason is that the first lever static hold is like the inverse of the second static hold in the planche. So I figured it would be good to be on the same step on each of them.