Straddle press-HS ('open/closed' straddle & Eccentric)
Press HS & Stalder press
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1m 45s
THE WHAT & HOW:
Development of the 'Straddle press-handstand' benefits from an understanding of the isolated 'open/closed' straddle phase of the press "firing-sequence", one already established in practice of the 'Lying press-HS pattern'. Brought now into balancing inversion, the 'Open-straddle, closed-straddle reps' drill serves not only as a leg-proprioception & balance-development context (the moving legs injecting greater "noise" into the form), but also to highlight the COUNTER-BALANCE mechanism required toward developing more efficient execution & optimal patterning of the press, both in the eccentric (way down) AND concentric (way up) phases.
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