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Hollow Back Press - The Hollow Back Press is a combination of the Handstand Push Up and Bent Arm Planche. The move looks really cool and takes some practice even if you have the strength, flexibility, and balance. - When I first learned this move I was already able to hold the HS for a long period of time and Military Press my bodyweight with a barbell. On top of that I was going through the GMB Fitness Parallettes 2 program and did a lot of Handstand Push Ups and Arm Levers. After a couple weeks of attempting the move, I was able to do it. Not perfectly but it didn’t take too long. Achieve the strength and balance first and you’ll go through the variations quickly. You have to understand how to engage, hand placement, the transition, and the control with easier variations like the ones below: - 1. Hollow Back Press 2. Negative 3. Straddle 4. Straddle Negative 5. HS Push Up 6. HSPU Negative 7. Bent Arm Planche 8. Forward Lean Push Ups - You’ll follow the same process as the handstand push up where you’ll have to angle your body forward on the descent. Then you’ll carry the forward lean even further until you’re in the Bent Arm Planche. From there you’ll reverse the action and end in the HS. - Quick Tip: Don’t try to skip ahead. Make sure your wrist flexibility is very good as the move requires a greater forward lean. 2. Develop good balance in the HS. No matter how strong you are, if you can’t balance the HS, it’ll be extremely hard to progress. 3. Work on other strength first. Exercises like Forward Lean Push ups, Military Press, Inverted Presses can be made infinitely harder and translate to more than just one skill. Use exercises like those to build strength. 4. Work longer on negatives. Bridge the gap by working the descent of the motion and holding the bottom of the position. - Send me a DM and let me know how your Handbalance practice is going! 😎🤙