using 90% of my neurons to change some minor technique point about a thing i can ALREADY DO JUST FINE is about my least favorite thing, so i really feel for you. but also, i feel like we might be onto something. it sounds like maybe the moment you have all your weight in your hands and are responsible for your own balance, your body wants to close the shoulders in order to have more control. this IS what i see happening in your presses as soon as your toes lift off. and it's the opposite of what you'd wanna aim for in order to have a press where you are stacking your body parts in order (shoulders, ribs, hips, etc) versus planching. DW isn't conducive to sharing screenshots but lmk if that would be helpful and we can continue this convo elsewhere.
i bet tiny coach's drills will help! i'm not convinced the drills need to be all that specific - any and all compression drills are hard for me right now, after not training them, and i feel the lack of strength there when i attempt the press. all the drills i know of get at the same thing. still, maybe she's onto something i don't even know about :D
oh, i also wanted to respond to your "completely limp" experience! my standard press isn't the MOST rounded through the spine. i do planche a tiny bit. every now and then i have tried to refine it. a lot of the videos in my montage are from workshopping my pathway. and the thing that helps me the most is very similar to what you described. my focus stays very close to the ground, incrementally moving up my body, leaving the hips for last, trying to prevent the leg-ward half of my body from efforting and spoiling things.
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Date: 2025-05-01 02:15 pm (UTC)i bet tiny coach's drills will help! i'm not convinced the drills need to be all that specific - any and all compression drills are hard for me right now, after not training them, and i feel the lack of strength there when i attempt the press. all the drills i know of get at the same thing. still, maybe she's onto something i don't even know about :D
oh, i also wanted to respond to your "completely limp" experience! my standard press isn't the MOST rounded through the spine. i do planche a tiny bit. every now and then i have tried to refine it. a lot of the videos in my montage are from workshopping my pathway. and the thing that helps me the most is very similar to what you described. my focus stays very close to the ground, incrementally moving up my body, leaving the hips for last, trying to prevent the leg-ward half of my body from efforting and spoiling things.