When I press, I start in that classic position on my tippy-toes with spine rounded, and from there I kind of lock my abs to hold my spine/torso in that shape, lean forward till the weight's off my toes, and open my shoulder angle *without* changing the shape of my spine. That's how I get my hips up. For some people, like you said, the spine can kind of roll segmentally into a straight line. But for me, it works best to focus on opening the shoulders. The key thing is that once my weight's off my toes, I don't lose the cat-throw-up shape I was previously in. I open my shoulders while still in a spinal-flexion position.
Because there is no tempo, the body has to be balanced at all times. So as long as the legs are on one side of the equation, other body parts have to be on the other. Ideally, as MANY other body parts as possible. So not just the head and shoulders (that would be "planching") but also the upper back, even the mid back. Then slowly as the shoulder angle opens, the hips rise, and eventually both the shoulders and the hips move to the midline of the balance point.
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Date: 2025-05-06 06:48 pm (UTC)When I press, I start in that classic position on my tippy-toes with spine rounded, and from there I kind of lock my abs to hold my spine/torso in that shape, lean forward till the weight's off my toes, and open my shoulder angle *without* changing the shape of my spine. That's how I get my hips up. For some people, like you said, the spine can kind of roll segmentally into a straight line. But for me, it works best to focus on opening the shoulders. The key thing is that once my weight's off my toes, I don't lose the cat-throw-up shape I was previously in. I open my shoulders while still in a spinal-flexion position.
Because there is no tempo, the body has to be balanced at all times. So as long as the legs are on one side of the equation, other body parts have to be on the other. Ideally, as MANY other body parts as possible. So not just the head and shoulders (that would be "planching") but also the upper back, even the mid back. Then slowly as the shoulder angle opens, the hips rise, and eventually both the shoulders and the hips move to the midline of the balance point.