Can you skip advanced tuck planche and go straight to straddle? Yes and no. It depends on your final goal. If you want the full planche, advanced tuck is not optional. It builds the same engagement and the same posterior pelvic tilt you need in the full hold. Skip it, and the full planche will never come. Straddle is a different game. Different engagement for your legs, your abs, your lower back. I know guys who never got a clean advanced tuck, went straight to straddle with a resistance band, and unlocked it. Two goals. Two roads. Choose before you train.

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2012: I could never have imagined that calisthenics would bring me to where I am today. Thank you to everyone who has been part of my journey.