For people who are actually advanced at planche / have coached it seriously: what programming principles made the biggest difference for you beyond just “do planche progressions”? I'm more interested in the volume × intensity × frequency relationship, fatigue management, neural adaptation, specificity, and how you structure progression over months. For example, how do you decide how many hard planche sets/quality seconds to do per week, how often to train near-max intensity, and whether high-frequency submaximal exposure is actually useful? Also interested in how you handle plateaus and deloads. Looking for advice from people who have actually gotten to advanced planche levels, rather than basic exercise/progression recommendations.

For someone prioritizing planche, what would an actual week of training look like in your experience? Mainly interested in how you'd structure the planche work across the week, frequency, hard vs submaximal days, approximate sets/volume, and where you'd put full planche specific work like banded holds/attempts. An example week would be really helpful.

Hey everyone, Been training calisthenics for a bit over 1 year now, mainly focused on handstand control and freestanding HSPU. Current level: - Handstand: ~30–40s, getting more stable and relaxed - Freestanding HSPU: improving a lot recently but still inconsistent depending on balance/pressure - Strength work: 90° hold / partial HSPU, pike push ups, pseudo planche push ups - Pull: weighted pull ups (+35 lbs sets), working front lever (still inconsistent form) - Also working OAH progressions + handstand variations Main focus right now is making freestanding HSPU more consistent and automatic instead of hit-or-miss depending on the day or environment. When it clicks it feels smooth and easy, but under pressure or rushing the balance/negative breaks down. Just trying to learn better structure and consistency for skills like this.