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n. (context gymnastics English) A position where the gymnast is horizontal and face-down, using only the hands as support.
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Planche may refer to:
- Planche (exercise), a bodyweight exercise
- James Planché, a British dramatist, antiquary and officer of arms
- Jean Baptiste Gustave Planche
- La Planche, a village in France
- Planche, Haiti is a rural village in the Dame-Marie commune of Haiti.
A planche is a skill in gymnastics in which the body is held parallel to the ground, giving the illusion of floating. It is a move that requires a great deal of strength and balance.
There are many variations of a planche, although only two are accredited in artistic gymnastics: the straddle planche, and the straight legged planche. Somewhat less well known is the double planar planche. Depending on the event, it can range from a B to a D skill, and must be held for at least 2 seconds. This move is also done commonly in break dancing (known as a no-legged or planche pushup). The muscles used in this exercise are the chest, shoulders, upper back, lower back, and glutes.
As the planche is a demanding position, athletes train for it with a progression of simpler moves, advancing to the next (and finally the planche) when they have gained mastery of the intermediate positions. For planche the training progression is usually frog stand, advanced frog stand, tuck planche, advanced tuck planche, straddle planche, then full planche. The arms should be locked at all times in all positions, except frog stand.
Usage examples of "planche".
Cette baie ou le vent du nord entre avec les goelettes norvegiennes chargees de planches et de fers bruts, Saint-Valery, ne plait point aux etrangers.
The railroad, the more modern coureur de bois and coureur de planche, has not served the new-world society merely as a connecting-link between communities already developed.