okay so my toe-touch is pretty good exept my chest leans forward everytime! Any tips on how 2 keep my chest up? Please answer!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

rudi_in

Thank you for posting your question to the Ask Me Help Desk.

There are a few tips for keeping the chest up... Hopefully you can put some of them to use.

1. Try to make sure you keep the head up. Keeping the head up can sometimes help keep the chest up too.

2. Find a spot on the wall or an object in the distance to spot. Try to "point" your chest at the wall or object.

3. Lots of time spent visualizing can make a lot of difference too. For each jump that you do, visualize it they way it should look prior to doing it three times.

4. Also remember that good tuck, straddle, or pike jumps all begin with a strong straight jump. For the piked straddle (your toe touch jump), make sure that you do a big straight jump, lifting with the arms. Once you are airborne, lift the feet to the hands - don't "bend over" to touch the toes.

5. If you have a bar available to hang from you can lift the legs to the bar touching your toes to the outside of your hands. This is great conditioning as well as forcing the chest to remain upright.

Good luck with your progress!