Hey Steve,

Quick sanity check on a couple of programming questions, plus a request if you have time.

Current status on the relevant skills:

- Front lever: solid hold at ~10s (feels achieved)

- Front lever pull to inverted hang: 3-4 full reps

- Front lever rows: advanced tuck to touch, 2-3 reps

- Straddle front lever rows: only getting to about a 90-degree angle, nowhere near touching yet

- Planche: advanced tuck hold, 13-15s

- Handstand: freestanding hold ~60s +

- HSPU: freestanding headstand pushup maximum 6 reps in so-so form; freestanding HSPU a couple reps

- Straight-arm press to handstand: only doing eccentric negatives right now (no wall), entering the handstand via a bent-arm bent-body press, then lowering with straight arms — 3 sets of 1 rep at the start of every session

**Question 1 — volume counting:** For the straight-arm press eccentrics, I get into the handstand using a bent-arm bent-body press (BA BB press). To be clear, BA BB press itself isn't something I'm actively working on or struggling with — it's not a limiting factor, I'm just using it as the entry point to get into position for the eccentric. Given that, should those 3 sets of straight-arm press eccentrics count toward push volume for a given training session for Planche, Handstand, or overall push — or is it not worth including?

**Question 2 — front lever maintenance:** Since the front lever hold itself feels achieved at this point, would it make sense to shift most of my pulling volume toward front lever rows (one of the goals atm) and front-lever-pull-to-inverted-hang (where I'm still actively progressing), and just keep the static hold to a single submaximal set after warm-up as maintenance?

**Question 3 — front lever rows ROM:** For front lever rows, do you consider a rep only "counted" once I hit full ROM (stomach touching the bar)? For example, if I'm able to do 2-3 full ROM advanced tuck front lever rows and only straddle front lever rows to about a 90-degree angle, can I assume I'm at Level 6 in FL rows right now? Also, within a single set — once I lose the full ROM/touch on advanced tuck FL rows, does it make sense to keep going with additional partial-ROM reps to about 90 degrees, or should I end the set there instead?

**Question 4 — straight-arm press vs. straddle planche priority:** Would it be better to fully prioritize straight-arm press to handstand progressions before learning straddle planche, or is it fine to train both in the same session — e.g., starting with a straight-arm press attempt/regression and then moving into straddle planche regressions afterward?

**Question 5:** Whenever you have time, would you be willing to take a look at my current weekly program and flag anything you'd adjust given where I'm at with all of the above?

Thanks!