In my last post I talked about "how to start training pike flexibility", which is an essential part of building core compression strength.

If your posterior chain is tight, your going to have a hard time increasing your core compression strength.

We see this when gymnastics skill seekers must bend their knees when training movements like L-sit, toes-to-bar, press to handstand, and more.

They lack the flexibility.

We use the hip flexors and lower abdominals to pull us down into new ranges of posterior chain flexibility.

Therefore, It makes sense to work on our core compression strength as a tool to increases posterior chain length.

But, if you have tight hamstrings, calves, glutes, spinal erectors, QL's or trapezius muscles (posterior chain) then you're core compression strength is going to be limited because you're fighting agains unnecessary tension.

The tightness in your posterior chain limits the contraction potential of the anterior chain.

It makes sense that increasing your pike and pancake flexibility will have positive impacts on your core compression strength.

Which comes first, the anterior chain strength or the posterior chain length?

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