How To Press to Handstand!
Monday, May 21, 2012 at 6:26AM I’m noticing that I’m getting a lot of super fit viewers out there that are interested in doing some more challenging exercises doing Calisthenics, so today this one is for you guys. This is not necessary for your general health and wellness, but for those trying to learn a Press to handstand. You see, there are many ways to end up in a handstand. You can Kick up, jump up from a straddle, press up from a straddle, press from a pike, or an L sit, or even do a dip swing to Handstand. But, here are the fundamentals of pressing to a handstand.
You want to start your press to handstand in a straddle stance with your hands on the ground. Keep Those elbows straight and lean your shoulders forward over your wrists to counterbalance the weight from your lower body. Focus on Getting your Hips over your wrists. Once your hips are over your wrists, then you can extend your legs up to handstand. Same thing for doing this with your feet together, its just a bit more difficult which means you have to lean over your wrists more, and use those shoulders, traps, and Rhomboids even more to extend that shoulder angle.
You can also start in a straddle L and press up on paralletes, or perfect pushups. The same principles apply, leaning your shoulders forward, and getting your butt over your shoulders. It is also extremely helpful to work on the Reverse movement, starting in a handstand and lowering slowly to either a straddle stand, or a straddle L.
If you get that down, you can do the press from an L-Sit and press to handstand. This one is very tuff, and it requires some hamstrings flexibility to get those feet through without bending the knees.
As always, be careful and gauge your ability level to see which progression is right for you. All these variations are not for everyone.
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Reader Comments (1)
damn i've been trying to do handstands for like months, up against the wall, and only recently now i can do them without, but still can only be up for a few seconds!
i have those pushup handles too, never even thought about using those for those moves! will def give that a try, you must have some gymnast training though, even so, you a strong mofo!
impressive, sir!