Grab two blocks or books or some kind of props to place under your palms for support. Once it feels easy with the blocks or you feel you don’t need them, you are welcome to remove them! These drills will help activate your core. Your core is very crucial to holding a strong handstand and so you aren’t “banana backing” aka crunching in your low back with a lazy core. Also, turning on your hip flexors is very important for pressing up into handstand. Enjoy!
In this video we will alternate between two different exercises. The first will help you turn on your lat muscles which are crucial to holding a strong handstand. The second pose is a counter pose which really opens the shoulders. Believe it or not, open shoulders are imperative to a strong hands...
PLEASE watch all of the intro to this video before attempting this drill because I explain in more depth how to safely enter & exit the pose! This is the creme de la creme handstand drill because the wall doesn’t lie! It offers you the straight line you are looking for in a handstand. Please ...
Grab a chair or something to safely put your feet on and let’s do the damn thing! This drill will help you feel the pike motion for pressing or “piking” up into handstand. It helps stack your hips over your shoulders and activates your hip flexors. Active hip flexors are what will help you lift/ ...