Movement Basics: The Handstand
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The movement community is constantly growing and growing. As a beginner it is best to start with the basic exercise: handstand.
LEVEL: Beginner
Doing a handstand is a complex exercise that needs to be trained quite well in advance, depending on the individuals level of physical fitness, mobility and endurance.
To be able to do a handstand in the center of a room, without the support of the wall at the back, you need to be aware and concentrate on different parts from your feet up to your hands.
The Handstand
- Grip the floor with your hands
- Push your body in the ground, to press your shoulders far away from the floor (depending on the goal of your handstand)
- Pull your hips, hollow body position
- Tighten your butt
- Stretch your feet (in the direction of the sky)
- You often start doing handstands when you want to get the feeling of the head first feeling, since the blood circulates differently in this position
I want to present you three more basic exercises, for all advanced guys – keep them in mind. You can find these exercises a bit down here on this site – > Challenges.
Check out the short instructional video below!
CHALLENGE
- Hollow Body (for body tension)
- Handstand towards the wall, face towards the wall (for body tension, feeling and endurance)
- Weighted shoulder dislocates (for mobility)
BEFORE
You need to be concentrated to perform the exercises correctly.
Step 1: the lower part of your back has constantly to be in contact with the floor.
Step 2: Press your shoulders towards the floor, which means: push your shoulder as far as possible towards your ears!
Step 3: Perform slowly and properly. Use additional weight to tease your tendons and ligaments.
EXPERT EXPERIENCE
I still perform all three basic exercises to improve my mobility through the dislocates. Hollow body also increases my body tension. Especially the handstand towards the wall combined with the dislocates improves the endurance and the mobility of your shoulders. These exercises are very helpful for all beginners of my courses.
YOUR EXPERT
STATEMENT
As I mentioned at the beginning: depending on the individual state the exercises described could be quite trivial and simple. But don’t forget: always come back to your basis – to improve yourself ongoing.
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