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Skill build for better handstand push ups.

It's one thing being able to do a few handstand push ups. It's another to be smooth and fast at them.

Arm-supported poses are excellent preparation for handstands and other inversions.

Get better handstands, freestanding handstand push ups, press hand stands, and handstand walking.

Take your time to go through these inversion drills. Display control throughout the whole movement.

Truth be told, I shed a tear every time I witness a band-assisted, short range-of-motion pull up.

Here's how you can build up the strength to do strict HSPUs in your workouts.

Here are several progressions that will help you on your way to a strict headstand push up.

Here are two ways to change handstand push ups in order to make them exactly as difficult as you need it to be. These two ideas will allow you to create useful progressions for yourself.

Here are the four rules for scaling all benchmark CrossFit WODs, plus specifics on how to scale "Diane" to where you are at as an athlete.

For those of you who are anxious about the handstand pushup, specifically kicking up and being upside down, then we've got a solution for you.

Every Sunday we post the "Sunday Seven" so you can quickly see the seven most popular articles of the week. This week: sumo deadlift high pull, snatch, handstand push up corrections, and more!

On any given day, there's a 50% chance that I’m going to have a CrossFitter on my schedule. How important is the handstand push up, really?

Yes, I’m talking to you with the three-AbMat-scaled, snatch-width grip hand placement, butchered kipping handstand push up.

To do the HSPU, you must learn handstand basics. There can be harmful implications of learning to kip before doing the handstand push up strictly.