It might sound crazy, but just a few years ago I was terrified to practice handstands. I remember going to CrossFit one day and seeing handstand push ups on the whiteboard. Suddenly I realized I needed to ... Continue Reading
How to Learn a Handstand and Fall Less
It’s important to know what you want from your handstand journey. The majority of us aren’t gymnasts or professional hand-balancers, so we don’t have to have a perfect handstand, whatever that ... Continue Reading
A Practical Guide to Walking on Your Hands
Walking on your hands is great for upper body strength, balance, coordination, working out imbalances between your arms, and more. It’s also fun! This article is going to provide a step by step (pun ... Continue Reading
Crawl and Hang to Improve Your Handstand
You want to get better at handstands. You think to yourselves, “Maybe if I just try more handstands, I’ll be able to handstand better.” But it doesn’t quite work like that. You’re inundated with ... Continue Reading
4 Techniques To Instantly Improve Your Freestanding Handstand
You’ve been working on your handstand for a while now. You’ve spent countless hours on line drills, hollow bodies, and shoulder mobility. Most of your training sessions consist of lots of time upside down ... Continue Reading
How to Work Up to a Full Range of Motion Handstand Push Up
When I first got involved in bodyweight training one of my main goals was to be able to do a single handstand push up against the wall. I had done things like the bench press before, but I was never very ... Continue Reading
How to Hold a Freestanding Handstand
When you can hold a freestanding handstand you’ve achieved a pretty amazing skill. While this is something that almost anyone could work up to with persistence and the right game plan, most people do ... Continue Reading
How to Work Up to a Freestanding Handstand
In my previous article I showed you how to get up and hold a handstand against the wall. In this article you’ll learn to take a much more advanced step by balancing out in the open. In my ... Continue Reading
How to Work Up to a Handstand Against the Wall
Doing a handstand against the wall is not a difficult move to do. It doesn’t require much strength, as when you do it right, you’re using your structure more than muscle. It takes some coordination and ... Continue Reading
Advancing Bodyweight Skills: Proper Handstand Progressions
Progressing in the gym is pretty simple - just do more. If you lifted a given weight for five reps last time, do six this time. Or, just add more weight to the bar and do the same number of reps. The only ... Continue Reading
How’s Your Handstand? 7 Articles to Make It Better
Standing or walking on your hands is an impressive party trick, but it takes time. Here are 7 articles, videos, and tutorials to help you perfect you walk, stand, and even do pushups while upside ... Continue Reading
Dear Willow: I Am Afraid of Handstands – Help!
Dear Willow, I am wondering how one gets over the fear of doing handstands in yoga. I am fine in a headstand, using the wall and sometimes without it. However, even while relying on the wall, I ... Continue Reading
