Handstandland

For the last year and a half, I switched my exercise routine to more bodyweight exercises with the goal of holding a free-standing handstand for 30 seconds. Its been a long, good experience with a few nagging injuries–which I’ve been able to work through.

For the last few weeks, I’ve decided to ditch using the wall as my safety net and go commando–stripping myself away from the wall for my handstand practice. Slowly but surely, I’ve been able to find my center. In fact, I am able to hold a good solid body line handstand for 10 secs now.

The handstand wall drills I did to get this point were: endurance, flexibility, strength work for wrists, elbows, and shoulders; static endurance wall holds to condition my abs, glutes, and adductors (inner thighs); and proprioceptive handstand wall work increase my awareness upside down. I also consistently worked on elbows in belly facing the wall handstand pushups.

If you want to get to handstand-land, feel free to contact me. Perhaps, you will get your handstand much quicker than me.

My next goal is to hold the handstand for 30 sec consistently. I’m also starting to work on the human flag.