Teach me how to press up into a handstand.

September 14, 2008 2:11 PM

What do I need to train to be able to press up into a handstand?

I have a lot of control getting in and out of handstands, holding them, etc. What I still haven't been able to do, after more than a year of practice, is to press up, rather than use momentum, to get into the handstand. What do I need to train, and how do I do it?

posted by tumbleweedjack to Sports, Hobbies, & Recreation (3 answers total)

Best answer: Drills and Skills might be of some use. They have this article on getting a press to handstand. Having parallettes (you can make your own for about $5 work of PVC from Home Depot) would probably help.
posted by Anonymous at 3:04 PM on September 14, 2008

Response by poster: A press-to-headstand as training mysteriously never occurred to me. And I already have parallettes (overpriced Nike ones, but they're pretty)! Fantastic, thank you!
posted by tumbleweedjack at 3:37 PM on September 14, 2008

Best answer: Also check Beast Skills.

Good luck!

And the PVC parallettes I built from Home Depot cost me $22 total, if I recall correctly.
posted by Barry B. Palindromer at 12:16 PM on September 15, 2008