AUTHOR: AUSTIN DUNHAM
What’s up! Austin Dunham back again with another e-book! Today we are going
to quickly discuss three Handstand CHEAT CODES that I’ve learned over the
past few years. If you’re looking to improve your handstand ASAP do these!
Cheat Code #1 – Stomach To Wall Holds
When many people start training
their handstand at first. Usually
you will see them kicking up back
to the wall practicing their holds,
and that’s it. However, what if I
told you that stomach to wall
handstand
MORE
holds
worth
are
your
actually
time.
It’s
because stomach to wall holds
forces you to really push through
your shoulders while maintaining
alignment. Unlike the back to wall
hold which encourages banana
back. Both can be useful but
stomach to wall should be the
go-to from here on out. Keep your
hands as close to the wall as
possible when training.
Cheat Code #2 – Shoulder ABOVE wrist
In order to hold a handstand all your joints must be stacked up above each
other. Shoulder over wrist. Hips over shoulders. Feet Over Hips. That’s why I
teach people to start their handstand with palms on the ground with
shoulders over the wrist THEN kick up. This makes the stacking part even
easier because we already have our wrist and shoulder stacked before we
even kick up! Which will overall make the handstand easier to balance. When
learning always kick up into the handstand this way.
Cheat Code #3 – Practice
I know what you’re thinking… “Austin PRACTICING is NOT a cheat code!” Well…
hear me out first alright. Yes, practicing should be obvious but it’s about HOW
we practice. With handstands and other CaliStatics Skills frequency is very
important when it comes to learning. An easy way to up the frequency is by
dedicating 15 minutes of handstand practice before every single training
session you do. At the gym or at home it doesn’t matter. I believe even IFBB
Pro Ronnie Coleman could learn how to handstand if he practiced this way.
Just think about it, the volume really adds up over time. If you workout 4 days
a week and did this it would be around 4 hours of practiced a month just from
a quick 15 minutes.
There you have it! Take these 3
quick handstand cheat codes
and
watch
your
handstand
improve over time. Now if you
want
to
handstand
know
my
training
exact
routines
along with how to train other
calisthenics skills (Planche, Front
Lever, Back Lever etc.) then
check out CaliStatics where I lay
it all out for you!!
See you soon! – A.D
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