Henry

Sophie

It was great honestly I just didn’t have the equipment for the pull ups

Aisha Habra

Couldn’t do the pulls up unfortunately due to not having the ability to do so in our apt... tried in the past, no luck!

Gabrielle

I do this warm up before EVERY handstand practice!!

• I only pick two types of the pull-ups and alternate days to work through them 

• Hang out in the stretches as long as ya feel like it, especially if you’re working on handstand presses

Wide Arm Pull-Up

Draw the midline up and in! Really focus on the lower belly engagement and once you’re back at the top REALLY protract your shoulders before you lower down again.

Wide Arm Push-Up

Pull-Up

Draw the midline up and in! Focus on low belly engagement and magnetize your elbows!

Chaturanga Push-Up

Row Pull-Up

Chin-Up

Blocks: Shoulder Opener

•Spread your scapula with the outside edges of your hands pressing down. 

•Elbows stay locked. 

•Deeply engage your core.

Hollow Body Shoulder Opener

•Stack knee over ankle

•Sink hips down toward your mat

•Drive back frontal hip point forward

•Soften into the posture with every exhale

•Stay between 1-3 mins

Low Lunge

•Always hinge first at the hips. Hit your max and then fold and round over. 

•Create se dynamic movement and heat and then relax into the posture. 

•If working toward a flat back, lead with your chest and shoulders.

•Stay 1-5mins

Pancake

•Glue low back to the ground and legs only lower as low as your back stacks connected

•Point your toes

•Shoulders teach toward ears 

•Belly button to spine

Hollow Body Hold

Supported V-Ups

I love to take a few hops before I start working through handstands! 

•Press the ground away a lot! 

•Engage belly with every jump. 

•Don’t worry about hang time! 

•Keep knees into chest which makes ya less likely to fall out

Donkey Kicks

BEST Handstand Warm-Up! 🤸🏼‍♀️

Haven’t consistently worked on my handstands in a while, thanks for some great reminders and tips 💪🏻

Lauren

Suzannah

It was ok. A little to much beginner for me. I go for the next video.

Evelina Wagner

Handstanding 101 🤸🏼

Bree

This has helped me more than any other piece of handstand information 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

It is exactly what I am doing
In my yesterday’s practice I was telling to myself that I somehow have to breath but I didn’t know how, now I do and I will definitely try it this way
Thank you 🙏

Dionisia

Breathing in Handstands 🌬

Sheri

Andrea

Falling From Handstands 🤸🏼‍♀️

Greatly helped overcome a couple bad habits! Thank you

Ammora Collins

Having a hard time with flexibility in my shoulders & my banana back but I’m working on it. Just started the rising up stronger program and hope it will help me. I’m pretty strong in my shoulders. But I hope the program helps with flexibility too?!

Using the Wall Correctly for Handstands! 🤸🏼‍♀️

Loved my new que of the place of the gaze and to use the leg as brake

Vaka

Love the progression of different moves building up strength for handstands away from the wall! Still scared in my tiny apartment, but I’ll keep practicing!

Aimee

Ready To Move Away From The Wall? 🤸🏻‍♂️🤸🏼🤸🏼‍♀️

Sheryl

Dorsey

Dana

BEST handstand tip that gets results FAST! 🤸🏼‍♀️

Jennifer Berrong

Hard! 😂 I’m a bit confused on positioning for the twisted boats.

Joanna

Kevin’s 15-Min Upper Body + Core (for 🤸🏻‍♂️)

Assists in Handstand! 🤸🏻‍♂️🤸🏼‍♀️

I really like the way you communicate you make it sounds easy!! Thanks!!

Heike

My Daily Handstand Drills

Very helpful tips! I feel the hops most in my quads, does that mean I’m hopping wrong?

Great. But can you also show how to do it with a wall? Fear of crashing in my couch (it is so low - my head can not touch it savely)

How to hold a Pike Handstand 🆙

Ive been doing the wrist strengthening exercises for only 2 weeks daily before my practice and I am already stsarting to notice such a difference in being able to hold myself up correctly without my wrists tireing as easily.

Paula

Wrist Strengthening 🏋🏽

Super helpful since I also injured both wrists and it’s been a long recovery.

Anastasiia

Wrist Recovery 🚑

Great! I have a lot of wrist pain so doing stretches everyday will help

Iliana Arias Carrillo

I have cyst in wrist frequently and it’s made my wrist super stiff. And I think this is going to help me loosen my wrists

Ashlynne

Hi Chelsea! I’ve got a student in class that can’t put her hands with her fingers towards her knees, with the palm facing down, is that due time rotation or flexibility? 🤔 thank you! ✨🌻

BEST Handstand Warm-Up! 🤸🏼‍♀️

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