Name: Playbook - Janie Stel - Intermediate Handstands
Uploaded: 2024-11-02T03:50:33.107Z
Duration: 15 min
Description: Intermediate Handstands

This 20 minute intermediate handstand circuit will help make your handstand holds more consistent. These exercises will also help you attain different handstand entries, and variations. Do each drill to your best abilities, and with consistency and patience you will see improvements. Before trying this intermediate handstand workout, make sure you’re comfortable with the beginners handstand workout.

Applying all that you have learned from the previous drills try your best handstand attempts. 

Focus on these three main sources of balance: Your hands, your shoulders, and your hips. All of these points should be stacks directly on top of the other.

Best Handstand Attempts

Get into the handstand straddle position however it feels most comfortable to you. Whether that be lowering your legs to tucked from a straight handstand, or just kicking up into the tuck.

Press your palms and fingers into the ground, and stack your hands on top of your shoulders on top of your hips. 

Engage your legs, and tuck in your tailbone. Your shoulders should also be slightly open.

Give your best attempts at holding these consistently for 5 seconds each.

Tucked Handstand Hold

Get into the handstand straddle position however it feels most comfortable to you. Whether that be lowering your legs to straddle from a straight handstand, or just kicking up into it.

Press your palms and fingers into the ground, and stack your hands on top of your shoulders on top of your hips. 

Your straddle should at least be wider than your hips. Engage your legs, and tuck in your tailbone. Your shoulders should also be slightly open.

Give your best attempts at holding these consistently for 5 seconds each.

Straddle Handstand Hold

-Starting with your palms on the ground shoulder width apart, and your knee bent give a small hop enough to jump into a handstand. Feeling the weight shift from your feet to your hands.

-As your shoulders begin to align with your hands, bring your knees into your chest to begin to tuck. Once your hips are stacked on top of your shoulders you should be in a tucked position.

-Passing through the tucked handstand position you can begin to straighten your knees into a straight handstand.

Tuck to Handstand

-Starting with your palms on the ground shoulder width apart, and your knee bent give a small jump enough to get into a handstand. Feeling the weight shift from your feet to your hands.

-As your shoulders begin to align with your hands, open your legs to begin to straddle. Once your hips are stacked on top of your shoulders you should be in a full straddle.

-From the straddle position you can continue to close your legs at the top into a straight handstand.

Intermediate Handstands

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