Handstand

GymDaze demonstration

Watch Handstand

Technique

How to perform Handstand

1. Plant your palms about shoulder-width apart with fingers spread and elbows extended.
2. Use a controlled kick-up to bring your hips above your shoulders and hands.
3. Press the floor away and keep your shoulders elevated rather than pulling the shoulder blades down and together.
4. Bring your legs together and maintain a controlled body line without forcing a deep hollow or arch.
5. Look toward the floor between your hands and make small fingertip-pressure adjustments while breathing.
6. Step down using your practiced exit before you lose control of the position.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Anterior Deltoid, Serratus Anterior, Trapezius.

Calisthenics graph

Progression relationships

These relationships describe graph position, not personal readiness.