Ring Handstand Push-Up

Technique

How to perform Ring Handstand Push-Up

1. Adjust the rings so they hang just above hip height and press into a stable support hold with elbows locked and rings turned slightly out.
2. Tuck your knees and lean forward to lift your hips, straightening your legs overhead to establish a freestanding handstand on the rings with a tight hollow body.
3. Engage your core and depress your shoulders, then inhale as you bend your elbows, allowing the rings to track inward while lowering your head toward the floor in a controlled motion.
4. Descend until your shoulders reach ring height and your elbows are roughly 90 degrees or deeper, maintaining wrist neutrality and full-body tension.
5. Exhale as you press through the rings, extending your elbows and turning the rings slightly out to return to the fully locked-out handstand position.
6. Repeat for the prescribed repetitions.

Recommended external demonstration

Watch Ring Handstand Push-Up

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Anterior Deltoid, Trapezius, Triceps Lateral Head, Triceps Long Head, Triceps Medial Head.

Calisthenics graph

Progression relationships

These relationships describe graph position, not personal readiness.