Stalder Press Handstand

Technique

How to perform Stalder Press Handstand

1. Sit in a wide straddle with both palms on the floor between your legs, near and slightly ahead of your hips.
2. Keep your elbows and knees straight, lean your shoulders forward and press through the hands to lift into a straddle support without jumping.
3. Compress your legs toward your torso as you lift the hips and allow a controlled rounding through the trunk to clear the low part of the press.
4. Continue raising the hips while the shoulders open toward the overhead position; do not try to hold the shoulders directly above the wrists during the entire ascent.
5. As the hips come over the hands, open the hips and bring the legs together into a vertical handstand.
6. Finish by pushing tall through the shoulders with straight elbows, then reverse under control or use your established handstand exit.

Programming relevance

Muscles involved

Primary targets: Anterior Deltoid, Serratus Anterior, Trapezius.

Calisthenics graph

Progression relationships

These relationships describe graph position, not personal readiness.