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23 Handstand Exercises For You to Try Out

By admin on November 26, 2014 in Hand Balancing, Handstands, Head Balancing, One Hand, Planche, Presses & Pushup, Walking & Jumping

There are so many handstand exercises and variations that they could keep you busy forever. Instead of trying to master them all at the same time, it’s far more effective to focus on one at a time.

This video from Calisthenic Movement shows a number of basic and advanced exercises that should give you enough inspiration to start your training today and master a handstand exercise of your choice.

Basic:

Intermediate:

How to do the One Hand Handstand by Professor Orlick

Wall Walks
Pike Pushups
Freestanding Handstand
Wall Supported Handstand Pushups
Wall Supported Hand Switches
Wall Supported 360 degree rotations
Unsupported Handstand Walks

Advanced:

Freestanding Straight Handstand
Pike Press
Straddle Press
Tucked Press on Parallettes
Straddle Press on Parallettes
L and V Sit to Handstand on Parallettes
Frog to Handstand
Rolling HSPU (very cool!)
Freestanding HSPU
Tiger Bend
90 Degree Pushup
One Arm Handstand

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An Effective Drill to Help You Prepare for The Handstand Press

By admin on November 21, 2014 in Hand Balancing, Handstands, Presses & Pushup

If you’re just starting out your hand balancing journey, here is a quite good exercise for developing strength you’ll need to perform the handstand press. There are actually two exercises in the video by Lui Sarabia, but he combined it into one. Using an exercises ball in this way will greatly improve your core and shoulder strength, as it works in a similar manner to an ab wheel.

Lui recommends performing three to four sets of ten reps once you get used to the exercise. The video is filmed in different angles so you can really see what’s going on from all sides!

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Make Your Own Hand Balancing Stands

By admin on November 14, 2014 in Hand Balancing, Handstands

Below are two very detailed videos on how to make hand balancing stands. Having any kind of hand balancing canes makes it easier to balance and allows you to perform with more confidence and precision.

Even though the canes made in these videos are not ideal, you get pretty much all information you need to make any kind you want.

Feel free to skip to 1:50 mark in the first video.

Some people just enjoy making everything they can with their own hands and this goes for hand balancing canes as well. However, for vast majority of people it would be too tedious, risky and even expensive (materials + time) to create them on their own. Why not get a pair of hand balancing stands here and have it shipped right to your doorstep?

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Crazy Handstand Compilation

By admin on November 4, 2014 in Hand Balancing, Handstands, One Hand, Presses & Pushup, Walking & Jumping

This compilation contains video footage of some of the best new and old videos on flexibility, one hand handstands, handstand pushups variations and tons of presses.

Also, get ready for walking and jumping on hands, tiger bends, two fingers 90 degree pushup, many handstand variations…And other stuff The Lost Art of Hand Balancing is all about! Enjoy.

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Handstand Stretching Drills

By admin on October 31, 2014 in Hand Balancing, Handstands

Apart from regular training, achieving your first handstand requires quite a bit of flexibility as well, especially for the straight handstand. Here are some great stretches to improve your flexibility for this particular handstand variation.

There are four stretching drills in the video – active dynamic, active static, passive dynamic and passive static. As you might have guessed, I like the one with the gymnast bridge the most.

In fact, I just recently wrote an article at Breaking Muscle on this very move in relation to back and shoulder pain. Check it out here.

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Walking and Jumping on Hands

By admin on October 28, 2014 in Hand Balancing, Handstands, Presses & Pushup, Walking & Jumping

Check out this compilation by Nick Hallowell where he shows excellent hand balancing skills.

It’s particularly amusing to see him walking up and down the stairs as well as that clapping handstand pushup. I don’t remember seeing that one before! His handstand style and leg positioning are rather interesting, too.

One of the best resources for these moves is by far Walking and Jumping On Your Hands by Professor Orlick. Get it here now to learn these awesome moves.

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Impressive Moves by Simon Ata

By admin on October 14, 2014 in Acrobatics, Bboy, Flexibility & Contortion, Gymnastics, Hand Balancing, Handstands, Planche, Presses & Pushup

Breakdancers, especially professional one have to be in an absolutely stunning form to be able to perform flawlessly and stay injury-free. For this they rely on incredible strength, speed, precision and endurance.

We already had one video from Simon “Simonster” Ata from Australia, but this one includes a couple of break-dance moves as well. Get ready for planche pushups (and what a great form too!), backflips, handstand presses and much more.

Grab your Tumbling and Acrobatics Starter Package today and with some practice you’ll be able to impress others while moving your body in amazing ways too!

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One Arm Compilation

By admin on October 9, 2014 in Flexibility & Contortion, Hand Balancing, Handstands, One Hand

I stumbled upon this inspiring compilation of one arm workout videos from Russia. Unfortunately, video embedding was disabled by request. But you can still click here and watch it on YouTube.

It seems like the art of hand balancing and bodyweight training is definitely not lost in Russia, as they perform very hard moves, including:

One arm handstand
One arm planche
One arm chin up
One arm superman
One arm horizontal pullup
One finger chin-ups! (1:10)
One arm hand-to-hand handstand
And many more

Click here to learn how to do the one hand handstand.

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Movement Pyramid in Relation to Handstands

By admin on October 7, 2014 in Hand Balancing, Handstands

Most would agree that the straight handstand is a bit more advanced than the curved handstand, gymnasts in particular. There are certainly pros to going straight for the straight handstand in the beginning of your handstand career, but the curved handstand is a very viable option as well.

Having said that, here’s a great video for those looking to learn how to perform the straight handstand. Emmet Louis uses movement pyramid to explain what you need to work on before starting the straight handstand training. It’s all about getting basic stuff like mobility and stability in order before gradually moving to the specific movement itself, in this case a handstand.

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Hand Balancing Act and Jumping on One Hand

By admin on October 3, 2014 in Hand Balancing, Handstands, One Hand, Presses & Pushup, Walking & Jumping

A video of a woman performing hand balancing act from 2009 went viral again on YouTube. Here’s the original, long version of that video featuring incredibly strong woman practicing tough hand balancing routine on hand balancing canes.

Lack of space, a domestic setting and children in the background are no match for Anait Seyranyan, a professional Moscow-born hand balancer. Here’s another great video from Anait where she jumps from one arm to another on the hand balancing stand.

She also manages to stay in near-vertical position in a one arm handstand, which is definitely something you don’t see every day. Make sure to check out 17 Exercises to Build the Strength and Stability for the one arm handstand in How to do the One Hand Handstand by Professor E.M. Orlick.

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