Handstand Pushups are an advanced exercise that focuses on the shoulders as well as balance. Be careful they are more difficult than they look. It is important not to come down too quickly on your head.

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Hey guys we are talking about handstand pushups right now. This is a difficult movement and just where some of the other exercises we worked on a la pistols other stuff you need to work you way into this.

You don’t just want to kick up onto the wall without having some scaling up into the rep. So, what I am looking to do is get my feet on the wall in an inverted position. My head comes and touches the ab mat then I push my way all the way to lockout. An important thing to remember is that you don’t want to have a huge arch when you do this. You want to stay in a hollowed out position.

Thats going to allow the transfer of strength from your shoulders all the way down your body so it pushes your body up a little easier.

Its going to look like this. I’m doing it on the weights and ab mat because that is a pretty standardized version of what your going to see in any competition that you go to. Right here, kick up, i’m hollowed out I come down, touch my head, drive back up. One more time, touch my head, drive back up, then I Kick down.