There is something that catches the imagination about handstands. When you see someone press into a hanstand it seems like they are defying gravity but you immediately want to do it. I love handstands so what better than get someone like Jelena Vesić to show you what to do if you want to press up.
This great series continues with Tracey Mansell introducing working with the coming down if you can’t master the going up.
In this episode we continue our look at the handstand press and in particular look at working on strength and integration.
In this workshop Tracey Mansell gives some great tips and techniques for starting your journey into pressing up to handstand.
Time to work on those handstand with Sofia Xirotyri. In this workshop Sofia explains some useful exercises and drills to prepare the body for more stable handstands. She also demonstrates some of the different entries into handstand.
Our shoulder is a precision instrument that simultaneously has a vast scope in its range of motion. With pinpoint precision we can synchronise our shoulder muscles to maneuver our arm to point our finger precisely at our object of choice – an action that requires the coordinated recruitment of numerous muscles that surround our shoulder joint like a clock.
Ashtanga teacher and author Melanie Cooper leads you through the stages to build up your handstand strength.