So you want to learn the way to do a handstand? Good, you’ve come to the right place to start.
One of the most important aspects of learning the handstand is body positioning. That’s getting your body into a firm form that makes the balancing far easier. The best way to learn how to try this is to do a handstand against the wall first. While not having to worry about the balance you can train the body position easily.
You’ll be wanting to get about ten inches from the wall. Place your hands down on the floor shoulder width apart. To get into the handstand you’ll need to kick up. This implies starting in a sprinter’s stance, as if you are prepared to start running. But instead you will kick one leg up high. When that leg comes near to the wall the other leg will also come up to meet it.
Here is a crucial point. You need to be sure to keep your arms locked out at all points. This makes your weight supported by your bone structure, rather then depending on your muscles which can tire out swiftly. That is not what you need, so lock those arms.
In addition, you wish to keep your body tight. This implies squeezing your glutes and legs together. Its best to point the toes. This is not just to look good but assists in maintaining the tightness too. And when you do any handstand training you’ll be wanting to be certain to breathe. When you start out its easy to stop breathing as you aim for the right position. But learn how to relax enough and breathe.
My recommendation is that you learn how to hold a handstand against the wall for no less than thirty seconds before you try doing it out in the open. There are many other steps and technqiues you’ll want to practice before you do that too.
You can use the wall but then bring your feet off just a couple inches as you aim for balance there. When you are starting out you will only manage a few seconds. That’s a great start. Just keep on training and you will improve.
Todd Ludgren writes for Lost Art of Hand Balancing where you can find much more about handstand tips as well as all sorts of acrobatics. Have a look at this article on how to do handstand push ups.
