Home » 5 Total-Body Moves to Master Handstands (and Beyond)

5 Total-Body Moves to Master Handstands (and Beyond)

by K. Aleisha Fetters
Last Updated : May 25th, 2020

5 total body moves to master handstands

MyFitnessPal

You’ll be hard-pressed to find a fitness feat that feels more rewarding — more “I am amazing and I can do anything!” — than handstands.

After all, when you perform your first handstand, you are literally defying gravity and bending the rules of what the human body is designed to do. (Think: stand on its feet, not hands). “That’s very empowering,” explains Erica Suter, a Baltimore-based certified strength and conditioning specialist, who says handstands are one of the hardest bodyweight exercises you can perform — period.

Apart from testing total-body strength and stability, they build total-body strength and stability. Handstands work the entire body, hammering the muscles of the shoulders, arms, core and even the hips and legs, Suter says. Plus, they are a gateway to a lot of other awesome acrobatic movements such as handstand walks and handstand push-ups.

Woah, buddy!

That said, no matter how exciting the thought of performing your first handstand is, knowing how to pull it off is something else entirely. That’s why we had Suter share a workout designed to get you upside-down in eight weeks. Perform it 2–3 times weekly for the best results.

Read on at MyFitnessPal.com


-
00:00
00:00
Update Required Flash plugin
-
00:00
00:00