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@michelebolduc1 Definitely faced mental barriers, you just have to get comfortable with the idea of over rotating. The only way to get comfortable is to practice bailing out of it. Honestly, you don't need to practice though. It's such a natural movement that I really think you will do it...

@von20207777 Thanks! I've worked really hard on opening up my shoulder angle, still needs work but it's light years ahead of where I started. I will work on getting my line straighter for sure though!

@von20207777 That's a good ratio! I'm still not very consistent. Maybe 6/10 times I kick up I actually get into a good balance. Hoping that with some more practice I can just kick up into a long handstand on the first try.

@dawn16 Hollow body holds (check out youtube for explanation), hand walk outs (again check out youtube), L sits, and planks. Hope this helps!

@businessphonesystem Thanks man, really. :) (what follows is copied and pasted from another comment, someone asked pretty much exactly what you did) I spend probably 10 minutes warming up. Getting my wrists/shoulders loose. Then when I still lacked a little confidence I'd do wall stands for...

@watergal Thanks man, but don't give up. Not sure how much you practice, but I was/am putting in about an hour every day just getting the repetitions in. Definitely look on youtube for some of the tutorials out there, they all help! I'd say I got at least one good piece of info from each video I...

Just wanted to say thanks to this forum, and the wealth of information that lies within it. I've always been active, a gym rat, but recently I decided I was tired of not being able to do some of these cool bodyweight activities that a lot of people can do. So on January 8th, I decided to start...