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@tom9820 As I mentioned, this isn’t about strength or hypertrophy gains. The volume approach pays off more with frequency over length of training when it comes to HSs. If you can stomach 45 minute sessions daily, and still finish up 45 mins with good form at the end, they hey, go for it!

@acad The key is to just keep practicing. Those tiny muscle movements which are keeping you in balance need to be developed with repetition so that they become efficient enough to hold you for X time. The only way to build that is practice and patience.

@brobear I mean, yes, you should be able to pull a HS “out-of-the-bag” without a warm up eventually. But I do wonder how many years of practice you’d need before the risk of injury is next to nothing... Imagine the splits. A ballerina with 20 years of experience can probably enter the splits...

@mduce It’s easy enough to check if you’re ready: try some wall handstand holds to test your strength and endurance (pay attention to your wrist and shoulder strength and flexibility). Try holding for 30s. If that’s doable then I don’t see why you shouldn’t start. Start with the above...

@inspiredbylight So I literally do 2-3 sets of back-2-wall and chest-2-wall each, aiming for as long a hold as I can (using finger and heel pulls). That takes maybe 5 minutes. Then the remaining 10 I spend doing freestanding practice. That wouldn’t equate to 10 minutes upside down though, more...

@jesiah Thanks!

@mjm13 It’ll take time and patience but you’ll get it so long as you keep persevering. Good luck!

@christiangrowth You’re welcome! Good luck

@mike116 Here’s how to bail out of a chest-2-wall (and any HS; by Yuri Marmerstein). Here’s how to get into a chest-2-wall HS My advice: practice the bails over and over again. That is also a procedural muscle skill, so once you’ve got it it becomes automatic. Good luck!

@napkinsandcoffee It was my pleasure! Glad to share with the community

@chicude Thanks for reading and I’m glad it helped

@mysticial Good work. One small step at a time!

@willvicjo You’re welcome. Good luck!

@ttrim You’re not wrong - The fingers are important too! But it’s a constant, and quite literal balancing act between palms-fingers which makes it work. Good luck!

@youssefrakhif You’re welcome!

@friskyferry Interesting, by deep lunge I’m assuming you don’t mean a long extended lunge? I suppose that is not dissimilar to what I used to practice.

@proverbs27vs17 I start with something similar to GMB’s wrist warmup in which I include Antranik’s wrist strengthening exercises . I then do arm swings - first across my body (like I’m hugging myself) and then arm circles in each direction. Finally I use a band to do overhead extensions, going...

@mukask This is interesting. Perhaps this is something I’ve missed and can focus on. I’ll try be more mindful of my shoulders from now and and give it a shot!

@bluegill_04 You’re welcome glad you liked it!

@blessedx6 [added to bucket list]