My Handstand Journey: What I wish I knew when I began

[jesusloverr]

@eminem4life Thanks - hope that helps

 

[jokindley]

@jesusloverr Ohh I just finished with my handstand training, very informative thanks a lot, had a few queries

 

[jesusloverr]

@jokindley Hope it helps

 

[dawn16]

@jesusloverr Thank you for sharing this

 

[jesusloverr]

@dawn16 You’re welcome

 

[wearingthearmour]

@jesusloverr My biggest struggle regarding the handstand is wrist mobility. If I go into handstand it hurts my wrist (it hurts on the dorsal side) from lack of wrist mobility. What did you find to be an effective way to improve on this?

 

[vicarofjc]

@wearingthearmour what helped me get better wrist flexibility is going into like a prayer position and then sliding your hands down ur body and just holding it

 

[wearingthearmour]

@vicarofjc Thanks buddy, I'll give it a try.

 

[jesusloverr]

@wearingthearmour My right wrist occasionally flairs up. What helped me was Antranik’s wrist strengthening exercises. I started doing these every morning and as part of my normal wrist mobility warm-up before doing any HSs.

Do you currently have a wrist warmup?

 

[wearingthearmour]

@jesusloverr Thanks buddy. I don't really know how to warmup wrists. Tricky part is that the wrist contains no muscles, and it's the muscles that generate heat when you exercise.

 

[jesusloverr]

@wearingthearmour Don’t get too tied up with the wording...by warmup it’s not literal (since like you said joints can’t strictly “warm up”). But that being said you can get blood flowing through them and lubricate the tendons and soft tissue attached to them. This is what a wrist warmup would do.

In layman’s terms, all you’d have to do is move your wrists around in all their planes of movement (ie. all directions).

In more concrete terms, you’d best follow a follow along guide like GMB’s wrist prep. It looks long but after a few sessions you’ll have it memorised and it won’t take any time at all.

Good luck!

 

[brianaxx1012]

@jesusloverr Managed to injure my wrist doing yoga. I'm now doing GMB's Wrist Prep daily and will likely add Antranik's exercises in next week thanks to your tip. I hope the rehab/recovery time is quick. I've been so bummed out not to be able to do pushups since week 2 of quarantine.

 

[russkie]

@wearingthearmour Stretching out your wrists for mobility is just one component. You should also actively be strengthening your forearms as well. If you have resistance bands or light dumbbells, you definitely want to do the exercises shown in FitnessFAQs video below

 

[newktoo10]

@wearingthearmour As glandufaya said to a similar comment in this thread, the GMB wrist prep routine on YouTube is gold. Just search GMB wrist prep routine on YouTube. It’s recommended in warm up section for the bodyweight fitness recommended routine. It helped me get to the point where I can do three pull ups without getting injured, and I’m a pudgy female so that says a lot.

 

[wearingthearmour]

@newktoo10 I don't really see a relation between wrist mobility and standard pullups.

 

[skaoluan]

@jesusloverr good tip

 

[flax]

@jesusloverr That's an amazing and detailed post.

 

[ritabd]

@jesusloverr This is great, inspiring advice! Thank you!

 

[jesusloverr]

@ritabd You’re welcome!

 

[pink182]

@jesusloverr thats a lot of info for a handstand