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. I started with a headstand, that came easy. Shortly after that I started working on a handstand. WOW was it hard! I really thought I'd never learn how to do it, but I obsessed over it anyway. I scoured every piece of info I could find and read/watched it over and over.
My wrists started hurting really bad, and I asked you guys about it. I was told to take a week off, and I did. THANK you, seriously! I came back able to do a handstand better than I ever could, with zero pain at all. That week off really helped, a lot. I was over doing it.
Anyway, just wanted to say thanks and say that you really can learn whatever you want if you put your mind to it. I was really skeptical about being able to handstand, but here I am doing nearly 30 second stands in less than a month. I'm stoked!
My form is still bad, but I'm working on it.
Here's to a 2017 filled with lots of bodyweight movements, planches, front levers, the works. I will be doing these things soon! My main motivation is my daughter, who will be born in March. Like her mommy, she will most likely do gymnastics when she's of age. Hopefully I can be right there beside her the whole way.
Here's a short vid of the stand I got last night, thanks to r/bodyweight!
Edit: In case anyone was curious about my progression, here are videos posted in chronological order of when I first started trying to headstand, all the way up to the video I posted above. Note the date stamps. Hope these help!
(first headstand success after trying for 3 days)
(first balance after literally hundreds of attempts!)
(took exactly 12 days to go from 8 seconds to 16 seconds)
(getting better!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUdG7ueRqfQ (same video as in the original post)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xY6r_sRa28 (straddle press headstand, using it to develop core strength and practice for eventually doing that in a handstand)
So on January 8th, I decided to start. I started with a headstand, that came easy. Shortly after that I started working on a handstand. WOW was it hard! I really thought I'd never learn how to do it, but I obsessed over it anyway. I scoured every piece of info I could find and read/watched it over and over.
My wrists started hurting really bad, and I asked you guys about it. I was told to take a week off, and I did. THANK you, seriously! I came back able to do a handstand better than I ever could, with zero pain at all. That week off really helped, a lot. I was over doing it.
Anyway, just wanted to say thanks and say that you really can learn whatever you want if you put your mind to it. I was really skeptical about being able to handstand, but here I am doing nearly 30 second stands in less than a month. I'm stoked!
My form is still bad, but I'm working on it.
Here's to a 2017 filled with lots of bodyweight movements, planches, front levers, the works. I will be doing these things soon! My main motivation is my daughter, who will be born in March. Like her mommy, she will most likely do gymnastics when she's of age. Hopefully I can be right there beside her the whole way.
Here's a short vid of the stand I got last night, thanks to r/bodyweight!
Edit: In case anyone was curious about my progression, here are videos posted in chronological order of when I first started trying to headstand, all the way up to the video I posted above. Note the date stamps. Hope these help!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TUdG7ueRqfQ (same video as in the original post)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3xY6r_sRa28 (straddle press headstand, using it to develop core strength and practice for eventually doing that in a handstand)
(what follows is copied and pasted from another comment, someone asked pretty much exactly what you did)