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The Handstand Push Ups
1. Get yourself into the position shown in the picture by putting your feet against a post or wall.
2. Raise and lower your body, you should feel a good workout on your shoulders and triceps.
If you have trouble starting out, try doing half reps (ie. only doing the top half of the exercise) or try shoulder press ups until you can manage handstand pressups.
You should be able to hold this handstand position against the wall for at least 15 seconds before you start working toward the pushup.
When you can hold the static handstand position for an adequate time, throw a pillow on the ground between your hands. You'll now want to SLOWLY lower yourself to the ground. Please don't dive head first through your floor! When you get to the ground put your feet down, then kick back up into a handstand and repeat.
These negative repetitions will help to build the necessary pressing strength. During these negative reps, you can work on STOPPING yourself in various positions along the way, as well as pushing back up only a couple inches, instead of the entire way.
Keeping the repetitions low and giving a couple minutes of rest in between your sets will help to build your shoulder strength. You may prefer to work this training into your schedule differently though. With practice, you'll get strong enough to lower down completely to the ground and press back up. Congratulations, there's a handstand pushup.
If you're looking for an exercise other than handstand pushup negatives, there are several others that can help you build up your shoulder strength. Nothing too revolutionary, just different ways of working out your arms and shoulders.
The first exercise is simply to start elevating your feet in the pushup position. You can start by elevating your feet with a chair, and work your way up to a desk or something higher. The higher your feet, the more stress on your shoulders.
2. Raise and lower your body, you should feel a good workout on your shoulders and triceps.
If you have trouble starting out, try doing half reps (ie. only doing the top half of the exercise) or try shoulder press ups until you can manage handstand pressups.
You should be able to hold this handstand position against the wall for at least 15 seconds before you start working toward the pushup.
When you can hold the static handstand position for an adequate time, throw a pillow on the ground between your hands. You'll now want to SLOWLY lower yourself to the ground. Please don't dive head first through your floor! When you get to the ground put your feet down, then kick back up into a handstand and repeat.
These negative repetitions will help to build the necessary pressing strength. During these negative reps, you can work on STOPPING yourself in various positions along the way, as well as pushing back up only a couple inches, instead of the entire way.
Keeping the repetitions low and giving a couple minutes of rest in between your sets will help to build your shoulder strength. You may prefer to work this training into your schedule differently though. With practice, you'll get strong enough to lower down completely to the ground and press back up. Congratulations, there's a handstand pushup.
If you're looking for an exercise other than handstand pushup negatives, there are several others that can help you build up your shoulder strength. Nothing too revolutionary, just different ways of working out your arms and shoulders.
The first exercise is simply to start elevating your feet in the pushup position. You can start by elevating your feet with a chair, and work your way up to a desk or something higher. The higher your feet, the more stress on your shoulders.