In this video I'll walk you through the exercises that have been beneficial to my handstand training over the past couple of years. My handstand is still a work in progress and is improving everyday, so I thought I would share what I have learned on my journey so far. The 5 tips are as follows:

1. PROPER WARM UP!
-This is the most important part by far. Without a proper warm up you risk injuring yourself and delaying your progress for weeks or even months. A proper warm up also ensures your body is performing at its optimal level. Warm up for AT LEAST 10 minutes.

2. Wall Walks
This exercise will help you to build strength in your shoulders and confidence being upside down.

3. Wall Handstand (stomach to wall)
Practicing with your stomach to the wall will be the MOST BENEFICIAL exercise that you can practice. It will teach your proper hollow body, core engagement, and will build your proprioception (body awareness) while being upside down.

4. Wall Handstand (back to wall)
This exercise should be used to practice kicking up and finding how much you need to kick. I do not recommend holding this position as it promotes bad form.

5. Kick Up Repetitions
These are going to help you to have the body awareness of how high to kick. Once your'e comfortable with this drill you'll be ready to go for the free standing handstand.

GOOD LUCK!

Music supplied by audio library:

Chill Soul Rap Instrumental by Nkato   / nkato  
Creative Commons — Attribution 3.0 Unported— CC BY 3.0
Free Download / Stream: https://bit.ly/chill-soul-rap-instrum...
Music promoted by Audio Library    • Chill Soul Rap Instrumental – Nkato (...