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Forearm Stand

The Forearm Stand is a handstand progression that helps an athlete learn what a stable core feels like upside down, while eliminating more complex components of a full handstand.

  • Type Of Exercise: Skill
  • Muscles: Shoulders, Abdominals
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Body Only

Forearm Stand

  1. Begin kneeling on the floor with your hands interlocked behind your head.
  2. Fold forward and place your head and forearms on the floor just in front of your knees. Keep even pressure through your head and forearms.
  3. Press your legs up over your hips, straightening your body in an inverted forearm stand position.
  4. Squeeze your abdominals and glutes, fully straighten your knees, and point your toes.
  5. Hold still for time.
  • Exercise: Tripod
  • Type of Exercise: Skill
  • Muscles: Shoulders, Triceps
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Body Only
  • Exercise: Prone Weighted Flexion
  • Type of Exercise: Strength
  • Muscles: Trapezius, Shoulders
  • Difficulty: Moderate
  • Equipment: Barbell, Weighted Dowel