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Half Press Handstand to L-Sit
The Half Press Handstand to L-Sit is a straddle press handstand progression. It trains core compression and overhead pressing strength necessary to learn press handstands of all varieties.
- Type Of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Parallettes
Half Press Handstand to L-Sit
- Stand on parallettes, fold forward, and grab ahold of them just in front of your feet.
- Strongly shrug your shoulders to your ears, step up to your tip-toes, and continue to press down until your feet lift straight up off of the parallettes.
- Keep your shoulders open and avoid leaning forward to lift up.
- Continue pressing until your hips stack over your shoulders.
- Once your hips are stacked, pause momentarily.
- Bring your feet together and lower down to an L-sit.
- Your legs must remain locked and your legs must remain parallel to the floor in the L-sit.
- Hold the L-sit for a moment, press your feet back to the parallettes, and repeat for reps.
- Move steadily and never allow yourself to planche forward during this exercise.
- Exercise: Eccentric Half Press Handstand to L-Sit
- Type of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Parallettes
- Exercise: Sliding Tuck Press Handstand
- Type of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Body Only