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Handstand Shoulder Flexion Press

Handstand Shoulder Flexion Press utilizes full bodyweight while in a handstand to mobilize and open the shoulders. This motion will allow the athlete to transition into an upper thoracic bend while pressing above the head — strength needed for the thoracic bridge.

  • Type Of Exercise: Mobility
  • Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
  • Difficulty: Moderate
  • Equipment: Body Only

Handstand Shoulder Flexion Press

  1. Begin in a chest to wall handstand with the straightest body alignment you are currently capable of.
  2. Adjust your hands to shoulder-width, straighten your elbows, and shrug your shoulders strongly toward your ears (elevate).
  3. Maintain as straight a body line as possible and press your chest and shoulders toward the wall.
  4. The only parts of your body that should move are your shoulders as they move into and out of shoulder flexion.
  5. Pause, be sure you are focusing the stretch on your shoulders, and press back to the start position with your shoulders stacked over your wrists.
  6. Repeat for reps.
  • Exercise: Inverted Cat
  • Type of Exercise: Flexibility
  • Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
  • Difficulty: Beginner
  • Equipment: Exercise Ball
  • Exercise: Elevated Thoracic Bridge
  • Type of Exercise: Mobility
  • Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back
  • Difficulty: Moderate
  • Equipment: Stall Bars, Elevated Surface, Wall
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