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Standing Straddle Press Handstand

The Standing Straddle Press Handstand is a press handstand through a straddled entry. This handstand skill requires strong core compression, as well as shoulders strong enough to hold to offset the weight of the legs.

  • Type Of Exercise: Skill
  • Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Hips, Abdominals
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Equipment: Body Only

Standing Straddle Press Handstand

  1. From a standing straddle, place your hands flat on the floor in front of you.
  2. Strongly shrug your shoulders to your ears, lift up to your tip-toes, and continue to press down until your feet come straight up off the floor.
  3. Keep your upper body stacked (shoulders over your wrists) and uncurl one vertebrae at a time.
  4. As your feet lift higher, pull your hips over your shoulders while maintaining the straddle.
  5. Continue to press your legs all the way to a straddled free handstand.
  6. Pull your feet together, and briefly hold a properly aligned handstand.
  7. Straddle your legs again and reverse the straddle press back to the floor.
  8. Repeat for reps.
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  • Type of Exercise: Skill
  • Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Abdominals
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Equipment: Body Only
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  • Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Abdominals
  • Difficulty: Intermediate
  • Equipment: Body Only
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