Standing Tuck Press Handstand
The Standing Tuck Press Handstand is a press handstand through a tucked entry. This skill requires strong core compression, as well as shoulders strong enough to hold to offset weight of the legs.
- Type Of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Body Only
Negative Standing Tuck Press Handstand
- Begin in a stable handstand on parallettes with proper body alignment.
- Slowly tuck your knees toward your chest.
- Once tucked, allow your spine to curl from lower back to upper until your feet reach the floor between the parallettes.
- During this eccentric tuck press handstand, keep your upper body in proper alignment (shoulders above your wrists) and elevate and protract strongly.
- Kick back up to handstand and repeat this negative press variation for reps.
- Exercise: Negative Standing Straddle Press Handstand
- Type of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Hips, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Body Only or Parallettes
- Exercise: Standing Straddle Press Handstand
- Type of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Hips, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Body Only
