Shia Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 Came across this video and wondered. It's the strength and balance section starting at 2:08 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joshua Slocum Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 That's called a straddle press handstand. It's good work for the upper back, shoulders, and hip flexors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Burnham Posted June 19, 2013 Share Posted June 19, 2013 The first one is a rolling stalder press handstand with a negative which just means you go from a straddle L to a straddle press handstand as Josh said. It is actually considered a fairly simple skill in gymnastics and should be worked once you get a solid handstand. Press handstands are straight arm strength but i generally put them in a category of their own and train them with handstands Mine isn't quite perfect yet but is getting much closer. The elements that come after are mostly bent arm skills actually and are basically variations of the hollow back press. Even though both go to handstand the strength required is actually quite a bit different. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shia Posted November 2, 2013 Author Share Posted November 2, 2013 That's called a straddle press handstand. It's good work for the upper back, shoulders, and hip flexors. The first one is a rolling stalder press handstand with a negative which just means you go from a straddle L to a straddle press handstand as Josh said. It is actually considered a fairly simple skill in gymnastics and should be worked once you get a solid handstand. Press handstands are straight arm strength but i generally put them in a category of their own and train them with handstands Mine isn't quite perfect yet but is getting much closer. The elements that come after are mostly bent arm skills actually and are basically variations of the hollow back press. Even though both go to handstand the strength required is actually quite a bit different.So you think skills like straight arm handstand presses are a dcent workout for the shoulders? I have switched from bodybuilding to gymnastics and dont want my shoulders tp get smaller when I stop the dumbell work and focus on handstands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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