Bent Arm Press 2 Handstand

[Jeff Walker]

This is one of my goals right and I've been working it from 2 different angles.  

 

1) From a tuck lsit on parallettes to shst/BAS and then trying to press as much as possible to raise above a BAS.  However, All I can get to is the BAS position and cant get much higher than that.

2)  Then I've also been lowering from a Handstand and trying to stop in the BAS position.   I have made good progress in lowering from a HS intot he BAS position.  

3)  I may also do a few Headstand pushups with my back to wall using low parallettes.  I cant seem to get more than 2-3 reps though and ive been stuck here for a while.

 

  Is this a good strategy?  Should I be doing something else?  Aside from the progress on lowering from a HS i feel stuck.  

[Connor Davies]

Have you seen Ido Portals gatherings series?

[Jeff Walker]

No is that something available online? Or for purchAse?

[Connor Davies]

Just search it on youtube.  They're just a couple progressions of frogstand-headstand.

[Mikael Kristiansen]

Bent arm HS press isnt much more than a handstand /headstand pushup depending on if you are on floor or bars. If you can do 3 freestanding headstand pushups then it shouldnt be a problem at all to go from a tucked L sit to shoulderstand and push it up.

 

If you cant do at least 30 seconds consistent freestanding handstand with good form you should backtrack and get solid on that first.

[yuri marmerstein]

Balance becomes a major issue when working these skills, and as Mikael said having a freestanding balance is very important

 

If you have decent strength in HSPU and reverse leg lifts either on stall bars or elevated HeS this shouldn't be too much of a problem