Should I get H2

Hi guys,

So i was considering purchasing H2 for the following reasons

Not sure if this is accurate but I remember coach saying that you can start H2 alongside H1, how far along H1 do you have to be to begin H2?

And also I am not able to start MN/PE2 becoz I dont have the pancake and I heard H2 has pancake drills in it.

Is it true?? should i get H2 right now? I am only at PE4 in H1 currently

Note: I am doing a 5 day split of Foundation with 2 days of H1 parallelly with those 5 days of foundation, is it possible to integrate H2 with this schedule?

Thanks

H2 PE elements can be done along with H1, although apparently there is a foundation prerequisite for H2 (which makes sense, but I don't know if it's F1 or F2). There's no point in starting the second half of H2 without a good handstand (I believe 30s is recommended).

H2 PEs assume you're already very strong in the plank position with full shoulder blade protraction. If you're struggling with sPL PEs 1-4 then you're going to have a really hard time with H2.

H2 IMs will have you hanging upside down from some stall bars. You will need an unexpected amount of grip strength and a set of stall bars you have great faith in. The first several iMs are pike stretches, around the intensity of MN/PE4>iM (Standing Weighted Pike Hang) and building from there (they don't become pancake stretches until iM 4). So if MN/PE4>iM is too aggressive for someone then the iMs in H2 probably are also.

H2 is trained after H1, it's just another exercise/im pair. It's very easy to integrate into any training schedule.

Hope that helps.

(for what it's worth I enjoy training H2, I had a decent handstand before starting H1, so H2 gives me some new things to keep me from getting bored as I trudge through H1 from the beginning)

dgaetano said:

H2 PE elements can be done along with H1, although apparently there is a foundation prerequisite for H2 (which makes sense, but I don't know if it's F1 or F2). There's no point in starting the second half of H2 without a good handstand (I believe 30s is recommended).

H2 PEs assume you're already very strong in the plank position with full shoulder blade protraction. If you're struggling with sPL PEs 1-4 then you're going to have a really hard time with H2.

H2 IMs will have you hanging upside down from some stall bars. You will need an unexpected amount of grip strength and a set of stall bars you have great faith in. The first several iMs are pike stretches, around the intensity of MN/PE4>iM (Standing Weighted Pike Hang) and building from there (they don't become pancake stretches until iM 4). So if MN/PE4>iM is too aggressive for someone then the iMs in H2 probably are also.

H2 is trained after H1, it's just another exercise/im pair. It's very easy to integrate into any training schedule.

Hope that helps.

(for what it's worth I enjoy training H2, I had a decent handstand before starting H1, so H2 gives me some new things to keep me from getting bored as I trudge through H1 from the beginning)

Thanks, I am going to post videos of my sPL PEs soon and see if they are good enough and then decide whether to get started on H2 or not.

Get Handstand two if any or all of the following apply to you:

 

You want to:

A) Do press handstands

B) Complete the entire Hungarian course

C) Complete the entire Rings course

 

 

Previous Thread: The GymnasticBodies Roadmap and Curriculum

Rayne-William said:

Get Handstand two if any or all of the following apply to you:

 

You want to:

A) Do press handstands

B) Complete the entire Hungarian course

C) Complete the entire Rings course

 

 

Previous Thread: The GymnasticBodies Roadmap and Curriculum

I am planning on doing the entire curriculum, but I dont have the money to buy all of it right away so I am only buying what I can use right now.

Okay the thread Rayne-William linked to is important. The prerequisites to H2 are F1 and F2.

hannibal2469 said:

I am planning on doing the entire curriculum, but I don't have the money to buy all of it right away so I am only buying what I can use right now.

 

I am in a similar situation as you. I get to save up what can to purchase the course material and any equipment that I may need.

 

In regards to where to start H2 while still working on H1, read the linked post in a previous thread.

 

Post number 4- Can do freestanding handstand but still on wall HS. Able to start HS2 work? (Coach?)