Handstand Pushup Training

Struggling to do one handstand push up? So was I until I implemented a simple progressive system
which got me over the hump and…

…Strides ahead, yes, that’s what I said-
Zero to 20 plus handstand push ups in less than 365 days…

Most evenings I’d flip into a
handstand, lower myself slowly down (a folded towel below me to
prevent injury) and then without pausing try pushing myself back
up…nothing-there is no back up

Push harder, I try. Nothing!

OK then, drop down and rest a few minutes, get my shower ready
whilst resting, then flip back into a handstand and try again.

Next evening:

Start with a headstand this time, you know standing on your head
(on a folded towel) and push…come on Danny you can do this-well not
tonight I can’t but I’ll try a few more times…push some, rest a
minute or two and try again.

Next evening:

Tonight, I flip into a handstand (don’t forget your folded towel)
and I have a stop watch positioned so I can see it. Then with one
hand I’m able to click the start button and now I hold my handstand
for as long as I can. (last time I tried this, which was a while
ago I managed just over two minutes-a good goal to reach is 3
minutes)

And so goes the process until I’m finally able to push  3 or 4 and
then a great day when I can do a no-momentum push-up-straight from
the headstand position. As time goes by 10 no-momentums are a
breeze.

I add slow reps, half reps into my training and then one armed
handstand holds too-(manage about 1 minute) their is a little trick
to being able to do this…maybe I’ll share it with you in a future
or let me know if you would like to know sooner!

Also, I now incorporate doing handstands on a raised hand bar so
the range of movement is longer and of course a lot harder.

So there you have it-the simple and easy way to go from zippo to
over 20 handstand push-ups in just a few minutes 4 or 5 times a
week.

Next time let’s talk about getting super powerful lungs and heart.
Till then…

Go to it. Keep Strong,

Danny
P.S. using my “system of training” my wife Helen, who usually hates
exercising and always gives up because as she says “it just takes
too long and is too daunting” I now  find her doing a few sets of
jumping jacks in the morning and then I catch her cranking out a
few squats later in the afternoon-and guess what? Not only is she
fitter, she’s lost fat…quite a lot of those squiddgy pounds
actually and she’s toned up very nicely too (oh, and just in case
there are any girls out there thinking anything-I love Helen either
way but it’s nice to see her doing so well. Exercise is so good for
us all).