Forearm Stand
The Forearm Stand is a handstand progression that helps an athlete learn what a stable core feels like upside down, while eliminating more complex components of a full handstand.
- Type Of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Body Only
Forearm Stand
- Begin kneeling on the floor with your hands interlocked behind your head.
- Fold forward and place your head and forearms on the floor just in front of your knees. Keep even pressure through your head and forearms.
- Press your legs up over your hips, straightening your body in an inverted forearm stand position.
- Squeeze your abdominals and glutes, fully straighten your knees, and point your toes.
- Hold still for time.
- Exercise: Tripod
- Type of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Triceps
- Difficulty: Beginner
- Equipment: Body Only
- Exercise: Prone Weighted Flexion
- Type of Exercise: Strength
- Muscles: Trapezius, Shoulders
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Barbell, Weighted Dowel
