Sliding Tuck Press Handstand
The Sliding Tuck Press Handstand is a great handstand drill against the wall for preparing shoulders and core for tuck handstands. By using the wall, the athlete can know if they are compact enough to expect their traps to hold their balance in the tucked position.
- Type Of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Moderate
- Equipment: Body Only
Sliding Tuck Press Handstand
- Begin in a wall handstand with your hands placed approximately one foot out.
- Keep proper body alignment and begin to tuck your knees toward your chest.
- As you begin the tuck, pull your knees apart to hip-width while keeping your feet together.
- As your knees get close to your chest, bring them back together and hold this wall-supported tuck handstand position momentarily.
- Reverse the sliding tuck back to the wall handstand and repeat for reps.
- Exercise: Half Press Handstand to Straddle L-Sit
- Type of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Parallettes
- Exercise: Partial Pike Press Handstand
- Type of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Equipment: Body Only
