Tuck Handstand
The Tuck Handstand is a press handstand progression that strengthens core compression and shoulder stability.
- Type Of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Advanced
- Equipment: Body Only
Tuck Handstand
![Tuck Handstand 1 Tuck Handstand Beginning](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/H3SE3-1.jpg)
![Tuck Handstand 2 Tuck Handstand End](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/H3SE3-2.jpg)
![Tuck Handstand 3 Tuck Handstand](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com/gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/Tuck-Handstand.jpg)
- From a controlled and properly aligned free handstand, slowly tuck your knees toward your chest until you have a 90-degree bend at your hips.
- Keep your feet pulled over your glutes.
- Maintain this position and do not allow your back to arch or shoulders to pike; if either occur, you are not elevating and protracting your scapula strongly enough.
- Hold for time.
![Tuck Handstand 4 Handstand Flag](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/alt-flagHS.jpg)
- Exercise: Handstand Flag
- Type of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Advanced
- Equipment: Body Only
![Tuck Handstand 5 Pike Handstand](https://www.gymnasticbodies.com//gymfit/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/alt-pikeHS.jpg)
- Exercise: Pike Handstand
- Type of Exercise: Skill
- Muscles: Shoulders, Trapezius, Middle Back, Abdominals
- Difficulty: Advanced
- Equipment: Body Only