Best Exercise To Build A Press To Handstand!

[@BodyweightWarrior]

Don't get me wrong, the press is a complex movement but strength makes everything simpler! Check the desciption for links to more useful resources to develop your press :)

[@srStinnky]

Well you shouldn’t quote that Bruce Lee quote, because now I just want to try this drill 1000 times instead of the 1000 other drills one time 😅

[@helphowdoinputusername3571]

Could you make video on the following topics? How long should one hold a stretch for flexibility? Like is there any benefit of going to 60 seconds. (Kinda like a parallel for effective rep ranges in lifting). How many times should you hold it? So if it's a total of 4 holds for 30 seconds, that's full 2 mins in the position. (Kinda like sets for lifting) How often should you practice a given stretch routine (frequency)? Like if I want to learn the split, do I have to split daily, or can I do it twice a week and have maintenance sessions between to maintain the adaptations. How many skill do you recommend someone learn concurrently? Specifically positions that may not necessarily help each other. Like I can imagine learning the pancake and middle split concurrently helping each other, but what about the pike and middle split? How intense should a split be? Should it be just uncomfortable or maybe a little painful? (I kinda see this as a parallel of intensity for weight training). How long to rest between splits? Lastly, exercise selection for stretching. How do you go about picking the right stretches for a certain position?

[@Haluna11]

Everything about this video is awesome - it's short - cute dog - good sound - awesome edit - good technique - realistic expectations - shows mistakes to avoid - shows recommended workout pacing and frequency

[@Level_One]

Thank you, I read your comment, it was so detailed that I had to watch the video over and over again.

[@FitnessAndLongevityWithHan]

I’m 52 and have been training to handstand since I turned 50. What a journey! I’ve made so much progress but handstand is really one of those things we can get great at yet never master. I’m humbled at my progress and thankful for your tips! 💪🏼

[@tommasolucone6771]

This is real dedication 💪🏼

[@FitnessAndLongevityWithHan]

@@tommasolucone6771 … AKA.. real addiction 😂 - I have an addictive personality and weight training keeps me on the right side of fence 😉

[@nottjonathan]

Motivation!!!

[@alexguerra-zi1ts]

Hi Tom, my name is Alex. I'm from Adelaide Australia. I'm 56 years old and I've been doing your cycling stretching workout the past year three times a week, cause I do weight training and cycling six, seven days a week, having issues with my whole body aching. And this has helped me 100%. And I want to say a big thank you. 👍

[@TheEncouragementKid]

awesome, keep it up dude!!

[@thomassloan4804]

This is your best editing job yet. It’s been awesome to watch your athletic and video grow over the years. Thanks and keep it up 👍🏼

[@BodyweightWarrior]

Thanks man! Having some fun with shooting and editing. Next step is to move out the gym and get outside 👌

[@mathewkeal2425]

This is exactly the sort of clear and simple instructions I keep coming back to this channel for. The app has been an absolute gem too. Thanks mate ! Hot off the press....coming soon !

[@parisjones9328]

I’m finally at a point where I do this drill and actually understand what parts of my body I’m supposed to be using 👌🏼 one step closer every day to getting the press

[@BodyweightWarrior]

It will get you there 👌

[@LeilaVividSounds]

Have you achieved your press now?

[@erickaovianaamello6882]

Moments: 1:40 and 2:43/ Correct and Fake: 3:00 and 3:11/ Outer excellent option from exercise: 3:48 3-5 sets 2-3x per week

[@kmellen17]

been watching your stuff for awhile. this may be your best tutorial yet. informative, succinct, and extremely well shot.

[@subodhsaraogi74]

Hi Coach, just wanted to thank you for all the training you share. I have been following you for a year and have finally got my free standing hand stand around my 50th birthday. So happy Subodh

[@MichaelPhanLe13]

The windshield wiper note literally unlocked the handstand press for me. Thanks!

[@Lilfawns]

Dude I’ve been doing back to wall, and have not been making progress on being able to do it from a Straddle on the floor. I am definitely going to start doing the back away version! I’m hyped, thanks for sharing :D

[@vickyd7541]

This may well be the missing link in my progression, I was always unconvinced by the back to wall version because it won't help to transition to free hand stand. Thanks for it. Now I just need to find large enough wall space to do the straddle on!

[@ksatia]

Been watching this man for a while now, first found him by looking up reviews on "body by rings". @Tom you've come a long way buddy! This was well shot and very informative - while I've progressed in strength over the years, you've moved far along with balance and hand work. That's my next goal 💪🏽 keep it up brotha.

[@mrnaizguy]

Handstand factory gang where you at? Learned this drill from them and it has been a game changer for press progress. Also, I really like your editing on this one. Super nice to watch

[@stephlyonsfitness]

If I could hit that like button twice I would! Amazing video!!!!

[@bdbaba8875]

Puppy in videos equal best videos! Great info. Thanks.

[@adinamanolache51]

Thank you so much, Tom. You were both an inspiration and of great assistance for years for me now. This is a great one, as expected! ❤

[@jasonwatson2499]

The puppy at the end makes the whole video. Very cute.

[@dilljordan7303]

Great video! Also you’re editing skyrocket recently, keep it up!

[@BodyweightWarrior]

Thanks! Learning and having fun with it 👌

[@reverplusgrand]

Concise, Precise and easily executable! Thanks for another great video Tom!

[@BodyweightWarrior]

What I trying to do 💪

[@rahmatimantalabkordmahaleh2253]

Tom, Your this clip really helped me to escalate my level of handstand. Cheers warrior

[@cricke6011]

Most people say that flexibility is the only factor, but im really flexible and cant do it. This video helped!

[@blvarin]

Great video, I've tried with my back on the wall but never with the feet, will try next time. Also the puppy is the cutest

[@christianm6403]

Wow that really makes a difference!!!

[@BulletproofCycling]

Lovely video Tom. Thank you. Can I please ask what mic you are using. The sound is wonderful. Love the channel

[@livelikeamonkey]

What a perfect timing. Thanks Tom!

[@thomasboyd6842]

Awesome. Excellent channel. Brilliant content.

[@randeepwalia1507]

Thanks!

[@yeezusog5780]

Video quality keeps improving ❤

[@Talhasarwar1]

Thank you for making the video. I was literally looking for it. ❤

[@solveigeriksen]

Loved this video!! Thanks for sharing.. and then the cute dog

[@cdn_badger]

Thanks for the Drill! I've been building my handstand for over five years now and I have just begun to get hang time. I'm going to find a wall where i can get this full range of movement and let my addiction kick in 🙃

[@LearningToHuman]

Great vid dude. Good to see Molly putting on some size

[@thanksgivingh6185]

Great video! Unfortunately I'm still a ways away from being able to train this, but I look forward to the day when I can focus on these exercises :)

[@BodyweightWarrior]

Build up your tuck handstand and you’ll be a step closer

[@thanksgivingh6185]

@@BodyweightWarrior thanks tom, good to know im on the right track because thats exactly the progression im training right now!

[@avwel3827]

Totally awesome video!! That sweet dog....❤

[@shaydean713]

Tom I've been trying to kickup to the back to the wall and I wasn't getting enough power to kickup back to wall even though I was starting to balance 1 to 2 secs chest to wall toe pulls and I watched video by vitality that said push grab the ground hard and also use your core to point your toes hard by engaging your core. Instantly Fixed. I love your app I currently got the pro the audio cues are amazing and I believe it would benefit from a problem solving section. Eg I you are lacking power in a kickup try this. But I honestly believe it is the most polished fitness app I've seen so far great job with that.

[@BodyweightWarrior]

I definitely agree. Trying to solve this with video guides but I agree that a solving tool might be useful. I am working on some questionnaire flows to help with program selection so could be added here

[@thomasboyd5384]

Your good form Thomas.

[@calisthenicsindia8498]

Long back when I saw your hipflexor compression video with only two attempts I got the press to handstand.

[@ebonyrose316266]

I am going to try this tomorrow.

[@bayerischemotorenwerke8657]

Not bad tom , great movement

[@bayerischemotorenwerke8657]

Great movement tom

[@Luuky97]

amazing tutorial!

[@CilVine]

Thanks. Makes a lot of sense.

[@SlobosReality]

Definitely gonna try this wall drill thank you for the share 💪🏼

[@alkanhel]

Your dog is adorable 😍

[@theonghantan862]

After watching your vedio I improve alot🎉🎉🎉👍🙏🙏🙏 I love the litter pet around you❤❤❤❤

[@ramonchy_1]

Subscribed!

[@jaysysumakaRatMaster3]

To understand the strength required to press to handstand or Planche. Could you perform a test.? Laying down on the floor in front of a cable machine with your feet facing the machine and a straight bar connected at or slightly above feet level. How much weight are you able to lift with straight arms to a 90 degree angle 📐 Or doing the same with a barbell in each hand. Also what is your body weight and height for reference?

[@joe_zupko]

sounds simple, then I see you shoulder muscles popping out like crazy hahaha definitely gotta work on my over head press

[@DejiDigital]

Welcome back Merrick

[@djam7484]

never used the wall to learn this myself. for me i learnt it similer to this method but without the wall.. first getting good and lowering down to the ground. (which you show iwth the wall) then when i got good at that i would try to lower a little bit from handstand folding from the hip and try to fold back up to handstand. and everytime trying to go a bit lower but being able to press back up to hadnstand and eventulally i could just do it. few extra things you dont seem to point out is the stretch of your hands and pushing into the floor and gripping with your fingers this to me is very important because it grounds yourself. the other thing is elevating the shoulders so your are pushing up.

[@jonathans8937]

Molly’s so clam. 😀. So adorable and relaxed.

[@helphowdoinputusername3571]

Could you make video on the following topics? How long should one hold a stretch for flexibility? Like is there any benefit of going to 60 seconds. (Kinda like a parallel for effective rep ranges in lifting). How many times should you hold it? So if it's a total of 4 holds for 30 seconds, that's full 2 mins in the position. (Kinda like sets for lifting) How often should you practice a given stretch routine (frequency)? Like if I want to learn the split, do I have to split daily, or can I do it twice a week and have maintenance sessions between to maintain the adaptations. How many skill do you recommend someone learn concurrently? Specifically positions that may not necessarily help each other. Like I can imagine learning the pancake and middle split concurrently helping each other, but what about the pike and middle split? How intense should a split be? Should it be just uncomfortable or maybe a little painful? (I kinda see this as a parallel of intensity for weight training). How long to rest between splits? Lastly, exercise selection for stretching. How do you go about picking the right stretches for a certain position?

[@rrcalislife]

This video gets better with your lovely good boy in it

[@שרוןשיפוני-ק4ו]

Do you have a video on how to stabilise in handstand in the middle of the room?

[@Jahsurfer]

Well done

[@tatistarazona]

Hey Tom, what headset microphone are you using ? 😊

[@thomaskristensen1623]

The gym you are using looks pretty nice, where is it located?

[@philippd8844]

Hi Tom, been following your videos for quite a while and I have to say, once again, I love them! Your editing has been getting better and better and your content has always been very informative to me as opposed to some YT videos that just aim to gather views without actual content. I do have a question in regards to working towards HSPU/Press to HS: My freestanding HS is 20s at best, wall-assisted approximately 80s all-time best. Been practicing for about 1.5 years now while still focusing on mastering the basics (Push Ups, Dips, Rows, Pull/Chin Ups). If you had to choose, would you start to work towards HSPUs ( -> incorporating Pike PUs) or would you incorporate drills that work towards Press first? I aim to achieve both at some point, but I am struggling on deciding where to start first. Working on both at the same time will likely be too much for me to handle.

[@BodyweightWarrior]

Both! They shouldn’t compete too much with each other. Press is a much more localised fatigue where as HSPU will be more taxing. A good way to start is developing your tuck handstand further which getting stronger with Pike push ups

[@upendrawatwe]

Great video, but my question is how does a beginner get to the handstand position facing the wall ?

[@vicalisthenics154]

Flexible isn’t the issue for me is the strength part me I tried this strength exercise for the first time I really had to push from my shoulders I felt the load on my shoulders this exercise is no joke no more back to wall for the handstand press it’s belly to wall from here out 👍 video

[@shanevalentine8362]

Looks interesting 💪 will give it a go. I'm a little concerned about my lack of hamstrings flexibility but we'll see what happens 💪🙂

[@BodyweightWarrior]

You need both!

[@seenitalready]

The reason you move further away from the wall is to compensate for a lack of mobility in the legs

[@pakitobrasas6403]

Love your dog Tom! What breed is it?

[@kennethken8974]

The dog gets it

[@kimberleypowell7719]

The doggie 😍

[@zichxyna7]

Love this drill I'm going to try that for sure! But your dog is so cute and why i subbed 😅

[@o0KJura0o]

good vid

[@tomstan6785]

Well I can’t hold 30seconds in back to wall position so I think is safe to say I can practice this way until I reach at least 60sec then we can start trying chest to wall ?

[@Embodiedflor]

The dogs 🥹

[@thisisparthg]

I like your dog 😘

[@paulfischer9722]

thx for the video Tom. I can achieve an ugly press (arms are bent) but this exercise is still way too hard for me. I kept practicing the regular handstand negatives for a long time now, but without a lot of results. I think the assisted version you are showing requires more flexibility

[@BodyweightWarrior]

Maybe this is what you need to dial it in 💪

[@ruthhuijgens]

Yea if you can already do sort of a bent arm press you gotta have strong shoulders, working on pancake and compression will probably get you the fastest results. It will smoothen up your negatives a lot.

[@paulfischer9722]

@@ruthhuijgens sure I know that and I've been training my harmstring for a long time now. I need to see what's wrong with that cause I havent seen a lot of results in 1 year...

[@ruthhuijgens]

@@paulfischer9722 you should definitely see results in a year, quite significant results even. How do you currently stretch?

[@paulfischer9722]

@@ruthhuijgens I'm watching Tom's follow along from time to time, doing yoga... usually it's doing some PNF, e.g static stretches like the pancake about 3x60seconds, maybe more, 3x/week during a training or else. Idk if I stretch too hard cause the days after I'm usually a bit sore

[@lev4392]

your dog is so cute!!

[@Francesco_Di_Pereira]

The dog 🥺

[@kydzs]

What is the core doing during the press i tend to lose core control while trying the press to handstand i also dont feel my hip flexors

[@mitchellbrusseau]

Tom what is the brand, make, model of headset you are using?

[@BodyweightWarrior]

It’s a rode one

[@dograinengland3813]

You are my favourite when it comes to flexibility training

[@nickzardiashvili624]

An important question: is is possible to do the facing the wall press to handstand without a dog? Cause the best I can do is a cat...

[@BodyweightWarrior]

Dog is +6 strength and cat is -12 so probably not :(

[@nickzardiashvili624]

@@BodyweightWarrior Yeah, that kind of checks out :D

[@ruthhuijgens]

I've seen super ini mini tiny little girls with no discernable muscle mass who could do a press to handstand, but they could not do a pull up. It's just hard to believe that they would have incredible pushing strength... But boy they were flexible!

[@BodyweightWarrior]

Training as an adult is very different to a child. Plus girls are often stronger than boys until puberty (in gymnastic settings)

[@ruthhuijgens]

@@BodyweightWarrior Ha interesting didn't know that last thing! I learned the press HS in my late twenties and for me it was definitely the strength that took the longest to develop. But it's a very rewarding journey 😊

[@raybbaby]

I like your dog.

[@ClarkyXPH]

I’d like to like it more. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@blueshiftministries5554]

What is your puppy 🐶 name? ❤️

[@natik111]

🔥

[@joris7357]

Hey Tom, an exercise I haven't seen you mention in your most recent videos about the press, is the headstand press. What do you think about it for people beginning their journey to the handstand press? How does it compare with the 4 exercises you mentioned in kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnTWlHpvos2Lfqc

[@ruthhuijgens]

Not Tom, but headstand press will not help you that much if handstand press is your goal. It's a good exercise to learn the movement of the legs and improve your core strength a bit (pike more than straddle) but HS press relies heavily on the shoulders, which are obviously completely left out if you do the headstand version.

[@eminecobanoglu630]

Thanks for your videos but please show us,step by step and slowly

[@zenkay4892]

What breed of dog is that?

[@marginalgains8477]

Im here for the puppy...

[@BodyweightWarrior]

Same

[@MarincaGheorghe]

I still think using back to the wall for this is better. Just make sure only to touch with your butt the wall.

[@ToniGado]

♥️

[@o_oo_o1812]

i like the part where there are 2 toms :) i want to see them fight

[@pribanovaterka]

Honestly I just spend the 2nd half of the video looking at the puppy 🙃 what about handstands? 😅

[@BodyweightWarrior]

She’s the star ⭐️

[@amxne_a]

3:25

[@wilhelmhesse1348]

Some say the 1000 kicks being practiced makes perfect was Mas Oyama and not Bruce Lee. Anyways clearly an ancient far Eastern saying...

[@tulkasastaldo4114]

Press to handstand has always been weird to me. Sometimes it's almost effortless, sometimes I can't even get close (it probably doesn't help that I'm usually doing it when already fatigued from other exercises but still). This should help with getting it more consistently.

[@DejiDigital]

I think all forms of handstand work should be its own session. Not something you tack on at the end of a session of compound movements. I'd personally replace an upper body day or a push day with a handstands dad. So just over head work that entire day. I think it's just too demanding on the CNS and shoulder complex for it to be done while fatigued. could lead to injury.

[@Runewitify]

@@DejiDigital I do handstand work before strength sessions. And ~1 dedicated handstand day usually. I agree it shouldn't be put at the end

[@BodyweightWarrior]

It depends on your capacity. If you can only do 1 rep then it’s always going to be temperamental as you’re performing so close to your max. Try building up your trap capacity with this drill and see how it goes

[@lytnin88]

This exercise does not build strength in the triceps, which is needed to press the body up into a handstand.

[@SuzMordsith]

I’m just so scared of falling backwards

[@thomasboyd5384]

Andrew Kirby your friend Thomas good. Did Keith woods help him save him yes we not forget Ireland politically Thomas we help it.

[@РусланПлутонов]

Why all calistenic guys I see always have company of doggies ? 😊

[@bulentakbulut3193]

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