Couch to Handstand | DAY 6 - Increasing the intensity of practice

[@stig92410]

Really glad I did the 0-10 pushups challenge first. I feel much stronger in my shoulders, back and core as well as understanding the pushing idea a bit easier. Recommend it to anyone following this course.

[@NatalieReckert]

Hi Steve, that sounds great! thank you for sharing your experience! I was hoping that people would feel exactly that and that the press up course serves as a prep course to couch to handstand. Very happy to hear it works!

[@nikitaw1982]

There's a push-up challenge? Great!!

[@sophian6965]

One fifth of the way done! Today was the first day that I wasn't excited before hand, but your skip-a-dee-skip immediately pulled me in. Needed your positive energy today. Thanks, Natalie. ☺️

[@NatalieReckert]

:) Repetition can be boring or meditative. Tune in to the calming part of it and it will become your friend.

[@JoeMightyWarren]

Day 6 ✅ I really appreciate all of the posture reminders. I was really bad about my back dipping in before.

[@NatalieReckert]

Thank you :) Going back to basics is always useful. Well done for following until day 6!

[@petermarshall7882]

Fantastic Natalie, love how we're getting of the floor into air. Takes me back to pole vault days which I did from age 38 to 50.

[@superseamstersewingshow514]

Thanks, Natalie. When I get to my security job, I'll work on those hops and from one foot to the other. I've been working on improving my bodyweight strength. I'm improving at 67. I have the feeling that I'm going to get really strong. I'm working extremely hard in an old person's way. I'm glad I watched day 6 before I went to work. Heading there right now.

[@NatalieReckert]

Hello, how wonderful that you are still giving such importance to moving and learning, it is your body and it deserves to be challenged :) Well done for following these classes and I hope they get you to your wall handstand. Best wishes

[@candygyalxxx]

I love this little Challenge. I feel stronger & understanding more about handstand. I love it ,i cant wait for the end of the month results :)

[@NatalieReckert]

Welcome on board and let us know how it goes :)

[@anne-oz7vb]

Thank you so mutch❤ i feel great rn

[@TheBeambrain]

Amazing, clear and accurate and much appreciated explanations. I am just loving this. I am looking forward to a rest tomorrow too! Keeping a training journal sounds fun. x

[@Ellz1197]

Made it to day six, I do pole and already feel stronger through my wrists in handstand poses! Finally imagining me being able to do a freestanding handstand! Thanks so much

[@NatalieReckert]

Well done and welcome on board :)

[@sahai007]

Awesome dear

[@wassimkelada2364]

Ur the sweetest,love ur energy,even when the neighborhood s bothers u

[@ozerkpnarl3810]

Thaaaaank you Natalie

[@PranjayVarshney]

Thanks for making such videos.. they really help a lot

[@NatalieReckert]

Thank you! Very happy you like it :)

[@lyndaxaygnavong8236]

Thanks Natalie for your video Namaste 🙏

[@NatalieReckert]

Thank you for following the course :) Best wishes

[@zeeynep_X]

that hopping was pretty scary but I am so glad that I came this far, thank you so much again:)

[@NatalieReckert]

Keep it up :) You can do it!

[@nikitaw1982]

If i don't warm up before a run my calf muscles are agony first 10 minutes. I think i will do this as a warm up workout pre run see how that goes. I know I've probably said some thing similar on another of ur videos

[@danielletoutoungi5230]

This is a great course, thank you. Found the "moment of suspension" when hopping off my left leg. Right leg doesn't seem to have as much power so didn't get much lift on that side. Interestingly the 2 leg hop was more like the bad right leg one than the better left leg one. Should I try and do extra practice on the right side? Might be a flexibility thing too - right hamstring much tighter than left. Also right ankle has less range of motion, so maybe that doesn't help. Really enjoying this anyway and feel like I'm getting stronger! 😀

[@NatalieReckert]

Hiya, I would not be too worried. It is normal to have an imbalance, but do inquire where it may come from. Handstands teach you the strengths and weaknesses of the body! Best wishes

[@jochunho]

Dear Natalie, I am currently with you on Vimeo episode 3, I come back to review and follow the 30-day challenge in case I forgot or missed anything, and I found it a great warm up before I start my episode 3 practice today.

[@NatalieReckert]

Oh that's really cool! Yes, I agree, I think it actually is a good warm up. You are going to qualify for a degree in handstands with Natalie soon :) Best wishes

[@chrisw1884]

Just finished day 6! Was great! May need to repeat day 5-6 before on to the next week, I really lack flexibility and just don’t think I can get the final move down. Because my hips are tight I’m not quite in a ^ shape for the hops, I’m not nervous about hopping but I’m just inflexible so I feel like no matter what I’m still a bit tabletop-y, even with the shoulders stacked and head down. But I’m doing AM stretching routines as well as this in my afternoons. Hopefully with the two I’ll be able to get to that handstand, even if it takes 60 days!

[@NatalieReckert]

Great to hear that you are doing additional work on flexibilty. Read through the comments if you get stuck there have been a few others here with limited mobility who have managed to get to the handstand. In your own time :) Slow progress is the most lasting. do some soft tissue work with a roller too, that may help.

[@chrisw1884]

Natalie Reckert Thank you! I decided to repeat week one (just did day five again). I was able to feel everything a lot better, make adjustments for my personal mobility limitations, and feel like I have a much better foundation to continue through these series with. I appreciate these videos and your helpful replies💕

[@NatalieReckert]

@@chrisw1884 That sounds great! It is always worth repeating stuff. Slower speed means more depth. All the best for your training

[@rajatbajaj4171]

thanks you are 👍🏻 👌

[@دودة-ذ2ز]

After a week I return and I did very well

[@NatalieReckert]

Very good! Sometimes time off can be very useful!

[@tosjavlieg]

Let me say first that I love the way you explain everything. It is super clear and I feel a difference every day. I also like the way you let us check in with our body at the end of de videos. I do have a question about the hopping with 2 feet at once. I have no fear of putting my hips on top of my shoulders, as I already do a handstand at walls and sometimes try free handstands with a wall as back-up. It's the "hopping them up at the same time"-part I'm not able to do. What are your tips and tricks on how to use the right muscle groups and movement to hop higher and with more control? Because right now I only get them 20cm off the floor for less than 1 second befor I fall back down again.

[@NatalieReckert]

Hiya, welcome on board :) Are you hoping them both at the same time or are you hoping from one foot to the other? Try to make sure you are bending and straightening your knee and push until the end of your toes when you push away from the floor (so that you properly point the foot)

[@tosjavlieg]

@@NatalieReckert Thanks! And also for the explanation. I was hopping them both at the same time. Your tips are helpful. I tried it again today, while being very aware of the movement of my whole legs, this time including the feet, all the way to my toes. And it worked :D yay!

[@NatalieReckert]

@@tosjavlieg Well done!

[@panja300-0]

Today was a little difficult 😐😐 but completed it finally ❤️❤️ thanks a lot 🕺🕺

[@NatalieReckert]

You can always repeat a session, you don't need to stick to the 30 days :) Take your time

[@panja300-0]

@@NatalieReckert sure ma'am.. I'll do the 8th Day exercise today. But I'll come back to the previous ones if I find today's session to be on harder side. 😁😁

[@XxXMupfelXxX]

Just finished day 6 and wanted to say thank you for this program! I think I found my kick-up leg already, while practicing I noticed that one side was exciting und fun and the other one was weaker and therefore more scary. 😅 My wrists are starting to hurt, though, will extra stretching help with that or do they just need tomorrows rest day?

[@NatalieReckert]

Wonderful! Maybe do the wrist warm up we are doing in the class twice to strengthen your wrists and maybe this helps too: kzbin.info/www/bejne/r3zZp6CNqtqhg5o

[@asimagiri7152]

Day 6-✅

[@VicBattlefield]

I´ve done the first 6 days and I´m beginning to understand how it feels like to "float"! I also like the term "nice, big, juicy circles" ´cause I always picture a nice, juicy orange in my head! Grüße aus Wien! :-)

[@NatalieReckert]

Haha, that is very nice. I did a lot of modern dance and ballet where teachers work with images and I always found that clear images really helped me to understand the essence of a movement. Great to see you here! Grüße aus London :)

[@marivalparish]

Hey Natalie! Thank you for the series I can feel myself growing stronger every day! Do you have any tips for hyperextended fingers? I have trouble grabbing the floor with my pinky fingers since they naturally want to hyperextend. Many people might refer to this as “double-jointed” if you know what I’m talking about.

[@NatalieReckert]

Hello and welcome on board to the course! I can see what you mean! I would recommend you strengthening exercises for your wrist and your grip. Like squeezing tennis balls. You can also try propping all five fingers up on a table (like a spider shape) and wrap an elastic around your fingers and then try to stretch the elastic outwards. Likewise you can try touching the fingers of your hands facing each other and then pressing them together while focusing on keeping the weak part stable.

[@marivalparish]

Natalie Reckert thank you!!!

[@seripanther]

Why, why, WHY is hopping so terrifying? The worst thing that could possibly happen is that I fall over into a somersault. And yet my whole body is like *hop* *flinch* *hop* *flinch* I'm gonna start doing these with a crash mat in front of me and see if that helps with the mental block.

[@NatalieReckert]

Hello Rose, I think using a crashmat is a great idea! I have some students who find the hopping really scary, so you are not alone! It is scary because you have to take the shoulders a bit further front than your wrists. Also the more you round your back the less scared you will be.

[@annacieplinska8023]

Supeerrr!!:)