Handstand Tip: Don't Squeeze! | CrossFit Invictus Gymnastics

Invictus Gymnastics Coach, Travis Ewart, talks about why a little slack in your body is better than squeezing it too tight when you are standing or walking on your hands. app.fitr.train...
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[@lifeprojectbymon1435]

THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS VIDEO! Finally someone who has common sense. I have been told by plenty of coaches to squeeze in my hand stand and every time I did it I failed. Some coaches are just repeating other coaches with no thought, no adjustment to an individual. Like you say, we don't walk as stiff as robot on two feet so we should not be that stiff in a handstand walk or hold either. Bless you!

[@InvictusFitness_]

We are so happy this cue resonated with you!

[@travisewart]

That was sweet, thank you :)

[@denisbeaulieu5600]

you make it look easy

[@Panini_Paul]

Ok no, you don't need to do core training to be able to squeeze super hard. It's about coordiation and shoulder mobility. If, while standing you can tilt your pelvic backwards and keep your thoracic spine straight while raising the arms over head (=shoulder mobilty), then you are strong enough to also do it in a handstand, so it's about the coordination. To train this do conditioning drills at the wall or on the floor (no hollow body holds!). And yes we have to constantly do corrections of the balance but this should be happening in the hands and the shoulders and maximum also the elbows. Not wubbling around in the upper or lower body.

[@thelostafrikaan3784]

Thank you for this tip. I have been workingbon my HS for a year now and I think Im too rigid. Maybe thus is all I need to maintain control better. Thx Coach

[@travisewart]

I'd love to hear if it helps!

[@LeoTaxilFrance]

How much time.of my life I could save, if only I've knew it before! I could quite early do handstand without strait back, but being wrongly informed, I continued to fall down trying to be straight.

[@cathicakes]

Good advice. But a gut check for me - this does not also apply to a handstand pushup - correct? Those are supposed to be rigid with tension to improve pressing efforts - yes??

[@markolaa7154]

I do chalistenics and when im doing a handstand pushup i try to have my body in a hollow body position and my legs and toes as strait as possible, this is because you should Lean forward a little not to cause to much stress on your shoulders, sry if my english is a little weird

[@travisewart]

Sorry late response, but you are correct. In the handstand push-up you have the wall to help you balance. The HSPU is more like a strict press as you breathe at full extension, inhale, brace, down UP, breathe again ;-)