How to Make Your Handstand Push-Up More Efficient

[@davywilliams8048]

This is the most helpful video for HSPUs I've seen.. I just did 18.4, and didn't realize my knees were coming forward at the bottom instead of fanning out to the sides. I also got burned out way too quick by going to failure right away on the set of 21 HSPUs. Thanks again.

[@MisfitAthletics]

Glad you found it useful! Thanks for watching

[@bu3879]

I wish I had seen this before 18.4! The tip about knees out is great. I also found that to get above the target my hands had to be a lot closer together than I’m used to. This years standards highlighted all the things I’ve been lazy about in the past 😬

[@davidvanbrakel]

Such a simple tip indeed. Been doing this wrong for years and never did a cross fit trainer correct me. Thanks!

[@ismetbilginsoy2766]

Thank you for explane.

[@williamleeper5661]

Great cues thank you

[@primofxdls4065]

Hand placement makes you taller or shorter for this particular handstand pushup. Use chalk to place your hands correctly to make sure you end up being tall enough

[@dra.emiliaqueiroz]

awesome content

[@mojganmirhadi9302]

Thank you ....

[@larsmothander9301]

@MisfitAthletics was this from a seminar?

[@assetactivities]

got my first few kipping hspu's while watching this

[@joannabailey4419]

This makes so much more sense!!!

[@MisfitAthletics]

Glad you liked!

[@orenjiii5794]

Joanna Bailey

[@nehacucave5335]

holy fuck thank you very much for this, good tips. My upper back started hurting after doing these yolo mode and hopefully these tips will fix that

[@rang4983]

How to get shoulder injuries more efficiently is like it

[@polymerasiecondens6857]

Is this crosfit??

[@marvins.7893]

Banana hspu

[@MtbBoy80]

Whatever happened to that white guy with the only video in the world to do Aztec push-ups?

[@stefanstillwell4854]

Because why bother doing 1 rep of the actual exercise when you can do 60 fake ones

[@liamc7097]

Because why bother writing a nice comment when you can write 60 hate ones

[@stefanstillwell4854]

Because it saves people from injuring themselves, and lets them progress without having to listen to shitty uninformed advice @@liamc7097

[@stefanstillwell4854]

because bad advice Is worse than no advice, putting people at unnecessary risk of injury, and not even progressing with their strength development is far worse than learning to do a more difficult movement properly @@liamc7097

[@Aristotle-nj3pi]

My elbows hurts just watching this video

[@richardc8155]

No HSPUs shown here. Kipping push ups. Nothing wrong with them except they look ugly and don’t need much strength. Try doing a HSPU instead they look a thousand times better and require strength to achieve. CrossFit is happy to misname these so that they can tell their members that they have achieved a HSPU. Pretty much everyone knows the difference between a HS PU and this - just in case you don’t - it’s the legs - keep them straight and together don’t bend the knees - point your toes at the sky - then do a push up. You will be shocked at the strength difference required. Stick with it - train hard - you will get your first HSPU and really know that you have achieved a strength move.

[@PhantomShadow71]

XD??? XD???????????

[@Enrique6700]

HAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA 9:38 THAT ISN'T A HANDSTAND PUSH UP THAT IS A STUPID SHIT TO PRETEND REAL HANDSTAND PUSH UP DOESN'T USE A WALL AND LESS KIPPING OR ANY MOMENTUM XD

[@MisfitAthletics]

Thanks Dr. Handstand!

[@James-ti5bk]

@@MisfitAthletics why does crossfit focus on cheating any movement with momentum? why not just stick to strict form and progress with resistance bands or in this case, elevated pike push ups. These headstand push ups are the equivalent to "jumping pull ups."

[@Vandersketch]

@@James-ti5bk It's a similar reason why you see professional gymnasts swinging around on their bars during their routines. Recruiting the entire body rather than isolating to the strict version of the movement trains a more functional, full body fitness and general coordination. The strict version certainly has loads of value for strength building and is why it's also a separate movement seen in workouts. But the full body kipping variation has the full body coordination value, teaches functional recruitment of the hips before applying force through the extremities, and also allows for a faster turnover rate, thus increasing the metabolic conditioning component of the workout.

[@Fhshaoaksbd]

@@James-ti5bk CrossFit uses strict pull ups and strict HSPU’s all the time. It also utilizes kipping. It’s not “cheating” anymore than a Olympic lifting jerk is a cheated strict press… it’s a different movement and it serves a different purpose. Please use your brain. You’re always welcome to show up at a CrossFit box and do strict HSPU’s/pull ups when it calls for kipping but you’re basically going to fail out a quarter of the way through when you try and do 50-70 strict ones… it’s your call

[@James-ti5bk]

@@Fhshaoaksbd bro Olympic lifting is… Olympic lifting. Use your brain... CrossFit is structured to serve the purpose of cashing in on couch potatos to complete the most wack ass pathetic imitations of muscle movements they can. Like comparing jumping jacks to squats. No doubt there are better chains of CrossFit than this one, these guys would cheat on an open book test.

[@ssjrose9641]

Lol yea put all that pressure on your head/spine by resting on your head...and kip lol...crossfitters have atrocious technique...chiropractors must love them lol

[@liron-hazan]

OMG Crossfit shit again, this is not the way to build strength, calisthenics is the answer. Fitnessfaq, calimovement, thenx, not this shit.

[@terjeoseberg990]

That guy looks like an upside-down frog jumping.

[@CaliToTheCrowd]

Don't forget Andrew Alinda too =P

[@chipsonsteroids]

Where are the handstand push-ups ? I only see wallstand kipping push-ups, it is ridiculous. This movement is so bad for shoulders, take a subscription for the physiotherapist !