Build your handstand | Day 25 | Touchhing the wall in the kick-up

[@nattirapp]

Yay! I did it! I’ve realized how well-crafted this course is. Gradually building muscle awareness and strength. Everything fits perfectly. Thank you, Natalie!

[@NatalieReckert]

Hello and thank you for the lovely words. Very happy that it helped you. Keep practicing and your handstands will be super-duper :) Best wishes, Natalie

[@lorrainegillingham2080]

Thank you for your classes!! Some days I feel super strong and some days not quite so much….but everyday is handstand day 🥰🤸‍♀️

[@NatalieReckert]

That is right :) It will get easier one day all of a sudden.

[@artie496]

Hello Natalie! I finally did it!!! So pleased with myself and with you for getting me there!!! I started the 30 days on 4th August. Reached Day 25 on 14th September (a few gaps because of visitors), and despite the obvious increase in strength and physical awareness I just couldn't get anywhere near the wall in the kick-up. So I spent nearly a week doing your drills slowly and carefully - but despite the almost meditative enjoyment there was still no real progress. Then today I thought - bugger it (excuse my French) - and decided to throw caution to the winds and launch myself into the kick-up using a much more dynamic approach, almost like a head-on cartwheel. It worked!!! I touched the wall several times and felt that once I have my balance a little better I'll be able to hold it for a while quite comfortably. It's now a matter of refining the movement and form, now I know what the whole thing feels like. Thank you so much for your wonderfully thoughtful and progressive approach. You have made a 75-year-old very happy!!! And a lot fitter!!! (Excuse the excess of exclamation marks but that's just how I feel right now (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)) PS Just had another short session to reinforce the feeling and make sure it wasn't just a one-off. I held a handstand for 15 seconds with a tiny bit of support from the wall. I think my handstand journey is now really on its way. THANK YOU! YOU'RE A STAR!!!

[@NatalieReckert]

Hello and thank you so much for sharing your experience! I am very happy to hear that. Good job for just trying to put much more momentum into the kick-up! And holding 15 seconds sounds really great! Thank you so much for folloing and I hope I will be as fit as you at that age :)) Best wishes and keep up the good work!

[@Wey_May]

Touched the wall! So thrilled about it! Thank you, Natali!

[@Wey_May]

Sorry for misspelling your name.

[@NatalieReckert]

Yay! So amazing! Great that you made it all the way until day 25. Keep up the good work. Best wishes.

[@curlsonfire]

I touched the wall! The first time I got to this video, I couldn't do it and I felt very far away in my progress. But I went back to the first kickup video on day 22, and today when I tried this one again, I was able make contact with the wall. It felt like magic!

[@NatalieReckert]

Fabulous! Well done and so nice that you had so much trust in your abilities. You are much stronger than you think that you are. Best wishes

[@loanng6887]

Very helpful explanations/demonstrations of why back must be rounded and why to stop the kicking up leg - Thank you!

[@persefida]

I also touched the wall! I thought I would be more scared, but no. You were preparing us for this and it worked C:

[@NatalieReckert]

Super :) very happy to hear this! Well done!

[@chrisvillrabe426]

Effective repetitive routine for developing muscle memory. Also, a light yoga/meditation at cool down, help relieves the tension in the body.

[@NatalieReckert]

Happy to hear that you like it :)

[@annacieplinska1463]

Thank you very, very much !!!!

[@Elizabeth-qp4st]

I've wanted to be able to do a handstand for a very long time and I have to admit I had my doubts about being able to do this, but I managed to get my leg to touch the wall and I am so excited!! Thank you so much for these lessons!!

[@NatalieReckert]

That sounds really great! Keep up the good work and stabilze your holds against the wall for a while, then take it from there to improve your balance. Best wishes

[@clray123]

Some years ago when I started to teach myself handstand, I was able to reach the wall and hold it there immediately without any preparation. But from today's perspective I know that this was not any achievement. In particular it was not helpful for getting into unsupported handstand, the mystery of which brought me a lot of frustration. In my view all the strengthening and stretching exercises shown in this series are more challenging - and also more beneficial - than touching the wall or holding against the wall. Because the latter can be accomplished by cheating with bad form.

[@NatalieReckert]

Thank you so much as always for sharing your thoughts :) I very much agree and am happy to hear that you find lot of useful stuff to learn in these "basic" not so basic exercises.

[@VicBattlefield]

Alle Anfang ist schwer! Besonders deine Kraft zu einschätzen und zu dosieren. (Deshalb trug ich anfangs protective gear 🙃 Ich bin gecrashed, auf den Kopf kollabiert usw.) Ich wünsche ich hätte damals gleich mit dir angefangen. Mir wäre viel erspart geblieben. Deine Methoden sind die besten, Natalie!

[@NatalieReckert]

Danke dir :) Oh oh, protective gear hört sich sehr abenteuerlich an :)

[@VicBattlefield]

@@NatalieReckert Ausser HS mache ich einige andere Sportarten auch. Die equipment sammeln sich und liegen überall herum bei mir :)

[@meganelizabeth3115]

I touched the waaaall!!! Hahahaah! First time since I was 13 yrs old!😆

[@NatalieReckert]

Yay! Very happy to hear that! Well done for putting in all the work. Waving to you

[@irishorton4354]

I was able to touch the wall! It was not pretty, but I did it!

[@NatalieReckert]

Oh yay! Well done. The beauty can come later, for now, you did it!