Which Press Handstand is EASY FOR YOU? 6 Rated for Strength and Flexibility

[@hmpf7729]

I saw Roy gold and Odelia Goldshimth do 1arm stalder negative.

[@PaulTwyman]

Yes one arm Stalder is super impressive. A few of the circus guys can go back up! Check out Andrii Bondarenko

[@DevinsCalisthenics]

Concise and clear as always, great info Paul. Once I get some better balance in handstand, I will give these a try.

[@PaulTwyman]

Excellent

[@BillyBob-hz2wx]

I got the tuck press first out of all them. The bent arm press I can't get out of shoulder stand position

[@PaulTwyman]

If you’re keen to unlock the bent arm press I’d recommend working Crow to Handstand. That should unlock the bent arm versions especially if you use a little momentum

[@metaphysicalphilosopher2356]

How about the tuck planche press to handstand? I would think it’s harder than regular tuck press. How long did it take you to you achieve that compared to the others?

[@LucasGomes-nx7us]

Hello Paul, Thanks for the great content! What kind of hand angle you reccomend to train for combining skills like this? I normally train planche progressions with my hands to the side and handstand with my hands straight, I can't do a tuck planche with my hands straight in front of me

[@PaulTwyman]

Id go somewhere in between, so slightly wider and a little turned out compared to your standard balance handstand position. The other option is to move the hands during transitions but this only works well on smooth floor

[@SillyDwarf__]

Damn bro actually becoming a calis teacher 🔥(guess am stronk 😂 I'm very skinny I'm probably lightweight)

[@MarincaGheorghe]

I think you also mentioned in the past, as it pertains to bent arm press strength it also depends on how much you train bent arms. Because if you do most SA that seems somehow easier for me now compared with bent arm where keeping the bottom is right at the top for strength.

[@PaulTwyman]

Yes definitely it depends a lot what you practice the most

[@norbey142]

How many difficulty points for the Crow press? Thank you Paul!!!

[@PaulTwyman]

I would score that similar to the Bent Arm Press

[@XYZAah2]

I have decent forward bending/ hamstring flexibility though not so much that something like the pike press comes easy (it hasn't come at all in fact). In my case I always found the tuck press to be the easiest and then the straddle. Not sure why, but when I get tired during training I can still do tuck but the straddle goes away. Could it be that my adductors are less flxible than my hamstrings and that makes the movement harder to coordinate? Perhaps it's also my execution. I always try to lift a few inches in a very narrow straddle (hip width apart or so) and then open to straddle as I go up further. I think that makes the bottom more like a pike which with my level of flexibility is likely requiring more strength than the tuck, which is easier by making my legs be a shorter lever On the others. I am nowhere on the Stalder from the few attempts I've given it. I am currenty more focused on the other presses and handstand shapes, so don't really train it (can't do it all!). On all the bent arm stuff I am pretty bad. I think I can pull some of the "bent arm" moves by keeping my arms as straight as possible. For example, I can do a crow to handstand, but I start from a very straight arm position and lift up from there. For the L-sit to handstand I can do a tuck version which you didn't rate here. I reckon strength would be 8-9 and flexibility a 6-7 (you still need open hips or very strong hip flexors to bring knees to chest I'd argue). I also compensate lack of bent arm strength by keeping arms as straight as possible and by leaning forward more through the movement instead of bending and extending arms. If I bend the arms I get stuck about 80% of the way to straight and then I can maybe hold (i.e., get stuck) for a few seconds, but can't push up any further

[@PaulTwyman]

Interesting, everyone is very different with strength, weaknesses, limb length etc. pathway for the different presses again changes dramatically person to person due to the above and/or training habits. Video yourself both concentric and eccentric to see the pathway and where you’re extending your legs as the lever arm (+ hip height) is probably the thing that is making things easier or harder

[@MavpaBanan]

I've heard some people not bend their arms all the way but only to the elbow and use some momentum for the l sit to handstand to make it easier than a handstand pushup. What do you think about this press?

[@PaulTwyman]

Yes these variations are cool, I would just try and do slower cleaner versions on the way back down (eccentric)

[@g.eeducation251]

Good stuff

[@PaulTwyman]

Thanks as always 🙃

[@bennyiga70]

awesome,... 👍👍👍

[@PaulTwyman]

Thank you 🙏

[@g.eeducation251]

How would the frog to handstand rate?

[@PaulTwyman]

I’d say slightly easier than the bent arm press variations in this video but it depends how well you understand the sweet spots

[@A-l-b-e-r-t]

Paul do you think I should just focus on building more strength and lean other skills than handstand because I keep losing handstand progress and there are no walls I can practice on an I don't really have anybody that can hold me straight

[@PaulTwyman]

Depends on your goals and what interests you. If you really want to handstand then use a door or something similar, train consistently and it will come

[@A-l-b-e-r-t]

thanks man @@PaulTwyman

[@P3T3R2012]

Hate to admit it, always thought it was called Stall To Press based on just hearing it 😂

[@PaulTwyman]

Yes that’s very common!