Invictus Gymnastics Coach, Travis Ewart, breaks down the handstand walk from hand placement to the kick-up to tips for competitive athletes to make sure you keep moving forward. Join: bit.ly/2Svolgh
Excellent videos, Travis. I plan on working on HSW this week- I've never seen or heard it explained so clearly and this makes it seem much more attainable. Thank you!
Yes. It's important to learn how to turn (cartwheel) out of the handstand. I will hopefully be posting a tutorial on that soon, but if you find me on Facebook I'll message it to you. It's good to fear falling on your back, because that is not a good thing, haha. Best to be confident that you can tip over and land on your feet :) Find Travis Ewart on Facebook and send me a message. I'll get that video edited asap.
I think you skipped the step where you need to already be able to balance upside down. Been working on HSW for the better part of a year and simply cannot get balanced upside down.
Hi Joe, Technically you aren't balancing in the handstand. When you lose balance you move your hands beneath the rest of your body to correct the lack of balance. I describe this being similar to walking on stilts, whereas the only forward/backward balance you have available is to move. I understand the difficulty of learning to hold a handstand, but that is a static hold and much more difficult and takes much more time to learn than a handstand walk. Sure, we have other drills that will help you get more comfortable upside down and learning how to get there, but clearly this isn't that tutorial. If you would like to send me an email I'd be happy to lend you some links to tutorials that can help you get upside down, or if your goal is to hold a static handstand, I can help you with that as well. Email travis@crossfitinvictus.com and tell me your current handstanding circumstances and I'll help you a little from there :)
Exactly. Gymnasts are typically quite mobile in the wrists and CrossFitters not so much. That lack of mobility works its way up the chain and causes alignment issues that can easily be avoided by turning the hands out to the sides. Watch this video for further explanation of hands placement for handstand work. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lTdhdQu0Zq4.html
