From Wall to Freestanding Handstand. Are you READY? 

Hi Paul Your RU-vid tutorials have been my holy grail-I've been religiously following them. I'm hoping to nail that handstand for a solid minute before my 50th birthday rolls around on June 1st. Thank you for your guidance.

3 days ago i started handstand with help off wall now yt recommend me this video 😅

Thank you so much! First, I did the heel pull drill, then the toe pull drill. Then I tried a freestanding handstand by first kicking up into the vertical planche position with my head in front of my hands. Then straighten. I was able to hold it for 10 seconds. Success at last! That's the best freestanding handstand I've ever achieved. I think I've finally got it after watching your video. I'm saying this as someone who has been doing handstand pushups for about 10 years and never managed to do a freestanding handstand despite practicing several times a week, watching countless videos about it, and having lessons from yoga teachers. 🙏

Best hs vid I’ve seen that gets straight to the point. Hopefully this helps with my kicking up frustration

Your handstand series is the best on RU-vid. I mean it.

You're awesome! I finally hovered for 10 seconds the other day with just barely kissing the wall. I'll use this to get my confidence up to moving away from the wall. Thanks for helping a 65 yo man get to one of his many gym goals 🙂

Thank you! I always felt I have more control if I bend my arms when I kick up but I thought it's wrong. I also heard I should push myself away from the ground as much as I can, to bring my shoulders closer to ears, but I always loose balance faster this way. Now I will only focus on finding my balance and not care how it should look like 😄

Your entry techniques are gold! No one really talks about the lean or bend techiques. I'm doing the lean but can't go straight afterwards. Hips are heavy in under balance. More wall work I guess. My yoga teacher teaches me to do the soft bend entry. But most influencers teach the perfect entry immediately and it's frustrating. Then they tell us to have a straight body because it's efficient. But actually learning to balance in weird shapes is actually a more important skill to learn.

This is gold. Looks much easier than practicing though. I especially liked the balancing drills at the wall - mosty the chest to wall ones. If one knows how to fall practicing finger press for balance can be done also with chest to wall, I think.

Even though i can do the balance freestanding i still however use the wall countless of times. Even the pros i heard do that

This was SO helpful. Thank you very much. The way you talk and then show examples for each point is great and something that isn't usually well done on YT. So thank you for that.

I love it when you said first relax in crappy position first. It kind of releases the pressure ❤

another great video. Thank you

Brilliant. As someone who has a freestanding handstand, I like to hear the perspective of others. Your expertise is at the top of the totem pole. I do a handstand every day to keep this skill razor sharp.

Your amazing 🤩

just what I needed video!!

I’ve watched about thousand teaching hand stand videos and it’s the best

Thanks for your videos! Happy New Year for you, your human familly and your loyal dog!

Thanks Paul, very helpful!

This is very helpful and thank you!

I really appreciate your video. You give us so powerfull content thank you 💥💥💥

great content mate 👍👍👍

Great video Paul! You get right to the crux of the matter. If you can't walk, you can't run. I'm going to try these heel pull drills as I suspect that I'm only half of the way there. Thank you so much for posting these videos, they are super helpful!

Great topic, content and drills. I can hold a free standing tuck and straight HS without wall for 15+ seconds but it takes 5-10 tries to get there. I usually cautiously undershoot at the beginning then gung ho later after frustration.

Good

as always...thanks, paul. i tend to underbalance. i can do most of the wall prerequisites. i'm going to try bananabacking because my back to the wall handstands tend to look like that anyway. that tip might help me get consistent holds even if the resulting handstand is pretty ugly.

I was losing hope I would ever be able to get a free handstand but am now looking forward to trying heel and toe pulls. Something else that I noticed you do that I should learn, is pivoting on hands when overshooting a jump in order to not fall. Seems simple but I can't presently do it and and scared to jump into any type of handstand without a wall because Ill almost definitely crash onto back.

I need a wall for my HS like Linus needs his security blanket. I´m going to try out these tips to get rid of this dependency once and for all. 🤸🏼‍♀🙏

Awesome as always Paul, can you make a video on handstand walk with strict form?

I always did with starting straight arms, hands on the floor and kick up with a straight leg, and I kick up always into a stacked position but lasts about a second and either fall in over balance or under balance. Been doing that for a year. I can’t figure out which part is weak or I just can’t connect to my body or lack control so…Now back to the wall and starting these drills, I think the shoulder pulls chest to wall will help strengthen my shoulders and gain control over my body.

Golden as usual Paul.I'm itching to get cracking and nail a freestanding before the European summer comes back around! My issue is though when/how often can i perform the entry drills and toe/pull heel pull drills? I already do a heavy bent arm(muscle up/pull ups) day, 2 days rest from the rings then straight arm/straddle front lever session on the rings, then after 2 days rest have a lighter bent arm day. Add a leg/active recovery day in the mix i feel my volume is about right at present BUT now to add in handstand training i'm at a bit of a loss.

Thanks Paul for another great one. Do you have specific videos for heel/toe pull techniques?

Great drills! You think any different tips/drills can be added to parallettes practice (wrist injury is still bothering me)?

It's a great and enriching video, I only curious about the heel- pulling principle, I couldn't understand it clearly, is there a video or something where you explain it? Thanks for your contribution

Great content! I saw another RU-vid video saying to have your shoulders lined up with your wrists; when doing toe drags off the wall, do you slightly planche with shoulders above the hands and then go straight or do you line up your shoulders with your wrists and push from there?

Thank you sounds encouraging but how about waving the fear of falling

Great vid coach! I'm definitely the guy who kicks up thousands of time and is frustrated. I realize from this video that I have not spent enough time doing heel pulls and controlled kick ups enough. Thank you!

Hey Paul i always fall into arch back while facing against wall. Do you have and tips how to correct it.

Sooo, if I do the wall-facing handstand kick-offs...I'm going to fall over backwards and crack my head, neck, and back!! Same problem that I have trying to do a free-standing handstand hold!

How to lock the shoulder.

I thought I was strong before I started hand balancing training:(. This stuff is tuff.

I have tried the toe pull and consciously tried to push my hands against the floor so that my feet come off the wall naturally without me having to do anything but it hasn't happened. I have ended up doing is taking my feet of the wall with split feet and alternate with each leg in hope to find balance in Chest to Wall HS but my feet don't come off the wall due to my fingers pressing on the ground. I just slowly take them of the wall if you know what I mean. I know that overbalance and underbalance is corrected with your hands and fingers but I just can't develop that kind of proprioception. I have the strength but not the awareness. I keep my core tight, point my toes, tense my core, hands shoulder width apart and push as hard as I can against the floor but with no avail.

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