Parallettes vs Floor | Which Is BETTER For Handstands?! 

Still unsure how to balance the handstand? Check out my tutorial in the description. You can also find a link to the parallel bars used in this video. Happy balancing :)

I learned my handstand on the floor but eventually bought parallettes because of my wrists. And even though I managed to balance on the parallettes pretty soon, it is still way harder for me than on the floor :D

Parallettes! My wrists didn't give me a choice 😅

Tom looks like a super good looking Mr. Beast

I learnt hs on floor and in my first attemp on parallelets i was able to do 30+ seconds perfect form

Good one Tom! I am trying to get back to the floor after a wrist injury. I really like to do it on the floor, most of it because of what you mentioned, you are able to do it anywhere!! Gotta get back to it really! Keep the great job man! 👊💪

But in terms of handstand push up, the freestanding one. I find harder to bust out reps on the parallel bars than the floor.

Yeah bro!! That OHS is looking gooood!!!

Thanks for the explanation Tom! Add usual very helpful. I was thinking in parallettes but after watching your video I'll keep trying without them until I get better

At the beginning It was pretty hard for me to balance on parallets but now i find it much easier than on the floor. I do think it helps train my balance in general including floor handstand.

I think the parallettes are easier for shoulder opening when the shoulders are typically very closed and tight due to anatomical limits. The neutral grip affords an easier path to full alignment from the wrists to the shoulders when the floor seems, to me at least, to demand more from you in terms of pressing into fully open and elevated shoulders

I learned handstand on the parallets and was able to transfer over to floor pretty easily.

Floor is actually much more forgiving for hand-balancing than bed of razor blades, so not the most difficult surface IMO.

Was learning in the floor till I injured my wrist (not related to handstand) so jave had to resort to parrallets

i have the worst wrist flexibility ever and wrecked them, so i started doin it with parallettes and its very nice for practicing ballance in general, espacially when your erists hurt

Injured my right wrist so I can't do handstand on the floor ATM so I have to learn on this. I can do 20 seconds on the floor so I should be able to do it on paralletes as well but I gotta get over the fear cause they're quite high.

One possible way to avoid wrist pain is rotating hands more outwards. Even as much that your thumbs are pointing directly forwards while handstanding. This makes the handstand itself quite a lot harder, but at least I got rid of the wrist pain completely (after few months of regular training, quite a lot against a wall), which again made it possible to train with the proper hand positioning. Just takes a bit patience and a lot regular training. :) So yeah. Just one option to try out if pain is the problem.

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Bro hooow is it easier. I started doing handstand holds from the ground and your telling me the bars are more easier⁉️Now the injury part is definitely true, I get rest pain sometimes, however, I can do handstands easily from the ground than trying to hold on to some bar that’ll keep me stationary! Cmon HELP

Tom, in order to this video, pls can you give some tips for pressing with bend arms into a handstand on parallettes?

I‘ve been having no problems on the floor so far. I’ve only been grinding the HS for about 2 months but I‘ve been doing regular wristconditioning for about 5-6 months now, which works wonders btw. Also think of getting some Wrist Wraps if you’re wrists are a still too weak to tolerate all the stress.

I love the floor.

What are good warm ups and drills for parallets handstands

Funny... for me it’s easier to balance on the floor. I struggled a lot to balance on parallettes

I find it hard to balance on parallettes

Jokes on you my bodyweight warriors, i don't know how to balance my hands on the floor or paralletes

I can balance all day on parallettes, but floor I still fall half the time and I've been practicing over a year.

Great content as usual, it feels much easier on the floor to me, i'm struggling to have a good grip on the parallettes, i really need to focus, probably beacause i don't practice enough =) have a strong week

guys, plz tell me why i feel floor is much easier than parallettes😢

I started learning handstand in December 2019. I started on the parallettes and floor, but after some time i realised that my handstand on the floor is too painful for my wrists. I decided to train only using parallettes and in may 2020 I achived my first over 40 seconds handstand. Now the balance on the parallettes is quite easy for me and times over 20 seconds are nothing special. Now my goal will be handstand on the floor. I think that I can learn it too. My best time without the wall is 19 seconds on the floor and close to the wall (without touching it) is 38 seconds. The only problem for me are my wrists. I try to strenghten them and do exercise to make them more flexible but its still painful for me. I always have to do about 15 minutes warm up for my wrists before handstand training. When i train i dont fell the pain but an hour after training if i try do a handstand without a 15 minutes of warming up my wrists it will be impossible. My writs will pain and they will be very stiff. I decided to do 7 to 14 days off from handstand and other exercises. Maybe my wrists are exhausted because I've trained handstand for 3 months 5 to 6 time a week. I got my results. I learned but I think that it was too much.

How do you fall out of a handstand on the bars? On hands if I over balance and tip backwards (back heading to floor) I just take a step forward with one hand and kind of fall out it. Can’t do that with paralettes. Any tips?

I will never get tired of your handstand videos... for your butt alone.

Parallets are a little painfull for your fingers and palm , i prefer hands on the floor

i find much harder to hold on parallels but i started on the floor

Maybe a really dumb question, but why couldn't you turn 1 parallete 180 degrees and use it like that? I don't know if that's normal, but it would initiate extension/flexion instead of ulnar/radial corrections so it would be best of both worlds?

For me, Handstands on the floor are much more comfortable for the wrists. I don't know why, but whenever I do Handstands on the Paralletes, I feel a lot of pressure and tightness throughout my entire Forearm..

I get some wierd pain in the forearm when tryin on the p bars, any tips for that?

It's pretty hard for me to balance on parallettes it's way easier on floor for me but imma keep trying

Thanks, I dont have parallets.

Do you think we all have something that we are better at ? such as handstands, some people explosive stuff on bars

My radial and ulnar deviation sucks I can do on floor better

Good morning Tom. I do more skill training (planche) but I try to add handstands now & then. Nice parallettes where can I get some. 🙏🏾 👍🏾😁🤙🏾

I can't handstand on paralels but I can on the floor like wtf

Handstand all day everyday !

I can hold a solid handstand on the floor for 200 seconds, but I still can not keep balance on the parallels

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Trust me parrallets are easy

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So the app is on Android already????? Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! definetly checking it out

Tom. I enjoy ur videos but the handstand thing is getting a bit niche!

Floor better. Only for real mans