Handstand Push Up

How to Perform Handstand Push Up

1. 1
   Standing facing the wall, place your hands 6-12 inches in front of the wall. The hands should be slightly outside of shoulder-width apart. Fingers can be slightly turned out.
2. 2
   From here, kick up into your handstand making sure that your heels come into contact with the wall. Once you're inverted, squeeze your core, quads, and glutes to find a rigid position.
3. 3
   Lower your head towards the ground with control until your head makes contact with the floor or mat. Avoid the elbows flaring out to the sides. Generally speaking, a 45 degree angle with the elbows is an ideal position.
4. 4
   Once you've made contact at the bottom of the position, push back up maintaining that rigidity through the midline. The rep is complete when the arms are fully extended.
5. 5
   This is an advanced movement. To build up strength to perform this exercise, get comfortable with handstand holds.
6. 6
   You can also perform "negatives." This is where you would drill the "lowering" phase of the handstand push up - starting from the top of the rep and lowering yourself very slowly towards the bottom. Come out of the handstand at the bottom.
7. 7
   This is one rep. Perform 3 sets of 5 negatives at a slow tempo to help build up the push up strength.