by Todd Ludgren
Hand stand pushups are one of the most awesome exercises for building phenomenal strength with nothing besides your body weight. There are only a few other exercises in this category, such as hanging leg raises, pistols and chinnups. There is something that these all have in common. Unfortunately , few folk can do any if all of them.
So in this article let's chat about how to build up to being able to do a handstand pushup. Step one is regular, run-of-the-mill push-ups that everybody should be familiar with. Just set your hands on the ground shoulder width apart, keep the back straight without drooping or raising the hips. Dip between your arms, keeping the elbows in close to the sides and then push back up. The pushup builds stronger triceps, shoulders and pecs.
A good starting point is to be able to handle 3 sets of 25 push ups. Next we make them harder.
The way to do this is to raise the feet up on some sort of box or platform. Confirm its stable enough to hold your weight. But it can be anything like a bed or couch if you'd like. By raising your feet you will increase the amount of weight you have got to handle in the pushup. The higher you go the tougher it becomes. And you can see that ultimately you raise your body enough to do a handstand pushup. In this you're handling 100% of your weight while the ordinary pushup is only about half your weight.
Go up in height a step at a time. (And yes you are able to use the steps of a staircase too.) This way you keep it easy in progressing. At each level you can work on the 3 sets of 25 reps we talked about earlier. Once you hit that type of progression you may increase the strength to a higher level.
My recommendation is that when you get to the point where you are angled at 45 degrees then you are most probably ready for <a href="http://www.lostartofhandbalancing.com/products/ultimate-guide-to-handstand-pushups/">hand stand push ups</a>.
There are tons of things that go into doing this move in the right way. After you kick up against the wall begin with just lowering down in control. This is called a negative. Ensure you stick to the 'control ' part or you could finish up hurting yourself. If you want somebody to spot you for assistance when you try it the 1st time do it.
From the negative after you touch the crown of your head to the floor you may push back up. If you have done enough work in preparing up to this step and building your strength you'll be able to complete your first handstand pushup.
Todd Ludgren is a writer for Lost Art of Hand Balancing where you can learn all sorts of <a href="http://www.lostartofhandbalancing.com">handstand</a> and acrobatic training. Here is an article with much more on <a href="http://www.lostartofhandbalancing.com/articles/how-to-do-a-backflip/">how to do a backflip</a> for even more advanced bodyweight training.
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