Handstand Tip: Don’t Squeeze!
Video by Travis Ewart
“Tight!” You hear that cue used when coaching pretty much every movement in the gym whether it be clenching the midline for the deadlift, pressing up on the bar when receiving the snatch, or when you’re inverted in the handstand…Wait, NOT the handstand too!
Although it might seem counterintuitive at first, Invictus Gymnastics Coach, Travis Ewart, explains why it is actually more beneficial to be less tight when walking on your hands and how that little bit of slack in your body can be harnessed and used to keep you in position and moving forward without fear of crashing heavily to the floor.
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