I don't promise that you'll be walking on your hands in 12 weeks.
I do promise that this program will be different to any other handstand walk program you've ever seen. And that you'll (handstand?) walk away from this program understanding the movement more so than other programs. And that you'll see improvements week to week.
In this program, we start by building the basics of straight arm strength, awareness of the stacked positions, and knowing where your upside down positions truly are. We move on to building the capacity to shift onto one hand at a time, controlling the overbalance and beginning to step. We finish by hammering the ability to step smoothly from one hand to another and drilling the walk in several different ways.
Give it a crack. You'll get better. I promise.
Time commitment 3x a week for ~15 minutes, plus a few minutes of unstructured practice on your own. Plus weekly informational videos to watch ahead of time (2-3 minutes each).
Prerequisites -Kick up to handstand on wall -Wall walk or partial wall walk -Happy, injury-free (or ready to return from injury) shoulders, wrists, and elbows.
A
HSW Phase 1 Intro video
B
HSW Phase 1 Week 1
A
General wrist warmup
1 x 1
B
Wrist push ups for HS
2 x 12
C
Handstand wall pull-aways
1 x 5
D
Closed chain wrist twisties
1 x 20
E
General shoulder warmup with resistance band
1 x 10
F
Waiter's Press
3 x 10
G
Alternating banded scap push
H
Banded wrist distraction with isometric
I
Shoulder ER+FLX on bench with dowel
J
Capsular stretch - GH
1 x 2:00
A
Cartwheel
5 x 1
B
COGS
2 x 30
C
Pike on box with alternating leg raise
5 x 1
D
Plank on box with alternating leg raise
3 x 20
A
Cartwheel off box
5 x 1
B
Box "wall walks" to pike on box
4 x 3
C
Plank walk around two boxes
3 x 1
D
Dead bug with lumbar band
2 x 30
A
WF HS to lateral cartwheel exit
5 x 1
B
WF HS Hold
3 x 0:40
C
Plank pogos/up-downs on plate
4 x 6
Former gymnast, current crossfit coach, trainer and sports nutritionist. I like to lift and flip: weightlifting and gymnastics are my jam.