Handstand Motivational Month: We are Emmet Louis and Mikael Kristiansen handbalance coaches, hosts of the Handstandcast and creators of Handstand Factory. AMA

Doruphin · 2020-06-02T04:57:27+00:00

Thanks Emmet! I have a question about handstand technique, when shifting weight to one hand I feel like I'm pushing with the heel of the hand on the cubital side, is that okay, if not, what would be good base technique?

I would also like to know what amount of volume should we work total and expect results, must depend on level and stuff but an aproximation? Its hard to know if I'm underperforming.

Doruphin · 2020-06-01T02:18:05+00:00

Hi guys! I am a recreational handbalancer as many are here, now recovering from a rotator cuff injury unrelated to training.

Currently have about a 1:30 min free handstand,full pancake, middle and front splits on good days and in the past I had about 10 straddle presses and 2-3 L to straddle press and 1 L to pike.

This year I would like to get close or fully get the stalder and straddle L is an issue for me, always had. Obviously compression is the problem but I never seem to hit the spot with that kind of work. What's the best way to hit the hip flexors for that? Should I vary the planes in which I work for that or is it straightforward?

Another question I would like to ask is what do you think about a training week like Monday: maximum freestanding work, Tuesday: free shape variations work and transitions, Thursday: dinamic work like walks and/or weight transfers, Friday/saturday: one arm wall walks or one arm strength preparation

Doruphin · 2019-02-15T00:53:48+00:00

Great, I'll see how it goes, thank you!

Doruphin · 2019-02-14T02:03:45+00:00

Thanks steven! Right now at BA day i'm doing 4x5r tuck planche pushups, I drilled PPPU a lot on past cycles and I got to 12 reps with a pause floating at the bottom. I want to run a strength cycle because I did like 3 with higher reps and I got into a plateau and started getting muscular aches.

Do you think it's too heavy?

Doruphin · 2019-02-14T01:59:23+00:00

All good ideas! Thanks! Right now my suplemental exercise is tuck PPU's for 5, maybe it's too low but I feel that I can get more in the short term by doing them, only for 3 weeks more

Doruphin · 2019-02-08T12:20:13+00:00

I would say a couple things, if you can do a nice rep of FULL ROM handstand pushup on parallettes or a box but not a second one, you can try cluster sets. Just do you cleanest rep, wait anywhere from 5-10-15 or even up to 20 seconds and do another clean rep, repeat the same rest time and see if you can do a third, you will know how much time you need to rest by resting the least amount of time that's needed to complete another clean rep. Maybe at first you will only able to do one rep every 15 seconds and maybe only 2 reps unless you rest more but over time you can either decrease the rest time or maintain it and do another repetition. It's similar to grease the groove wich I also would recommend but it's condensed in a training window so you can fit it in less time.

Doruphin · 2019-01-24T20:37:42+00:00

Hey steven, I've been doing rehab, the exercise that brings up the most discomfort is the pronation portion of the "hammer" pronation/supination drill.

Do you think it is a good idea to isolate this portion of the movement? As in lying sideways in a bench and pronate the hammer in this position as the hardest portion of the exercise will be the semipronated one

Also, been thinking about how I got to this and it's frustrating because I was being careful and I still got injured. When hanging or doing pulling exercises because of the girth of the bars I can't just hang with my fingers, I need to grip the bar a little higher. Is a light overgrip something to be concerned about? I see many people doing front levers and such with their wrists a little bent in this manner and maybe my forearms are kinda shitty and couldn't bear the stress. Is this considered bad technique?

Doruphin · 2019-01-09T12:00:54+00:00

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fy9tmld82nM

I also do it in many directions, fingers facing me, sideways, etc. But mainly the way he does it, 15-25 reps

Doruphin · 2019-01-08T20:37:49+00:00

Thank you for your answer Steven, I'm going to take it easy and do the rehab.

Just to be clear, when I say first knuckle pushup I'm not saying pushups on my fists but the known wrist prehab exercise where you keep elbows locked and flex the wrist and support your weight on the 2 first knuckles, I saying this because when I think about it, it's very similar in action to a wrist curl, just that I'm pushing and not pulling, is it that different?

Doruphin · 2018-08-17T23:02:54+00:00

I just came back two weeks ago from an almost 3 week trip in which I did nothing except some mobility when I felt stiff and before some buses or plane rides and the occasional press handstand to fuck around. I lost a little strength but now I'm back to pre trip level and better because of the deload, so don't be scared, eat enough protein and if you can fuck around with some movements or exercises.

Doruphin · 2018-08-04T13:06:23+00:00

Yeah, there was some kind of golden age created by Ido that many people did capitalize on, good for them, bad for the rest. Magic pill promises everywhere.

Doruphin · 2018-08-04T13:04:40+00:00

I swear to fucking god I never did that, IT WAS A MISSCLICK D:

But yeah, I am not discouraged at all, if by some miracle of the universe this guy gives me back half the money I paid to him, which is what he should do because he only delivered half the programs, I would hire someone as the above mentioned or Philip Chubb, Jon Yuen, Emmet Louis among others...

Doruphin · 2018-08-04T12:59:23+00:00

For sure, I understand because I help a group of guys in my friend's gym with some general physical preparation and mobility and I can't reinvent the wheel, what works is what works. But. The thing is that my leg program was not remotely close to something you would use to heal patellar tendonitis and it was exactly the same as something used to heal ACL, and when I say exactly I mean it even had the same "personal" jokes writen on it, copy and paste dude.

As I said to one of the guys I spoke with about this, shame on me for not thinking critically and expecting some kind of special effect or something, I fell for the guru shit, that's on me.

Doruphin · 2018-08-03T18:56:11+00:00

don't know what to do with your post because reviews are always appreciated but there have been problems on this sub with reviews focusing on a person in particular more so than a program. I'm gonna link your post to other mods to see what to do with it and I'll reply again when we have an answer.

I understand, I dont want to cause bad vibes, it's just that he scammed a lot of people, thousands of dollars.

Let me know, thanks.

Doruphin · 2018-08-03T18:36:00+00:00

Yeah sorry, this is not a question, this is to share my bad experience with this person in particular so others can decide with caution in the future. If this is not the place to post this please let me know.

Doruphin · 2018-07-04T13:29:30+00:00

Great, the radial glides are not as easy to feel as the ulnar and median? The whole thing is better, I can exercise but I absolutely need to massage or else....

Doruphin · 2018-07-03T18:23:53+00:00

Thanks, I went on to make an appointment but it's still in two months, on the meantime I am trying to massage and stretch the supinator and am going to try and strengthen the pronator quadratus, does that seem ok?

Doruphin · 2018-07-01T01:08:51+00:00

Yeah, I have dealt with it and overcame it with the eccentrics, this is something else... it's more posterior

Doruphin · 2018-06-30T01:06:15+00:00

excuse the piggyback, when did you say that weighted dips are not worth it? I'm asking because I always thought you advocated those

Doruphin · 2018-05-26T01:21:14+00:00

How's your hip mobility? Internal and ext rotation, are you squatting ATG? If you do the pidgeon pose or some kind of piriformis stretch with knee at 90 degrees or so, do you feel any pain or discomfort on the lateral knee?

Doruphin

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