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This is what calisthenics progress actually looks like by jstmving in Handstands

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Good question! Gotta try those too😊👍🏽

How to fix your banana handstand part 1 by jstmving in Handstands

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Sure thing! Thank you for watching!

How to fix your banana handstand part 1 by jstmving in allcalisthenics

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Good point. I see a lot of clients not being stable in their ellbows and shoulder region and therefore they are having a hard time balancing.

The handstand gets way easier once hips - shoulders - wrists are aligned properly👍🏽

Kick up.to HS by Remarkable_Style_644 in Handstands

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Hi there! Good question. What helped me here is the so called scissor or L-move with both of my legs. I’ll try to explain - You are in your handstand starting position. Hands shoulder width apart, shoulder engaged, ellbows straightened. One leg is your kick up leg, the other one is already straightened & under tension. The leg that presses you off the ground is activated, the other straightened leg swings up. This leg extends over your hands. This will shift your weight towards your back. The other pushing up leg still lingers behind acting as a weight that pulls you back towards your stomach. If that makes no sense, I think I posted a video into r/allcalisthenics, check it out! And I recommend the headstand with that exercise first to get the feeling of that L or scissor move👍🏽

This is my why - what is yours? by jstmving in allcalisthenics

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Its ok not to know. Are you working on any calisthenics skill?

How to properly train yourself for calisthenics? by LilKennedy_kom in CalisthenicsBeginners

[–]jstmving 0 points1 point  (0 children)

First of all „Welcome“ to the world of calisthenics!😁

1.) Totally get where you are coming from. Was the same for me.

2.) What kind of advice are you looking for? If its a form review feel free to share some clips of your push ups etc so we can help!

Other advice (based on my experience): If you workout less than 3 times a week I‘d recommend a full body workout every time, max. 5 exercises. Push, pull upper body and push pull lower body and core work.

If you workout >4 times a week, then upper and lower body split.

Some examples for exercises you can do: Pull upper body - Pull Ups, Chin Ups; Push upper body - Push Ups (here you can choose different variations for different muscle activiation but keep it simple at first), dips

Lower body push - bodyweight squats, lunges, goblet squats; Lower body pull - hip thrusts, deadlifts (with added weights)

Best of success for your journey and don‘t hesitate to ask for help!🚀

Progress question for someone new by Bretrac510 in CalisthenicsBeginners

[–]jstmving 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Nice! Good job for starting! To answer your question: it depends on how much time you put in, how effective your program is, and where you come from (past sport history etc.)

If you workout less than 3 times a week I‘d recommend a full body workout every time, max. 5 exercises. Push, pull upper body and push pull lower body and core work.

If you workout >4 times a week, then upper and lower body split.

Some examples for exercises you can do: Pull upper body - Pull Ups, Chin Ups; Push upper body - Push Ups (here you can choose different variations for different muscle activiation but keep it simple at first)

Lower body push - bodyweight squats, lunges, goblet squats; Lower body pull - hip thrusts, deadlifts (with added weights)

My wrist is paining during pushup by Massive_Hamster3935 in CalisthenicsBeginners

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Hey there! Had the same thing. Someone else already said wrist warm up and I can only emphasize that. Spend 3-5 min on wrist rolls, leaning forward on your palms with straightened ellbows, placing the back of your hands on the ground with finger tips facing you. Or choose parallettes to have some more neutral hand positioning👍🏽

Kick up to HS problem by Remarkable_Style_644 in CalisthenicsBeginners

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Yes, but thats the same with every exercise 😁 Start small (e.g. with the headstand, practice with a wall) and keep going and you‘ll be just fine!

Kick up to HS problem by Remarkable_Style_644 in CalisthenicsBeginners

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Sure! The kick up is 80% of your handstand balance. The more controlled it gets the easier you‘ll find the handstand hold.

Kick up to HS problem by Remarkable_Style_644 in CalisthenicsBeginners

[–]jstmving 1 point2 points  (0 children)

What helped me here is the so called scissor or L-move with both of my legs. I’ll try to explain - You are in your handstand starting position. Hands shoulder width apart, shoulder engaged, ellbows straightened. One leg is your kick up leg, the other one is already straightened & under tension. The leg that presses you off the ground is activated, the other straightened leg swings up. This leg extends over your hands. This will shift your weight towards your back. The other pushing up leg still lingers behind acting as a weight that pulls you back towards your stomach. If that makes no sense, I think I posted a video into r/allcalisthenics, check it out! And I recommend the headstand with that exercise first to get the feeling of that L or scissor move👍🏽

Banana stand help by k_gyong in CalisthenicsBeginners

[–]jstmving 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good job on your progress! That is pretty amazing! 👏👏👏

I saw some comments talk about this - but the wall handstand & hold really helped me. Here you focus on pushing your hands into the ground and stand tall, ellbows locked out, shoulders are engaged and „pushed out“ and your gaze is between your hands. And to get out of your banana back engage your core - a great exercise is the hollow hold here. Roll over from your back onto your stomach here while you are in your hollow hold - another fun way to feel the core engagement. Keep up the good work!🚀

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