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Also known as: Handstand to elbow lever to handstand.

Technique

  1. Start from a Handstand position.
  2. Bend your arms to lower down, as if you were going to do a Handstand pushup, except that you lean forward more.
  3. At the bottom, your body is parallel to the floor. That position is the same as the bottom position of a Planche Pushup.
  4. Reverse the motion to go back up to the starting position.

Form tips

  • Keep your body straight.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Serratus anterior
  • Shoulders
  • Chest
  • Triceps
  • Neck

Secondary

  • Forearms
  • Biceps
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Middle deltoid
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)
  • Pectoralis major (clavicular head)
  • Upper trapezius
  • Levator scapulae
  • Posterior deltoid

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
Wristflexion
trains stretches

Regressions

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Straddle 90-degree pushup

Elite
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Bent-arm pike press-to-handstand

Advanced
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Rings handstand pushup

Herculean
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Bent-arm tuck press-to-handstand

Advanced
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Straight-arm pike press-to-handstand

Elite
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Tuck straight-arm press-to-handstand

Advanced
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