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Technique

  1. Start in a Deep squat position and place your palms on the ground, at a small distance in front of your feet.
  2. Bend your arms and lean forward to shift your weight towards your hands.
  3. Keep your legs tucked and lift your hips upward while balancing on your hands.
  4. Then extend your legs, extend your arms and open the shoulders.
  5. Straighten everything into a Handstand position.

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Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Serratus anterior
  • Shoulders
  • Triceps
  • Neck

Secondary

  • Chest
  • Forearms
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Anterior deltoid
  • Middle deltoid
  • Triceps brachii (long head)
  • Triceps brachii (medial head)
  • Triceps brachii (lateral head)
  • Upper trapezius
  • Levator scapulae

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Equipment

Ground (hands or body)
Ground (hands or body)
Parallettes
Parallettes

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Appears in

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Shoulderflexion upward
Wristflexion
trains stretches
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