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Technique

  1. Get into a Chest-to-wall handstand position.
  2. Lean slightly to one side, lift one hand off the floor and tap your shoulder before landing the hand softly back on the ground.
  3. Keep alternating hands.

Muscles

Strength

Primary

  • Back
  • Serratus anterior
  • Shoulders
  • Neck

Secondary

  • Forearms
  • Lower trapezius
  • Serratus anterior
  • Posterior deltoid
  • Upper trapezius
  • Levator scapulae

Equipment

Appears in

Joint movements
Wristflexion
trains stretches

Progressions

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Handstand

Advanced
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Wall straddle one-arm handstand

Advanced

Regressions

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Wall straddle handstand shoulder taps

Intermediate
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Handstand shoulder shrugs

Intermediate
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Wall tuck handstand slide

Intermediate
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Wall L-handstand

Intermediate
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Wall handstand toe pulls

Intermediate
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Wall handstand heel pulls

Intermediate
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