5 Biggest Handstand Mistakes & How To Avoid These

what's up guys it's michael here from

calisthenics family and in this video

i'm gonna show you the five most common

beginner mistakes when learning the

handstand and how to avoid them so let's

get this video started

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alright guys welcome to this video as

you can see i'm in this beautiful

location in folly rocky which is in

rhodos in greece i'm here with my

girlfriend on a vacation we're doing

some awesome trips over here and we're

just enjoying our time but of course i'm

also training and today i have my

handsome workout so i thought let's

create a video for you guys on the most

beginner calisthenics handstand mistakes

i have this beautiful location i have a

wall here basically everything that i

need to

learn the handstand so when it comes to

learning the handstand i see the

beginners that i train most people in

the gym but also the people that i train

through online coaching making the same

mistakes all over again

including the mistakes that i made as

well in the beginning so

let's start with the first mistake when

learning the handstand and that is

sticking to the wall too long

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alright so this is probably the biggest

mistake that i see when learning the

handstand

i see a lot of people sticking to the

wall handstand way too long and that

really affects your progress in the

handstand because if you only train with

the wall you will never learn the

regular freestanding handstand so what i

suggest is when you're able to do a 30

second wall handstand then you have to

move on immediately to freestanding

handstand practice

but next to that you should also

incorporate different variations of wall

hands and training so try to combine

these two training methods while

handstand training and freestanding

training in an early stage of your

handstand practice for example if you

can do a 60-second wall handstand you

can also try to do the re-first well

handstand and really try to work on your

form straighten out your legs and walk a

little bit off from the wall and really

focus on a better form and kicking

slightly off from the wall and this way

you will learn the handstand even better

because this stimulates a freestanding

handstand better than the belly to wall

handstand

all right so that was the first and

probably the biggest mistake now let's

move on to the second mistake and that

is jumping into the handstand instead of

kicking into the handstand

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alright so once you're able to do a 30

to 60 second ball handstand you can move

on to the freestanding handstand

but it's really important how you're

going to jump or kick into the handstand

what i see with the most people that

start with handstand training is that

they jump into the handstand like this

really uncontrolled and jumping way too

hard into the handstand and in this case

you probably fall far forward

so

i wouldn't suggest to do this kind of

jumping into the handstand but rather

practice on a much more

stable and controlled way of getting

into the hands and by kicking into the

handstand it stimulates a sprinter

position like sprinters do when they

start running and from here really kick

yourself controlled and easily in the

handstand first start off with an easy

kick

so you get the feel you get the hang out

of it and then you can slightly kick

even harder until you get more and more

control and if you use this way of

getting into your handstand with every

training then you automatically know how

hard you should kick up and getting into

the handstand as controlled as possible

so

don't jump into the handstand but kick

into the handstand as controlled as

possible so that was the second mistake

now let's move on to the third one and

that is doing handstand walks when

falling forward

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alright guys so the third mistake is

probably one of the most crucial points

in learning the handstand itself so when

you start with freestanding handstands

and you fall forward

a common mistake that i see is that a

lot of people tend to step forward with

their hands so they doing a handstand

walk when they falling forward instead

of just counterforcing the fall by using

your fingers and your hand pump to

counter force the fall of the handstand

and this is such an important mistake

because if you always

walk forward with your hands making baby

steps when you're falling forward you

never

know how to use your hands to counter

force the fall and this is the most

important thing to stabilize in the

handstand using your fingers and your

hand palm to really count the force of

fall so never walk forward but either

just bail out of the handstand fall out

of the handstand or get back from the

handstand but never walk forward because

then you won't learn the handstand hold

as fast as possible so that was the

third mistake now let's move on to the

fourth mistake and that is trying to

learn the straight handstand way too

fast

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of course we all want a perfect

aligned straight handstand when we start

learning the handstand but this is just

not the most effective way to learn the

handstand because if you only focus on a

straight handstand from the very start

then you're gonna make it very hard for

yourself so don't put your standards too

high what i always actually say is first

try to

hold an arched handstand for 30 seconds

because it's it's all about just

learning and getting more experience in

standing on your hands and your form

doesn't really matter you can clean up

your form when you're getting more

experience with the handstand that's

personally also how i got my straight

handstand first i unlocked my banana

handstand and from there i gradually

cleaned up my form and got a nice and

aligned straight handstand but of course

i would recommend to still work on your

straight handstand but use the wall for

this the first exercise that i said

do a reverse wall handstand walk from

the wall and get yourself in a straight

handstand and play with the straight

handstand but don't only focus on the

straight hands and from the beginning

because that will definitely slow your

progress

all right so that was the fourth mistake

now let's move on to the fifth and last

one but definitely not the least one

and that is not practicing the handstand

enough

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alright so when it comes to handstand

training the handstand is a skill and

when it comes to skill training it's

really important that you practice the

skill a lot of times so frequency here

is very important so only training your

handstand once or twice per week is not

gonna get your handstand very fast

probably you won't even unlock your

handstand

instead try to practice your handstand

as often as possible probably

five or six times per week and and use a

short amount of training per session for

example 15 to 20 to 30 minutes

every training session five times per

week before your actual workout this is

the way how i learned my handstand and

also taught the handstand to all of my

clients

in the gym but also my online clients so

frequency is key here

and don't make the mistake to only

practice the handstand once or twice per

week right guys so these were the five

most common

beginner mistakes when learning the

handstand if i missed a mistake let me

know in the comments down below

so that's it for this video i hope this

was helpful try to avoid these mistakes

and you'll definitely get your handstand

way faster so guys that's it for this

video and if you need more help with

unlocking your handstand for example or

other skills we have some free ebooks

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and that's it for this video thanks for

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and we'll see you next monday peace out

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