LocoMotion

Practice, practice and more practice..one thing leads to another and opens up new possibilities.

Although I still have by no means mastered the handstand and my line will always need work, I have found that now my wrists can take the weight of my body, working through exercises in preparation for the OAHS - One Arm Handstand, some of which I picked up at Yuval's brilliant handstand workshop, is a great strengthening tool for the handstand as well. In fact, after stretching I go straight into the OAHS exercises, after which the regular handstand seems comparatively easy, since all the muscles in the upper body that hold a handstand have now been activated and have been taking twice the load.

This allows for the focus to shift back to improving the line and hold a more stable handstand for longer periods of time.