what is up guys welcome back to another
video on this video I want to accept a
topic of last week which was how to hold
your hands tank longer if you haven't
watched that video you can click up
right here and go watch it right now so
you understand what are we covering
today but basically we took a look at
the two main reasons on where you guys
may be falling out of your hands then
those two reasons are simply either
muscle fatigue or a lack of balance last
week I did a little bit more emphasis on
how to strengthen the muscle fatigue
aspect of your handstand but by reading
through your comments I realized that
the biggest issue you guys are having is
when it comes to balance so I also
mentioned that inner strength and the
balance the best thing that you can
possibly do is just practice your hands
on every single day so your body get
used to being upside down however I know
this is easier said than done and it can
be very frustrating at the beginning to
find balance so what I did for this
video is putting together my top five
tips that has really helped me over the
years to increase my overall sense of
balance and my overall sense of
awareness when I'm in a handstand so if
you are ready to take your hands on to
the next level let's get started the
first tip that I have for you is simply
changing the position of your hands when
you are doing a handstand most of us are
used to simply put it our hand flat in
the ground we're also being told that we
need to spread our fingers wide which is
true but by placing our hand completely
on the ground we're only having one
point of contact with the ground what we
want to try to do is create like a
little fist and having three points of
contact which in this case are going to
be the top of our fingers our knuckles
and the bottom of our palms this is
going to allow you to have better
control over your handstand by giving
you the feeling that you're actually
grabbing the floor also by putting your
hands this way instead of yours using
your fingers to press and prevent
yourself from going over right now you
have the ability to actually pull the
ground towards you with a lot more force
that you would if you were only pressing
what this is going to allow you to do is
that every time your body wants to go
over you're going to be able to bring
your body back to a neutral
a lot more easier and that brings me to
the second tip which also includes your
fingers and it is to stay on your palms
as much as possible and only use your
fingers when you need them because most
of the time every time we do a handstand
we tend to be a lot on our fingers and
when our body wants to go over we don't
have enough leverage of enough room to
actually press a little more and bring
our body back to the position so by
learning how to balance on our palms
instead of our fingers every time our
body wants to go over we can actually
press with enough force to bring our
body back think about it this way when
you are standing you are never on your
toes you are actually on the back of
your heels and if you were to fall
forward is when you use your toes to
bring yourself back we are not standing
or we're walking every time on our toes
because that would mean that if we go a
little bit more forward we're just going
to fall the same applies to your
handstand keep the weight mostly on your
palms which is a little bit harder to
balance of course but then once your
body wants to switch forward you're
going to be able to press or in this
case pull with your fingers with the
first tip and bring your body back to a
neutral balance position the third tip
is one that is really really going to
help you guys because I've been getting
this question a lot and is that you guys
are not having trouble when you go
forward and you can use your fingers
you're able to bring yourself back but
the problem is that when your body goes
back you don't know how to release the
pressure and bring your body back to the
position so the third tip that I has for
you is going to be to increase the range
of balance that you have enhanced and
what I mean by this is at the beginning
your range of balance is very very tiny
this means that if you go a little bit
forward then you're gonna fall and if
you go a little bit backwards you're
also going to fall over time this
balance range is going to increase to
the point that if you go forward your
body can almost go into a whole back and
you are able to bring it back and if
you're following the other way around
you're able to go even all the way down
to the floor and then bring your body
all the way back up because to be honest
when you
body is falling from the same direction
that it came into the handstand
sometimes it's not enough to just
release the pressure of your fingers and
use your palms what you really need to
do is actually engage your core enough
so it is able to bring your legs back to
neutral position I'm also going to leave
you with an exercise for this particular
tip which for me is one of the best
exercises you can possibly do to a
strengthen your core when you are in a
handstand and that would be
Hanson negative with your legs straight
so to do this you're going to find a
wall get into your handstand as you
normally would and you're going to start
bringing your legs together at the same
time as a slow and as control as
possible
think about your hips going forward so
they control balance the weight of your
legs coming in the other direction
because if you send your hips back in
the same direction that your legs are
going all the weight is going to fall
back and you're just going to smash the
floor as fast as possible so when
performing this exercise you want to
think about your hips shifting forward
in the other direction that your legs
are coming which is back think about
your hips going towards the wall where
your legs are coming down towards the
floor you don't want to bring your feet
back into like a downward facing dog but
you want to bring them as close to your
hands as possible like if you were doing
a standing forward fold
give it a try give it a go and I
guarantee that this is going to increase
your core stability and core strength so
every time you're falling in the other
direction of the handstand you are going
to be able to use your core to bring it
back to neutral position and that brings
me to the fourth tip which would be
practicing other type of arm balances
that are not your typical handstand
because to be honest handstand is one of
the most difficult hand balances there
is so by practicing other type of hand
balances such as crow crane form stand
different variations of headstand which
are mostly yoga positions but what this
is going to do is allow your body to
have a different sense of balance that
is not always a handstand by practicing
crow you're able to balance for a lot
longer
if you would in a handstand same applies
when you practice a supported headstand
where you're taking your hands
completely out of the equation and
you're able to find a sense of balance
without having to be on your hands this
is going to allow you to hold a position
for a lot longer and really focus on
stabilizing your core and increasing
your sense of balance there are other
positions
I love such as crane pose which is a
variation of crow pose but with your
arms straight and this position can
really help you to develop that straight
arm strength all these poses may require
a completely separate video for me to
explain them in detail so if that's
something you are interested in please
let me know in the comment section down
below and I'll make sure to do that but
for the purpose of this video just keep
in mind that balance is not only
achieved in a handstand you can do many
arm balances and even as standing
positions can really help you with your
sense of balance so don't settle with
only practice in your handstand give all
this position I try and I guaranteed
that your sense of balance this is going
to s Kyra and that leave us with the
fifth and final tip up today which is
using different elements to balance that
is not the ground
this can include anything from doing a
handstand on the grass doing a handstand
at the beach on the sand which by the
way it is super hard or using elements
such as the power lift what this is
going to allow you to do is force your
body to balance in a different way and
create new neuromuscular pathways so you
trick your mind you trick your body and
then when you go back to the floor your
body is going to be much much ready to
be upside down you guys have asked me a
lot to cover how to do a handstand on
the portlet and if you want a completely
separate video for that please let me
know in the comment section down below
and also let me know what are you
struggling with to balance on the pallet
because to be honest for me balancing on
the parallettes it is much much easier
and for a lot of people it is also much
easier so the only difference that I'm
going to point out here is that when
you're in the parallettes
there are two things that changes first
is the entry which is the kicking up you
need to pick up much much higher and
much stronger depending on how
the pilots are so that's the difficult
part of doing a handsome in the pilot
now the easier part of the enhancement
in the pilot is that you're not relying
on your fingers on your palms but you
are relying on your entire wrist
strength so the same way you're using
your fingers to press to bring yourself
back to neutral position now you're
gonna grab the pilot and move the wrist
forward in this direction so you send
your body back to neutral position you
want to imagine like you're lifting the
back part of the pilot of course without
lifting the back part of the portlet but
that is going to allow you to send your
body back to neutral position and once
you're falling backwards you're going to
release the pressure and press with the
back of your palms but also remember the
other tip that I mentioned which is also
using your core strength and your core
stability to be able to bring yourself
back into a neutral position so very
happy guys those are my top five tips
that has really has an impact on my hand
balancing journey
I still do those tips and apply those
tips feel nowaday because they don't
only help me hold my hands tine longer
but they has completely changed and
shift the way I perceive myself when I'm
upside down so give them a try give them
a go let me know in the comment section
down below
if you have any questions about all
these tips if you want me to extend on
any of the tips and also let me know
what else do you want me to cover on
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question about if you guys wanted me to
start covering nutrition or if you guys
wanted me to keep going with Hansen I
still have a lot to cover in handstand
you guys want handstand push-ups
handstand press which by the way those
two topics are really extensive so I
might do a completely series on its own
for each of the topic but please let me
know in the comment section down below
if you want to start with nutrition or
if you want me to still cover the
handstand for now of course I will be
covering both of those topics and a
whole lot more on this
but I want to know your opinion on what
do you want my next video to be that's
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