Handbalancing

[Honken]

Anyone in to it? I've been starting to move my handstands away from the wall recently, tried som planches and stuff. It's really fun.

I have one question though, when practicing planches, I feel a high pressure on both of my wrists. They are both flexible and well excercised and it doesen't really hurt, just feels like I'll regret it all later on in life.

Is doing planches with palms facing forward bad for your wrists?

[notregan]

I've been handbalancing for a couple years.

Do what feels right. Its as simple as that.

[Rianu]

It's not good for your wrists. no.

[Tsumaru]

Are most 16 year olds with no gymnastics training meant to be able to just "do some planches" one day?

[chobos bak?]

i dont like ur atitude tsumaru he was saying he was trying them and it feels bad for his wrists it has nothing to do with just being able to do them one day

thats like saying i cant learn to backflip in one day so i shouldnt bother

[giovanni]

Point your fingers backwards fool.

[BillyLo]

I do handbalancing with hands pointed foward when the wrists don't need to angle very much, for planches I put my hands almost sideways, but not backwards. Try get yourself some paralletes, then you don't have to worry about the wrist thing that much. Or you can try planche on your fingers, start slow though, to develop strength in them. Do some wrist flexibility exercises for your wrists to prevent injury.

[Honken]

Are most 16 year olds with no gymnastics training meant to be able to just "do some planches" one day?

Sorry, tuck-planches. Also note that I said "tried some planches".

Another question, when training for bodyweight excercises, is doing them to failure a good thing? I work on them 1-2 times a week (except for some easier handbalancing wich I try to do everyday) and almost go to failure most of the times. But my chins for example, hasn't really improved much at all during the last months.

[Kitosho]

No. Work them often and fresh. As soon as you're strong enough, try to do tuck planches with your fingers facing either to the side or backwards.

[chobos bak?]

i tried and failed lol i didnt expect to get them

[Honken]

What can happen if I continue to practice them with fingers facing forwards? Tendonitis?

[BillyLo]

Don't know, but as you bend foward more, you're putting a lot of strain on the wrist joint, so it'll probably collapse, if you add to much resistance, especially if you don't try and make it more flexible, but I'm not expert.

[Honken]

Would excercising the wrist/forearm for strength fix the problem?

[Ashtar]

If it can recover, sure.

Does anyone ever do wrist pushups? I can't, they hurt too much. How do people set records for that? I feel like I'm busting a ligament.

[Tsumaru]

i dont like ur atitude tsumaru he was saying he was trying them and it feels bad for his wrists it has nothing to do with just being able to do them one day

thats like saying i cant learn to backflip in one day so i shouldnt bother

Wtf are you talking about?

[Ashtar]

In the flexibility forum there's a video of a handbalancer doing the splits and stuff.