Thunderheart
Jul-20-07, 03:56 PM
This isn't necessarily a pros and cons post... more of a question of what the rest of you think/know on the subject of handstand push ups. I haven't dedicated much time to these in the past few years, sadly.. as I enjoyed the results when they were a daily practice.
Here's what I know.
About 5-6 years ago I used to do alot of isometrics and stretching. Little weight training was used. I felt good and strong but still wanted more rigid strength in my skinny wrist. A friend suggested to do .. or start hand stand push-ups against a wall (heels touching wall with hands about 4-8 inches away from wall). The first few days I could only do 1-3 of them. Within a week I was at around 10. By about the 3rd week I was consistantly doing around 40-60 a day, doing 20 each go. I didn't do this as part of a workout, no real reasoning behind that, I just didn't, they were a random part of the day and I liked it that way because to me, it felt like a brute force type of workout and ALWAYS got me pumped.
In the 3rd week of doing these, I 100% noticed a difference in my punches on the bag, especially with my left (weaker of the two in punching). I used to get "buckling" with my left wrist occasionally and that was gone now.
Anyways, to cut to the chase, I noticed an increase in wrist strength, shoulder strength, abs and lower back stability and just an all around better sense of balance. Things I didn't like were head rushes, losing balance and smashing furniture, and sore wrists from stupidly forgetting to stretch.
Ok so this sort of did turn in to a pros/cons post.
What are your thoughts on this workout? Any positive thoughts/knowledge to add? Or hey negative works too, as knowledge period is key...
Here's what I know.
About 5-6 years ago I used to do alot of isometrics and stretching. Little weight training was used. I felt good and strong but still wanted more rigid strength in my skinny wrist. A friend suggested to do .. or start hand stand push-ups against a wall (heels touching wall with hands about 4-8 inches away from wall). The first few days I could only do 1-3 of them. Within a week I was at around 10. By about the 3rd week I was consistantly doing around 40-60 a day, doing 20 each go. I didn't do this as part of a workout, no real reasoning behind that, I just didn't, they were a random part of the day and I liked it that way because to me, it felt like a brute force type of workout and ALWAYS got me pumped.
In the 3rd week of doing these, I 100% noticed a difference in my punches on the bag, especially with my left (weaker of the two in punching). I used to get "buckling" with my left wrist occasionally and that was gone now.
Anyways, to cut to the chase, I noticed an increase in wrist strength, shoulder strength, abs and lower back stability and just an all around better sense of balance. Things I didn't like were head rushes, losing balance and smashing furniture, and sore wrists from stupidly forgetting to stretch.
Ok so this sort of did turn in to a pros/cons post.
What are your thoughts on this workout? Any positive thoughts/knowledge to add? Or hey negative works too, as knowledge period is key...