Handstand Push-Ups

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Handstand Push-Ups — start position
Start
Handstand Push-Ups — finish position
Finish
Muscles worked
PrimaryShoulders
SecondaryTriceps

How to do it

  1. 01

    With your back to the wall bend at the waist and place both hands on the floor at shoulder width.

  2. 02

    Kick yourself up against the wall with your arms straight. Your body should be upside down with the arms and legs fully extended. Keep your whole body as straight as possible. Tip: If doing this for the first time, have a spotter help you. Also, make sure that you keep facing the wall with your head, rather than looking down.

  3. 03

    Slowly lower yourself to the ground as you inhale until your head almost touches the floor. Tip: It is of utmost importance that you come down slow in order to avoid head injury.

  4. 04

    Push yourself back up slowly as you exhale until your elbows are nearly locked.

  5. 05

    Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.

In the app

Handstand Push-Ups needs no kit, so it appears whenever the day's window has room for it. Loads come from Rule 3 (Loads rise when earned, read from RPE, graded strong) and climb on the reps you actually did.

If a machine is taken the engine swaps a same-pattern movement and says why.

Same pattern, with kit

Same movement pattern, same primary muscles — swap by what you have.

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