Free Press Conditioning Session
Struggling to press to handstand? Have you been told:
“You need a 2 minute wall handstand.” “You must have a flat pancake.” “You have to have a perfectly straight handstand first.” “You need a 30s tuck planche.”
While there is a grain of truth within all of these, none of them are required.
From teaching thousands of people to press, we’ve separated such myths from reality and identified the physical abilities necessary to achieve the press.
That’s why we created this free press to handstand physical preparation session, Press Prep. By adding it on to your regular training you’ll build the specific strength and coordination to break through the limitations that have kept you from achieving the press.
Prepare your body for the press!
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Free Press Conditioning Session
Struggling to press to handstand? Have you been told:
“You need a 2 minute wall handstand.”
“You must have a flat pancake.”
“You have to have a perfectly straight handstand first.”
“You need a 30s tuck planche.”
While there is a grain of truth within all of these, none of them are required.
From teaching thousands of people to press, we’ve separated such myths from reality and identified the physical traits necessary to achieve the press.
That’s why we created this free press to handstand physical preparation session, Press Prep. By adding it on to the end of your regular training you’ll build the specific strength and coordination to break through the limitations that have kept you from achieving the press.
Prepare your body for the press!
Enter your email below to join our mailing list to get the Press Prep training session.
What you really need to start training the press
There’s many myths around what you need to begin press to handstand training.
Some say you need incredible flexibility like a flat pancake, yet the tuck press doesn’t use any of that range.
Others say you need minutes of handstand endurance, but there are people who can press before they can balance a freestanding handstand!
But because these myths persist, people will chase arbitrary goals for years that don’t get them any closer to the press.
In our experience coaching thousands since 2018, these are the three traits we have found necessary to achieve the press:
- The specific shoulder strength to shift the weight onto your hands.
- The compression strength that will help you shorten the trajectory of the press, making it easier.
- The coordination of hips, shoulders and spinal articulation in a press.
These traits are integral to the press. And by training them with our targeted exercises, they’ll help you break through the limitations have kept you from achieving the press.
What’s it like to train with us?
“Last time I tried [the press], about a year ago, I couldn’t do this. Now I can, it was fun!”
– Lars R.
“[The ROM press] is such a good movement, still lots of work but I can feel the body in inversion so much more than 6 weeks ago 🙏 I really like this movement.”
– Michal T.
“[My wall presses] are feeling better! I can finally feel my hip flexors working, and it feels like I’m doing a better job at keeping my low back from arching.”
– Elin H.
Your Handbalancing Instructors
Mikael Kristiansen and Emmet Louis are both international teachers of handbalancing and flexibility and have spent big chunks of their lives studying and understanding all aspects of these skills professionally both as performers and teachers. With Handstand Factory, they now want to demystify and simplify the process of learning handstands, and make it accessible to anyone wanting to learn to stand on their hands.
PRESS PREP
Prepare your body for the press!
Enter your email below to join our mailing list to get the Press Prep training session.