Evolution of my Straddle Press to Handstand

If you're struggeling with your press to handstand at the moment, I hope this episode will give you some valuable insights to reflect on.

A couple of days ago I was really excited to finally have managed to straddle press up to handstand for the first time in my life. Eventhough it was a very ugly one it felt like a huge win, because I had already given up on thinking that it would ever happen.

While I was training for it for about the last 9 months I was really really frustrated at times and kept wondering if I was training differently than others who achieved it. I couldn't believe that it could be so difficult, since I was seeing people who learned it really fast, sometimes even without being able to hold a straight handstand.

So I figured it could be helpful for anybody who is in the process to hear about my insights and see what my process looked like to get some perspective from a case where it worked. I don't own the skill yet and have trouble recreating it on a consistent basis, but the progress is obvious and I know I'm going in the right direction.

Feel free to comment any thoughts/questions/doubts, since this is a good subject for discussion. Everybody is different so let us know about your experiences.

Here's the link to Yuri Marmersteins Blog post about organizing the shoulders in a press vs a handstand push-up or a planche:

http://yuri-mar.com/blog/2018/6/20/handstand-wall-leans-organizing-the-shoulders-for-press-versus-hspu

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Keep it playful,

-Soundschi

Timestamps:
0:00 Welcome
0:08 Intro
1:45 What do you need to Press
3:00 Tuck progress
3:54 Straddle progress
4:40 Excercises I did
6:00 What was missing
7:35 Spotting
8:07 First Press
8:40 Issue #1: Learning the Press
10:27 Issue #2
12:00 Issue #3
13:26 Little motivation and final words
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