Hi there. I’m trying to learn how to stand/walk on my hands, would very much appreciate your input.
Problem is I’m 196 cm tall and I weigh about 180 punds. It’s very hard for me to get up on my hands, ie put my hands on the floor and kick off, and if I succeed, I immediately fall down in a heap in a random direction…
I think I can hold my weight up, it’s just that I never get a chance to try.
I need a way to practise balance.. without the taxing trying-to-get-upside-down procedure. I think that if I could just isolate and train the balance part, the rest will be easier. I’ve even considered designing a system of ropes and pulleys to drag my feet up in the air, but that might be overkill..
Get someone to hold your legs while you are in the handstand. This way you can get you balance gradually - and there’s less falling over. They can also lead you as you learn to walk on your hands.
I think that’s the best way..you really REALLY need to make sure you have the arm strength before you start walking on your hands. I would recommend that you start against a wall, or with someone holding your feet, just until you gain the arm strength and mainly STAMINA to keep yourself up. Try handstand pushups against the wall for a while…get that going well, then start using your feet against the wall to walk in and out from the wall. then, start kicking up into one, and that’s where you are going to do the best by just PRACTICING…
Hey, if my 4 year old son can walk on HIS hands…you can too!!
fall on your ass, fall on your head, fall on your neck, make it a couple steps and then fall on your face.
the only way to learn to do it is by doing it. walking is much easier than standing still. the good news is that it’s like riding a bike . .. once you get it you never forget how. i tried it the other day after about a year of not doing it and was still able to make it 5 or 6 steps on my first try. i used to be able to do rounds around large groups of cubicles, but i never have been able to stand still on my hands for very long.
oh also remember to arch your back when you’re first starting out. the more you arch your back and hang your legs over (without actually falling) the eaiser it will be. just work on getting them straighter after you can make it a couple steps consistantly.
i remember it took me about 3 days of constant practice to get it, but like i said, you never forget after that.
Do push-ups with increasing gradients (normal, feet on bed, etc, then up to wall… finding something between bed and wall may be a problem, but you should have some kind of fence or something if you don’t mind looking like a pillock!). Then practise kicking up to it.
And as GDA said, you practise by practising… er… or something!
Originally posted by GunnedDownAtrocity fall on your ass, fall on your head, fall on your neck, make it a couple steps and then fall on your face.
LOL :D, this is true, it’s how little girls (OK Wen, and boys ) learn! It hurts!
i used to be able to do rounds around large groups of cubicles
Funny thing is…Josh started doing it on his own. He never really crawled..it was always on his tiptoes bent over with his hands down (he didn’t like the feeling of the carpet on his knees). From there, he started putting his feet on the walls and walking up them backwards with his hands still on the ground, so it was only natural that he started getting away from the walls and walking on his hands…
I also think he saw Dragon~ The Bruce Lee Story one to many times
When I was in High School I took gymnastics.. and we learned by using a wall and holding it as long as possible… the mistake most people do is to arch their back… try to stay hollow.. imagine the same position when you raise your legs 6 inches off the ground and arms extended over your head.. by holding it you will also build strength in the arms shoulders and stomach and back
First mistake: Don’t look at the floor. Fix your eyes on the ceiling across the room from you, if the room is small. reason: People want to look at the floor. It destroys your posture, which is important upside down too.
Second mistake: Don’t pigeon-toe your hands outward, it locks your elbows. Which is no better than locking your knees.
First exercise: Use a wall. Start by going into a handstand near a wall and try to get as little contact as possible.
Second: As first, but slowly lower yourself down as low as reasonably possible, and push yourself up.
Third exercise with wall: Do a handstand a couple feet away from the wall facing the wall. Reach out with your foot and touch the wall lightly to balance. Switch feet. Switch feet. Switch feet. etc.
Fourth exercise: While standing on hands, suck your pelvis back behind CoG, then push it forward, repeat until comfortable.
Fifth exercise with wall: As second exercise. Tilt from side to side with your legs. Play with your balance.
Important: Practice with cartwheels and any other sort of movement on your hands. Focus on doing them LOW and VERY SLOW.
mat … how old are you man? i ask because of your confusion on other typical locations of cubicles. by the looks of your profile you’re older than i am.
justice . .. i found it much easier to sart by arching my back. after i got the hang of that i was able to straighten out my legs. i think i look at the floor too. i have used a wall to do handstand pushups, but not to learn to walk on my hands. i just fell a lot. got good at rolling instead of falling on my head though. i guess the lesson learned here is that you can do it completely wrong but with practice you’ll at least be able to do it . .. . like sex.
Maybe it’s an English thing? In British (real!) English we only ever really use ‘cubicles’ to describe the things in public washrooms, changing rooms, or at a stretch, voting booths or something like that…
ahh .. sorry .. makes more sense then if its one of dem english things.
i meant office cubicles … but a large group of them. proably about 8 long and two wide … used to be able to walk around the entire thing at least once.
I suppose we might use cubicle for that… I’d probably use booth again…
and most offices I’ve worked in have been open plan: I don’t think sectioning off is so popular in the UK…
good advice guys, i came in to this late but just wanted to say good luck
We do a handstand exercise as part of my hard qigong training and have to stay upside down (against a wall) for a while (50 breaths)… it’s very difficult to keep your body straight, and good posture… really makes u get tired lol but makes you feel a lot stronger.
