How to Do the Handstand Push-Ups
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💪 Shoulders, Triceps🏋️ Body Only📊 Expert🏷️ Strength
How to perform it
- With your back to the wall bend at the waist and place both hands on the floor at shoulder width.
- 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.
- 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.
- Push yourself back up slowly as you exhale until your elbows are nearly locked.
- Repeat for the recommended amount of repetitions.
Muscles worked
The Handstand Push-Ups primarily targets your Shoulders, with support from your Triceps. You'll need body only.
Make it count toward your goal
Random sets rarely move the needle. In NYUS, the Handstand Push-Ups slots into a plan built for your goal — sets and reps set in the plan, logged in two taps, and folded into a weekly check-in that adjusts your calories, macros and step goal.