Wall Handstand Hold: Chest to the Wall
Walk your feet up the wall until your chest faces it and your body is straight. Lock your arms, push the floor away and hold for 20 seconds. The step up from the pike hold.
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How to do it
- 1
Start in a plank
Hands on the floor a little way from the wall, feet against the bottom of the wall behind you.
- 2
Walk up
Walk your feet up the wall and your hands in towards it, one small step at a time. Stop wherever you still feel in control.
- 3
Chest to the wall
Aim for your hands a short way from the wall and your body straight, chest facing it. Ribs down, bottom tight.
- 4
Lock and push
Arms locked, push the floor away. Hold for 20 seconds, breathing.
- 5
Come down the way you went up
Walk your hands out and your feet down, slowly. Never kick off the wall.
- 6
The test
Your arms stay locked and your body stays straight for the whole hold. When you sag or your arms bend, walk down.
Watch for
- Arching your back. Ribs down and squeeze your bottom.
- Bent arms. Lock them.
- Rushing the way down. Walk down as slowly as you walked up.