Handstand Parkour Training

[KyleBallingerPK]

Have u got any tips to improve my upper body strength?

thankyou. :D

btw amazing vid, very relaxed.

[AfroPK]

@KyleBallingerPK Well the upper body is a fairly vague thing. Are you trying to push better? Pull better? And in what position? Get back to me and I'll tell ya

[KyleBallingerPK]

@AfroPK Well more push, im trying to get better with my handstands but not just holding handstands, like handstand pushups and shizz but i think to do that my upper body strength needs to improve.

so push better i guess, :D cheers!

[AfroPK]

@KyleBallingerPK Well the best way to get better handstand pushups is to do a lot of handstand push ups. So several times a day (aim for 8 times) do a few HSPUs. Don't practice them to failure, just do a comfortable number. (NOTE: This works with all sorts of strength feats, ie One arm chin ups, push ups, front levers, etc).

Also, try levers/presses into handstands with bent arms and straight arms.

Essentially, to get stronger do a lot more handstands/hspu

[KyleBallingerPK]

@AfroPK Ok dude, thanks lots for your help.  :D

[AfroPK]

@KyleBallingerPK Glad I could help

[INEParkour]

hey nice handstands im trying to do that too.

please thumbs up my 1 month beginner parkour video!

[Michael8Christian]

nice vid  , excellent handstand work

[NinjaNima95]

very very nice man !!!!!! wow!

[TheJamesPope]

wonderful wonderful compilation video

five stars

[PKDana]

Hey! Nice vid, very impressive! I just uploaded my first handstand video but its nothing close to this! Can't wait till my handstands get to this level.. by the way, are there any tutorials for 1:31 ?

[AfroPK]

There are a whole bunch of tutorials for those, they are called straddle presses and one step in the progression towards full straddle presses :)

[o2training]

nice!

[JKPK3RUN]

how long did it take u to make them so controlled

[JKPK3RUN]

how can u controll them so well

[AfroPK]

You can practice handstands and handstand pushups.

[Jesusdragon737]

2:18 - 2:50 woa man. I can only do one of those. You did 4 in a row. Respect

[AfroPK]

Yeah....That was my second time trying them in a row so im not sure how you could train them (if you were interested) :/ But thank you nonetheless!

[stuchaboi]

skills

[Zcqead]

Ivvi, you are ridiculous. Was good training with you today, mate.

[AfroPK]

@Zcqead I agree mate! And the video is just about ready! Just gotta renda it, was thinkin in 720 by 360. What say you?

[TraceurKyle]

Really nice job man! Tremendous progression.

[pmakosyo]

verrrrryyyyy niceeeeeeee! :) You also give thinks to try:P

[mlpdleal]

wow!

[DrAlexisOlson]

Very nice! I really like all the dynamic handstand work.

[AfroPK]

@DrAlexisOlson Hey! Ive watched your videos and i love your tumbling, especially your front passes! And thank you for your comment, do you have any other variations i should try out?

[DrAlexisOlson]

You could try some more press handstand variations. I just uploaded a video of me and my teammates doing some crazy strength stuff. There might be some stuff in it you might be interested in learning.

[Maseconditioning]

this second one handed handstand was quite nice. just do some sidesplit training and you will make some good progress. and i like your very slow rock ups :-)

[AfroPK]

@Maseconditioning The second one was cuz of the elbow bend. Someone on gymnastic bodies mentioned it but i didnt really try it out. Happy i did! And yeah, my straddle needs a lot of work! I think ill start working on that. How should i go about it?

[alcaknight]

Funny how your dad is just like, "Whatever." in the background haha.

Nice job, looking really good. You can become the next junior if you keep it up! :D

[AfroPK]

@alcaknight Yeah, my family no longer notices when im doing handstand stuff just because i do it so often :)

And thank you, maybe ill get to avoid the hip problems though, you know?

[alcaknight]

Haha, I used to do handstands so much that my parents were just like, whatever, too. Ahh, I miss those days. Now it's just lifting. :D

[AfroPK]

@alcaknight If you miss them then start training them again :P And what lifts do you do?

[alcaknight]

Haha, I'm a bodybuilder, ish, so I go to the gym around 3-4 times a week. I actually just went outside today and ran around town in the snow. Parkour is theee shizz. Glad I am starting up again. :D

[AfroPK]

@alcaknight Nice to have you back! And how big are you now? Does it help you out or not so much?

[alcaknight]

I've gained around 35-40 pounds since I've started. Started at 130ish and now am 170ish. 5'8".

I'm not sure if it helps yet, but I haven't ran in a LONG time, so yesterday was just like. Bam. Haha, but I don't think it has hindered me any.

[Dagepk]

I've been waiting for this video, your handstand progression looks really similiar to mine. Awesome handstand drops there!

[AerialDreamz]

sick sick sick alot of improvement no doubt, really nice control