Comments on: Exercise of the Week #4 Handstand http://www.train2move.com/2009/03/06/exercise-of-the-week-4-handstand/ Fitness, Training, Health & Conditioning Wed, 18 May 2011 20:58:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: coach S http://www.train2move.com/2009/03/06/exercise-of-the-week-4-handstand/comment-page-1/#comment-120 coach S Sat, 07 Mar 2009 07:18:22 +0000 http://www.train2move.com/?p=335#comment-120 once you start getting pretty good at doing handstands, they become really fun as a wider range of variations become available. eventually you can start doing them anywhere on almost anything stable. i think its really impressive when someone can slowly push themselves up into a handstand without any sort of jump into it. Of course, if you get really good, you can start doing them on unstable objects such as gymnist rings. now that takes strength and efficiency. just be careful when doing them on elevated objects... once you start getting pretty good at doing handstands, they become really fun as a wider range of variations become available. eventually you can start doing them anywhere on almost anything stable. i think its really impressive when someone can slowly push themselves up into a handstand without any sort of jump into it. Of course, if you get really good, you can start doing them on unstable objects such as gymnist rings. now that takes strength and efficiency. just be careful when doing them on elevated objects…

]]> By: Ben http://www.train2move.com/2009/03/06/exercise-of-the-week-4-handstand/comment-page-1/#comment-119 Ben Sat, 07 Mar 2009 06:44:43 +0000 http://www.train2move.com/?p=335#comment-119 http://www.oliepeil.nl/archief/handstand-thumb.jpg After 1 day of working on your handstands this is the result. Despite age. http://www.oliepeil.nl/archief/handstand-thumb.jpg

After 1 day of working on your handstands this is the result. Despite age.

]]> By: Scott http://www.train2move.com/2009/03/06/exercise-of-the-week-4-handstand/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Scott Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:15:51 +0000 http://www.train2move.com/?p=335#comment-117 Good Question. Squats is easy. if you have any imbalances in your posture (one hip higher than the other, one shoulder higher than the other, scoliosis, lordosis, kyphosis etc) you create some serious long term side effects if you put a tremendous amount of weight onto your misaligned spine. I honestly just never use them. I could go on and on as to how many reasons there are to avoid this move but the other big one is the fact it tightens up your hips which leads to several serious muscular efficiency isues. Good Question. Squats is easy. if you have any imbalances in your posture (one hip higher than the other, one shoulder higher than the other, scoliosis, lordosis, kyphosis etc) you create some serious long term side effects if you put a tremendous amount of weight onto your misaligned spine. I honestly just never use them. I could go on and on as to how many reasons there are to avoid this move but the other big one is the fact it tightens up your hips which leads to several serious muscular efficiency isues.

]]> By: Joe the Trainer http://www.train2move.com/2009/03/06/exercise-of-the-week-4-handstand/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Joe the Trainer Sat, 07 Mar 2009 04:00:28 +0000 http://www.train2move.com/?p=335#comment-116 A lot of people in the rec center at my school do squats and power cleans. I know the list of negative stimulus' during these exercises could be longer that most text books but in your opinion, what about them scares you the most when training an athlete? A lot of people in the rec center at my school do squats and power cleans. I know the list of negative stimulus’ during these exercises could be longer that most text books but in your opinion, what about them scares you the most when training an athlete?

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