Press handstand tutorials
Learn to transfer your weight from your feet to your hands without using momentum.
Press handstand tutorials
Master the straddle press handstand with a step-by-step system designed to build the strength, compression, control, and technique required for a clean and effortless press-up.
How does it work
Your complete guide to mastering press handstands
Our Handstand Press Tutorials are built as a complete step-by-step system designed to help you truly understand and master the press.
Inside the program, you’ll find a full exercise library with detailed technique explanations, precision cues, and progressions, so you can revisit and refine each exercise and always make sure you are training with the best possible technique.
The program is divided into three levels, each following the same structure: two three-week training blocks with three different sessions per week, designed to be repeated in order to build strength, awareness, and consistency.
Each session lasts approximately 25–30 minutes and is designed to complement your regular handstand practice. To support your training, we also include a full-body warm-up, cool-down, and additional hip mobility work for those who need more flexibility to unlock their press.
Once you complete a level and feel ready, you can simply progress to the next stage of the program.
What does it include
MORE THAN 25 EXERCISES DETAILED IN A SPECIFIC TUTORIAL VIDEO
In-depth explanations to help you perform each exercise with proper form and understand the mechanics behind every phase of the press handstand.
3 PROGRAMS WITH MULTIPLE LEVELS — FROM BASICS TO PRESS-UP
Progress at your own pace with structured programs that guide you from building essential strength and flexibility all the way to a smooth handstand press-up.
You will need
Wall space, yoga blocks, resistance bands, a chair or box, weights, and a strap.
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What does it cover
01.
You don’t need to be balancing on your hands yet!
- A slow and progressive approach designed to help you build strong muscle memory and create a solid foundation from the very beginning of your learning journey.
- Exercises targeting strength-building for the key actions of the press.
- Exercises focusing on the mechanics of the handstand press-up.
02.
Starting to require a freestanding handstand
- Deeper work on strength and flexibility to support more advanced exercises.
- Specific drills to develop each phase of the press-up.
- Starting to spend more time supporting your full body weight and developing your balance.
- Starting to put all the pieces of the puzzle together: technique, strength, and mobility.
03.
The goal is to make it happen!
- Drilling the movement through targeted exercises and repetitions to develop the control, timing, and strength needed to confidently achieve the full press-up movement.
- Spending more time practicing the full movement to build the strength and muscle memory needed to achieve the handstand press-up.
- Starting to work on seated entries.
Ready to learn how to press handstand?
The press handstand is an intermediate skill that requires you to be able to comfortably balance in a handstand for approximately 20 seconds. However, our first step focuses on building strength and flexibility, so you can start working on the press handstand technique even if you're not yet holding a stable handstand. Progress at your own pace, and move on to the next steps whenever you feel ready and confident.