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šØ Why Walking Handstands Can Slow Your Handstand Progress
Walking handstands look cool.
They look advanced.
And they feel like progress.
But if your goal is to actually learn a clean, controlled handstand, walking too early can quietly hold you back.
Hereās why.
A walking handstand is not a balance skill first.
Itās mostly a controlled forward fall.
If you donāt yet own a stacked line
shoulders over wrists
ribs tucked
glutes engaged
walking lets you avoid the hardest part of handstands:
š Staying still.
Most people who āwalkā early are:
ā¢ arching through the lower back
ā¢ dumping weight into one shoulder at a time
ā¢ never truly stacking over their base
ā¢ building speed instead of control
That pattern becomes a habit.
And later, when they try to hold a freestanding handstand, they feel strongā¦ but unstable.
This shows up as:
ā¢ constant overbalancing forward
ā¢ banana shape you canāt fix
ā¢ shaky holds that fall apart under 5 seconds
Walking handstands are awesome later.
They build:
ā¢ shoulder endurance
ā¢ confidence upside down
ā¢ directional control
But only after you can:
ā¢ hold a stacked wall handstand
ā¢ float your feet off the wall without swinging
ā¢ maintain control for a few seconds in freestanding
Think of it like parkour or gymnastics.
You donāt run a lache before you can swing with control.
You donāt do flips before landing mechanics exist.
Same thing here.
Build the stillness first.
Then add movement.
š¬ Do you currently practice walking handstands, or are you still building your base first?
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šØ Why Walking Handstands Can Slow Your Handstand Progress
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