[begginerbboy]

hello everyone ive been reading those handstand guides and i always see the same stuff use your palms and fingers bend your back but i dont understand the whole lock your shoulders thing and i wanted to know becase im 5feet 10 wats the best way for me to handstand i try with my legs straight i try with one bent and one straight(doesnt work because im not used to it) vids, picks and opinions and help would be much appreciated



THANK YOU to anyone that helps me out

[tony33]

Locking your shoulders basically means just "stiff" them so you're not shaking your arms around. Handstands take a while to get down, just keep practicing and you'll get it. You're not going to get it down in a week.

[buituyenjr]

it's better if u post a pic of u doing handstand and tell us ur problem

[begginerbboy]

ok will do
i will have a pic in a while

[begginerbboy]

i uploaded some piks

and my problem is i cant hold it for that long wat im saying is i cant balance

[tony33]

Keep practicing.

[buituyenjr]

there's nothing wrong with u
handstand is hard, it took me 9 months straight to keep like 20s balancing
start practice with ur legs closed, like you standing tall uhmm... salute? lol
it's a lot harder but it'll help u improve faster
make sure u breathe while handstanding =] and practice in an open space so that u would fall down on something
peace,

[begginerbboy]

thanks

[EviLPhreak]

LOL.

What I do to hold my handstand is bend arms a lil bit and make an arm transitions that is what i call it basicly its if you are losing your balance and you go foward you go morer on the end of your plam but if you are going backwards you go on your fingers.

[T-ReX]

I 'll try to give you some advice from my experience.

That locking your shoulders thing is very important to progress in standing longer on your hands. Because I didn't know locking my shoulders was nessecary, my handstand almost never got better. After I knew to lock, like in a week I coul stand on my hands for 60 sec.

Hope the best for you at training them

[freaknasty]

It's all practice. Practice against a wall and then when you feel like you've gotten some balance from the wall lean off of it and rinse and repeat. It's usually just a matter of preserverance, like alot of other moves. But handstands do help tremendously with alot of moves