The Ultimate Handstand Push-Up Tutorial (INCREASE REPS)

The handstand push up is a a fundamental calisthenics exercise for training overhead pressing strength and increasing reps.

This FitnessFAQs tutorial is going to discuss tips and the best exercise progression methods to use. Beginners generally spend their time working on the pike push-up. Eventually the challenge should be increased by doing the wall handstand push up. Most people struggle going straight into chest to wall handstand pushups due to the difficulty. When used correctly with the right technique, back to wall handstand push-ups are a valuable intermediate exercise.

This video will be useful for all levels including those involved in crossfit or anyone training at home looking for a handstand push up strength booster!

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[techgeek.]

I thought he was doing a collab with calisthenicmovement for a second.

[bartosz]

U know ur a true calisthenics athlete when u go to a park to work out yet bring ur own parallettes 😂😂💪💪💪💪

[nishantpajni]

Hey man just to let you know u are amazing and inspire me everyday to work harder. Keep it up man!

[carlpiaf]

There's an important intermediate step missing here Daniel: the one legged elevated pike pushup. This significantly increases the overload necessary to put additional stress on the shoulders and is a good transition between the full pike pushup and wall hspu. I've never seen any mention it before. It also has the added advantage of producing some torsion due to its asymmetry. What do you think?

[lucasrenaudie]

No. F*ckng. Way. Literally finally got my first rep 2 days ago after almost 1 year of practicing handstands, and this shows up. You're the best Daniel, keep it up 👊

[gornobaneca]

I haven't watched the whole video yet. But the exercise that got me through the plateau were the rings pike push-ups. With elevated feet once the regular ones become easy

[goodyeoman]

Took me a while to get the hang of pike push ups. Filming definitely helped. Took a few weeks to get to the 12-15 rep range. Now I've progressed to doing them with my feet on a box. All thanks to the tips and cues learned on this brilliant channel. Thanks, mate, from England.

[Dorfjunge]

Of course it is easy doing handstand push-ups when you live in Australia!....

[mangodale.bingleman]

Here are my thoughts on CTW and BTW HSPUs.

*Chest to wall HSPUs:*
Pros:
- Replicates the exact freestanding HSPUs form
- Can be easily get in the position without any fear
- Have to push roughly the same weight as the freestanding one.
Cons:
- For beginners the exercise is hard so the feet naturally pushes to the wall
- Moving from CTW to freestanding is hard because the feet constantly falls off
- Body alignment becomes awkward when hand is too close

*Back to wall HSPUs:*
Pros:
- You can't push the feet to the wall or else you fall
- Less scary in position because you can fall to the back
Cons:
- Doesn't exactly replicate the full HSPUs
- When doing bent the knees varition it requires basic squat mobility
- When doing straight legs variation you have to arch your back
- Elbows are in an awkward position when hand is too close

Conclusion: It's better to do both variations than only one in order to have all benefits from both.

[alanequi]

With this channel's YTWL exercise video, I got rid of my rotator cuff pain, then suddenly I made big progress with the handstand push-up. Now I understand that it wasn't coincidence. Thanks, Daniel!

[nickeyboi]

This was excellent! The knowledge and understanding of physiology in play definitely takes this to the next level, and gives us a clear reason reason why and how to work the progressions. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge. It even inspires old guys (67) like me to improve!

[macsantos]

For the back to wall HSPU what I do is bend a leg and support that foot to the wall then straighten the other leg and keep it lined up with my torso, away from the wall. It feels really comfortable and keeps me from arching my back

[brianwright]

Thanks brotha. VERY helpful! I can get up to 16 back to walk handstand push-ups and have always wondered what the difference was with chest to wall. I found my answer and I'm gonna start chest to wall 💪🏿

[samholland]

Thanks for this, been working on my HSPU for the last 6 months or so. I've not hear the rotator cuff info before so will definitely be incorporating!

[JordanH]

Probably the only guy I’d pay to have as a one on one PT in a gym

[Jpeverything]

Great work! Something that helped me a lot is changing the set up of exercises for the HSPU: using Rings for Pike Push Ups, adding weight to easier progressions, working on other handstand moves, changing depth and repetition time or pausing at a certain position in the movement.

[manishtandel]

I used to do elevated hand stand pushups ( back against the wall ) they are really great for freestyle handstand pushups.

[krajab]

Chest to wall is my favorite because it allows me to lean forward while executing the handstand pushup

[siryusmusic]

Really good point Daniel! An easy fix for the arched back on the back to wall HSPU is to bend one knee touching the wall meanwhile having the other one straight. Like the Back to wall Handstand with one leg bent.

[Dylaneilton]

One of the top 5 fitness channels on YouTube IMO