The handstand is one of those hero level moves that requires your strength and balance to be on point, and it happens too Look pretty cool, whether you’re Britney Spears or MMA fighter Georges St-Pierre. “I like to think of a well-rounded handstand as this triumvirate where strength, stability, and position are worked on your own specific needs,” Former Gymnastics USA National Coach and CrossFitter David During said men’s health.
So it makes sense that this core-burn exercise would serve as a convenient avenue for our mental and physical energy in 2020, when we were all stuck at home.
The original handstand challenge, popularized on social media by celebrities like Tom Holland and Maggie Gyllenhaal, involved putting on a t-shirt while holding a handstand on the wall. Olympian Lolo Jones took a couple of steps past her, showing off her impressive strength and stability by donning a T-shirt and sipping wine as she held a handstand with seemingly little effort. So star gymnast simone bile offered his version of the challenge, kicking off his sweatpants with his feet while in a handstand, inspiring Olympians Nasty Liukin and Shawn Johnson to try it too.
And now, two years later, the handstand challenge is back, albeit in a slightly different form. A new version of the viral trend is circulating on TikTok that various dancers, gymnasts, and athletes are performing involves a higher skill level and should No be tested at home by someone who has not done the necessary training.
In the new #wallhandstandchallenge videos, which have garnered a collective million views on the platform, people stand with one leg extended so their foot is flat against a wall, then turn their bodies so their backs are to the wall with his foot still in position. They then rotate their upper body down, planting their hands firmly on the ground, lifting the other foot into a handstand, and moving the first foot off the wall, moving into a reverse split.
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It’s the type of movement that demands a high degree of mobility, flexibility, and stability in addition to the core strength required of a traditional handstand. If you missed the TikTok challenge the first time but feel like trying it now, make sure you don’t jump into this particular variation alone, as you’ll almost certainly risk injury. Instead, try to master the classic move first.
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