Handspring dreams? Let's first look at how you do the butterfly.
🙋🏽♀️When I ask what you would like help with, 'handspring' is one of the most frequent responses.
Why do we want to handspring? Because it represents strength and badassery!
But when our only strategy is kicking up, do we really know where we are going? Or what alignment we're looking for at the top?
In this video, I offer some insight into a progression I teach.
It's all about learning to re-organize a 'butterfly' to be:
💪🏼More arm dominant (push-pull in action)
↕️More vertically stacked
🔮Full of possibilities
Generally, for handsprings, I teach true grip, then cup grip, then twisted grip—from the top down, starting as a positional isometric and following principles of progressive overload.
Why? I want both of us to be sure that you know how to support yourself safely before adding
bigger motions ( like kicking up and orientation change).
And— I want to reduce the likelihood that you will bypass muscular support and hang from your ligaments (as twisted grip tends to allow).
ligament dangling = welcoming injuries ( @doctorkenpoleninja says so)
So, I recommend starting the journey to handspring with:
👉🏼A strong sense of static positional support
👉🏼 Learning to land lightly
👉🏼 Improving body awareness while inverted
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Btw, I edit these videos myself, and it takes me a long while. But, when I see that this material helps reduce frustration and help pole more safely—I feel affirmed that it's totally worth it.
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