Comments on: Why Core Strength will not improve your Handstand

By: Sonja Marina Smith-Novak

Sonja Marina Smith-Novak — Sat, 20 Oct 2018 01:44:31 +0000

In reply to Fanny. Thanks! Hahaha you should have seen him in the background going crazy because of the heat

By: Fanny

Fanny — Fri, 19 Oct 2018 04:20:42 +0000

Hahaha Ivo is a patient man ;D Good stuff Soundschi! x

By: Sonja Marina Smith-Novak

Sonja Marina Smith-Novak — Mon, 01 Oct 2018 02:53:31 +0000

In reply to Nour Gheita. Hi Nour! Thank you so much for your comment! I just saw it now because for some reason I didn't get a notification, so sorry for that. You are right about the presses. The more your upper body bends towards the floor, the more the core will have to be engaged, but also your shoulders will have a lot more weight on them, so they as well will have to resist gravity even more. Thanks for sharing your Instagram, I will check it out and write you a PM :).

By: Nour Gheita

Nour Gheita — Tue, 25 Sep 2018 09:58:59 +0000

Thank you for this! I lack core strength and can handstand just fine…however, puppy presses do need core right? Or any kind of presses need core?

Also wanted to ask something about wrist safety/care. I sometimes overdo it with handstands and my wrists get really sore. It becomes so painful to just flex my hand and that little bone popping out of my wrist (don’t know what its called :D) really hurts and the area around it mainly. Am I injuring myself? It takes about a week to completely go back to normal..how can I avoid this from happening? If you could check out my instagram (nour_yoga) could you also look at my handstand alignment? My arms are not completely straight and I don’t quite know how to improve it? Are my shoulders or wrists that need working on? Just want you to see what it looks like so you can judge. Thank you so much for your help! 🙂