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Details of the 8-week curriculum

 

 

Module 1: Setting the Foundations

 

  • Foundation Training: getting rid of all bad habits in handstands

  •  Consistent vs straight vs long holds - The pyramid of priorities for faster success

  • Kick-up 101: the ideal set-up to control momentum

  • Alignment 101: Are you a feet together or a staggered leg person? 

  • Shoulder mobility 101: closed vs open shoulders and their implications.

  • Spatial orientation upside down: learning to navigate space in inversions

  • Smart learning for adults: How to set better goals and plan your training sessions for success

  • Shoulder alignment: Stacking vs Hollowbacking, and why hollowbacking is the #1 mistake in beginners!

  • The pitfall of wall-practice and how to avoid it

  • How to practice to grow independent from the wall

  • Personal, thorough analysis of your handstands and roadmap to success

  • Full Glossary of terms

 

 

 

Module 2: Mastering your kick-up

 

 

  • The 8 Handstand Pillars: working on what matters to progress faster

  • Warm-up vs Prehab: how to build strong joints for a resilient and sustainable practice 

  • Wall 101: how to use the wall properly chest to wall and back to wall

  • The 8 Back to wall Progressions

  • The Kick-up deconstructed: front leg vs back leg vs shoulder flexion

  • Body awareness: Learning to feel the weight micro-shifts

  • Strength: Determining your baseline strength and how to grow stronger through handstands

  • How to track your progress in a precise, empowering way

 

 

Module 3: The mechanical alignment

 

  • Straight vs Pike vs hollowback: The 3 families of alignment

  • Beyond "proper aligment", the rules of a Functional Alignment

  • Shoulder mobility: Assessing your range of motion

 

  • What to do if you have closed shoulders

  • What to do if you have hyperflexible shoulders

  • Balancing or falling? The 5 handstand zones

  • The Reshaping method: How to find the alignment that suits you

  • Fingers 101: How to take off the wall properly

 

 

Module 4: Balancing your alignment 

 

  • The Five Golden Rules of handstands

  • Decoding any handstand line: The shoulder - pelvis - leg relationship

  • 9 Bailing progressions to learn to exit safely a falling handstand

  • 6 Freestanding progressions to start conquering fear, even if you're dead afraid of falling!

  • How to build confidence in the middle of the room

  • How to straighten your arched back

  • The 11 progressions from zero to freestanding


 

 

Module 5: Balance and micro-corrections

 

  • Finger pushing vs Finger pulsing

  • Micro-balance and macro-balance in handstands
  • The 3 Balance landmarks: How balance changes from 0 to 5, 5 to 10 and beyond 10 seconds
  • All the mistakes that prevent you from balancing longer
  • The role of shoulders and elbows in balance

  • Introduction to Piking

  • Cementing your skills

 

 

Module 6: Fear and confidence 

 

  • The Playground concept: how to increase consistency and duration

  • Getting rid of the wall: the 2 practice distances

  • How to get rid of the wall - trust drills and timeframes

  • Finding your functional shape in the middle of the room

  • Achieving 15 seconds on demand

  • The Roadmap - how to decypher all the shapes you want to master

  • The mental game of handstands - how to assess the pace of your progress

  • The Mighty Elevator drill: build up superior control and pave the way to the press

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