Hello fans!

I see you are back, so obviously you liked what you saw last time and want to see some more gymnastics.

This week, I focused more on the handstand part of my goal. I think that starting there will give me the best shot because as you guys saw last week, I can’t quite get straight on my cartwheel either. So becoming comfortable being vertical was my goal for this week!

To start it off, I have created a screencast going over some of the exercises I have been doing!

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/screencastify-screen-vide/mmeijimgabbpbgpdklnllpncmdofkcpn/related

standing on our hands

I didn’t know that handstands in gymnastics and yoga are different:

  • yoga handstand has a more stacked shape
    • allows muscles to rest on locked joints (like standing)
  • in gymnastics, the back is more hollow
    • arms are locked, but body shape is more hollow

I found this article: https://www.streetworkoutstkilda.com/handstands-in-yoga-vs-gymnastics/

I really liked this one because, I have always seen handstands as a gymnastics element which always makes it seem more daunting. Practicing a handstand with the yoga perspective embraces the calm flow of the entrance to the handstand and gymnastics involves more of a kick up which made me realize why getting up into that handstand is so scary.

If you kick up to fast you might over rotate and fall…

progress

Week 1, I can hold a handstand against a wall for 40 seconds…

I still don’t like being upside down and my shoulders and arms are so sore.

But, it feels good to have some muscle soreness again! I haven’t done activity like this in a while so those muscles that weren’t normally used aren’t too happy with me right now.

Here’s my weekly vlog of my progress:)))

until next time,

xoxo