I think it’s time for me to seriously start practicing for the one arm HS. I notice I am playing around with it more and more last time, and I heard some tips I can focus on upcoming time. Let’s go!
Paul, thank you for this class here.My one-arm handstand journey started yesterday and I'm stoked.Know it will take awhile, but watching your classes on HS's has already taken me a long ways.From a 5 second hold to now doing sets of 5 reps on handstand push ups.Thanks again!
@@PaulTwyman I'm sure questions will come up as things move forward, but this class looks like it covers a lot.Running out of time as I'm getting old, so will be on it...thanks again Dogg
Thanks for the in depth explanation! Is it possible to learn this on parallettes? One of my wrists is slightly injured and doesn‘t like handstands which is why I almost exclusively handstand on paralletes nowadays :( I wonder if it is much harder for the one arm handstand or if it might even be easier?
Yes you can definitely do it. I’d try blocks as well as they can be easier on the wrists. Also mobility of thoracic, pecs and lats will reduce demand on wrists. Blocks and p bars are in someways easier as you can pull yourself around to maintain balance
I hold a handstand for as long as I want and have been trying to progress to one arm handstand for over a year now, and still don't succeed as I should, with the exception of holding for a maximum of 2 seconds at a time. I saw in the video that there are many highlights that I did not apply. I'm going to training to start trying again!!
Thanks Paul, great video with nice clear steps. I haven't been shifting the gaze much so I will give that a go. What do you think about taking the arm out to the side before lifting it off?
Thank you. Taking the arm out to the side is another good technique to stop the shoulder lifting as you don’t need to bend the elbow. You just need to keep minimal weight in this arm as you are increasing the base of support (distance between both arms is now much bigger) which can make it easier to balance but harder to get the one arm
Hi Paul thank you very much for the video. Please I need you to help me correct my one arm standing, please am used my left hand to start my journey it almost one year now but anytime I try to raise my right I can’t sustain well and fall side my left hand and pike. Please can you help me to correct that
Thank you for the video! You're giving great advice. Could you please make a video on how to properly stretch arms and wrists after HS training ? I've been practicing a lot and I feel like I am not doing the right stretches... Thanks!
I actually don’t stretch that much. I do a few before each session and before each class I teach. I use hanging and scapula conditioning as a prehab/rehab. Great Idea for a video
Hey brother,first of all great video!!Just one question: when I am doing the straddle press,at the end phase of the handstand,Im in a banana shape.Does that mean I should work more on my shoulder flexion flexibility??(I can already hold a straight line handstand)
Thanks! I’d recommend you start in your straight handstand and slowly lower through an eccentric press as slow as possible until your toes touch the floor. Video from the side and this will show you your available pathway with the flexibility you already have. From this assessment you should be able to work out what’s missing.
@@PaulTwyman I can do middle splits or when Im in a pancake I can touch the floor with my chin or even lower.That means I have good flexibility right??
Hey Paul, for my training sessions how long should I be focusing on practicing the skills/being on my hands versus practicing drills? I would say right now I am about 1:3-4 skills/being on hands:drills. This applies to bent and straight arm days. I have been training on hands for 2 years and would consider myself novice/intermediate and can get solid 30 handstands consistent. I allocate 1 hour to working out per session and want to optimize my training sessions
Tricky to answer. When I program for online clients I first discuss their goals in priority order, then assess by seeing videos their current level to each one. Then combine that info with availability to train, equipment, injuries etc. I’m going to do a video soon showing how I split my week. For most I recommend 2-4 strength sessions per week (split between bas and sass) and 4-6 balance sessions per week
@@PaulTwyman fair enough, that is a loaded question. Follow up question, I am getting better at pike and straddle press to handstands but have by no means mastered the move. I would like to get a OAHS someday but am unsure if I should start including these progressions you went over in this video, or if I should master the press moves first. I would say I stick those two movements about 25% of attempts
Thank you for the video Paul it’s really a great video! I have been training handstand for 2 years and kind of able to get solid freestanding hold about 30-40s at ease. Recently I’m trying to train for one arm hs and I felt some strange pain in my left shoulder. What should I do with it? Should I continue or is this an indication that I’m still not strong enough to start training for one arm? Also would like to ask what isit like for strength training in handstand? Cause I don’t really have a coach through out my 2 years of training. Learned all by myself. Appreciate ! Love from Malaysia !
Great to hear you liked the video. It’s very hard to give accurate advice from a message, especially when it comes to pain or injuries. I’d always recommend getting it checked and explore what other movements trigger the same pain (like DB press overhead, internal or external rotation etc). Normally I would include hanging, scapula conditioning and thoracic mobility in all my programs to help keep the shoulders happy. Strength wise I normally add Skin the Cat, Press Handstand and HSPU movements
Hey Paul. First of all thanks a lot! I have been doing one arm work for half a year + now. It's going pretty good and I am able to hold the 1 finger assisted for couple of seconds now. Just one thing is kind of holding me back: Regardless of the OAHS, I am not able to extend my arm completely. I am lacking of like 6-7 degrees. It's not an uncommon thing and for some of us it is what it is. But, when it comes to the OAHS it makes the shape be quite weird, the "one piece - arm, pec, head" concept is somewhat ruined because the distance from the head to the elbow is increased. Nevertheless, I can still make my wrist, shoulder and pelvis aligned of course, but the elbow won't be in the same line... Do you have any insights for people like me? Do I need (and how) to compensate for that? Any tips will be much appreciated. Thanks in advance and cheers from Israel, Omer.
Hey hope you’re well. Yes this is very common and not necessarily a bad thing, you just need to learn to balance with a slight bend and allow the head to come away from the arm. So the balance will have more of a strength position. I catch and balance my one arm kick ups like this. Break dancers use this method
This will be a good check list to see if you can do these well.. Handstand Basics: Line Mobility, Kick Up & Balance th-cam.com/video/1VYPUKPqmpA/w-d-xo.html
This is the best one arm hand stand guide on TH-cam! I appreciate you!
Thank You!! Great to Hear. Enjoy the One Arm Journey
Best one arm hs tutorial out there!! Can’t wait to start incorporating these tips!! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience! 🙏🤸♀️🎉
Awesome! Thank you!
Must of watched so many videos with regards to how to start learning it dude, Finally got it 👌
Awesome!!
Great tutorial, thank you Paul
Thanks for the feedback
Tnqs Brother. You are the best Coach ever i seened
Wow thank you 🙏
I think it’s time for me to seriously start practicing for the one arm HS. I notice I am playing around with it more and more last time, and I heard some tips I can focus on upcoming time. Let’s go!
Awesome, yeah initially you can just add a few sets to the end of your sessions
How’d it go
I absolutely loved this thank you. so many important tips
Awesome! Great to hear
Paul, thank you for this class here.My one-arm handstand journey started yesterday and I'm stoked.Know it will take awhile, but watching your classes on HS's has already taken me a long ways.From a 5 second hold to now doing sets of 5 reps on handstand push ups.Thanks again!
5 reps is awesome 💪💪 Enjoy the One Arm Journey and let me know if you have any questions
@@PaulTwyman I'm sure questions will come up as things move forward, but this class looks like it covers a lot.Running out of time as I'm getting old, so will be on it...thanks again Dogg
Very helpful. Thank you so much
Glad it was helpful!
living that Aussie life at the end reminds me of cali🤙
Yeah love it! Especially growing up in the UK
Endless tips. Cheers.
Glad you liked it 💪
Thank you!
thanks!
LOVe this video
Thanks
Thanks Paul this was really useful!
Thank you! Glad you liked it
Thanks for the in depth explanation!
Is it possible to learn this on parallettes? One of my wrists is slightly injured and doesn‘t like handstands which is why I almost exclusively handstand on paralletes nowadays :( I wonder if it is much harder for the one arm handstand or if it might even be easier?
Yes you can definitely do it. I’d try blocks as well as they can be easier on the wrists. Also mobility of thoracic, pecs and lats will reduce demand on wrists. Blocks and p bars are in someways easier as you can pull yourself around to maintain balance
@@PaulTwyman Thank you, will try it on blocks and see what happens :D
Merci Paul
J’adore tes vidéos
Merci de nous donner de ton temps et ton expérience 😍😍😍😍
thank you! glad you like them
I hold a handstand for as long as I want and have been trying to progress to one arm handstand for over a year now, and still don't succeed as I should, with the exception of holding for a maximum of 2 seconds at a time. I saw in the video that there are many highlights that I did not apply. I'm going to training to start trying again!!
Awesome let me know how you go
update?
Big help man tysm
Awesome let me know how you go
I'm to the point where I can do shape combos but on the second round I fall but between that and the weight shifts ima progress quick
Thanks Paul, great video with nice clear steps. I haven't been shifting the gaze much so I will give that a go. What do you think about taking the arm out to the side before lifting it off?
Thank you. Taking the arm out to the side is another good technique to stop the shoulder lifting as you don’t need to bend the elbow. You just need to keep minimal weight in this arm as you are increasing the base of support (distance between both arms is now much bigger) which can make it easier to balance but harder to get the one arm
@@PaulTwyman Thanks, keep the excellent content coming
Thankuuu bro💙💙💙
Hope it helps 🙃
Hi Paul thank you very much for the video. Please I need you to help me correct my one arm standing, please am used my left hand to start my journey it almost one year now but anytime I try to raise my right I can’t sustain well and fall side my left hand and pike. Please can you help me to correct that
It's impossible to give accurate info without seeing videos. I offer individual coaching and video critiques on my website www.paultwyman.com.au
nice tips! thank you :>
Hope it helps
Thank you for the video! You're giving great advice. Could you please make a video on how to properly stretch arms and wrists after HS training ? I've been practicing a lot and I feel like I am not doing the right stretches... Thanks!
I actually don’t stretch that much. I do a few before each session and before each class I teach. I use hanging and scapula conditioning as a prehab/rehab. Great Idea for a video
nice video
Thank you!!
Hey brother,first of all great video!!Just one question: when I am doing the straddle press,at the end phase of the handstand,Im in a banana shape.Does that mean I should work more on my shoulder flexion flexibility??(I can already hold a straight line handstand)
Thanks! I’d recommend you start in your straight handstand and slowly lower through an eccentric press as slow as possible until your toes touch the floor. Video from the side and this will show you your available pathway with the flexibility you already have. From this assessment you should be able to work out what’s missing.
@@PaulTwyman I can do middle splits or when Im in a pancake I can touch the floor with my chin or even lower.That means I have good flexibility right??
Hey Paul, for my training sessions how long should I be focusing on practicing the skills/being on my hands versus practicing drills? I would say right now I am about 1:3-4 skills/being on hands:drills. This applies to bent and straight arm days. I have been training on hands for 2 years and would consider myself novice/intermediate and can get solid 30 handstands consistent. I allocate 1 hour to working out per session and want to optimize my training sessions
Tricky to answer. When I program for online clients I first discuss their goals in priority order, then assess by seeing videos their current level to each one. Then combine that info with availability to train, equipment, injuries etc. I’m going to do a video soon showing how I split my week. For most I recommend 2-4 strength sessions per week (split between bas and sass) and 4-6 balance sessions per week
@@PaulTwyman fair enough, that is a loaded question. Follow up question, I am getting better at pike and straddle press to handstands but have by no means mastered the move. I would like to get a OAHS someday but am unsure if I should start including these progressions you went over in this video, or if I should master the press moves first. I would say I stick those two movements about 25% of attempts
Thank you for the video Paul it’s really a great video! I have been training handstand for 2 years and kind of able to get solid freestanding hold about 30-40s at ease. Recently I’m trying to train for one arm hs and I felt some strange pain in my left shoulder. What should I do with it? Should I continue or is this an indication that I’m still not strong enough to start training for one arm? Also would like to ask what isit like for strength training in handstand? Cause I don’t really have a coach through out my 2 years of training. Learned all by myself. Appreciate ! Love from Malaysia !
Great to hear you liked the video. It’s very hard to give accurate advice from a message, especially when it comes to pain or injuries. I’d always recommend getting it checked and explore what other movements trigger the same pain (like DB press overhead, internal or external rotation etc). Normally I would include hanging, scapula conditioning and thoracic mobility in all my programs to help keep the shoulders happy. Strength wise I normally add Skin the Cat, Press Handstand and HSPU movements
@@PaulTwyman I see. Will try to assess myself with the movements. thank you so much for your recommendation ! Happy training!
Hey Paul. First of all thanks a lot!
I have been doing one arm work for half a year + now. It's going pretty good and I am able to hold the 1 finger assisted for couple of seconds now. Just one thing is kind of holding me back: Regardless of the OAHS, I am not able to extend my arm completely. I am lacking of like 6-7 degrees. It's not an uncommon thing and for some of us it is what it is. But, when it comes to the OAHS it makes the shape be quite weird, the "one piece - arm, pec, head" concept is somewhat ruined because the distance from the head to the elbow is increased. Nevertheless, I can still make my wrist, shoulder and pelvis aligned of course, but the elbow won't be in the same line...
Do you have any insights for people like me? Do I need (and how) to compensate for that? Any tips will be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance and cheers from Israel,
Omer.
Hey hope you’re well. Yes this is very common and not necessarily a bad thing, you just need to learn to balance with a slight bend and allow the head to come away from the arm. So the balance will have more of a strength position. I catch and balance my one arm kick ups like this. Break dancers use this method
@@PaulTwyman Got you. Thanks a lot.
Funny ending
Beard and Skateboard 👍👍
Why are there thousands of Handstand- Toutorials but only a few One Arm Handstand Toutorials?
Because there are 100,000 handstand coaches but only 1000 of them can One Arm
How to increase handstand time i am stuck in 10s
One arm or two arm handstand? If it’s two arm I would do a combination of heel pulls, toe pulls and freestanding attempts in a circuit
@@PaulTwyman send me video link
This will be a good check list to see if you can do these well.. Handstand Basics: Line Mobility, Kick Up & Balance
th-cam.com/video/1VYPUKPqmpA/w-d-xo.html