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🚨 Why Walking Handstands Can Slow Your Handstand Progress
Walking handstands look cool.
They look advanced.
And they feel like progress.
But if your goal is to actually learn a clean, controlled handstand, walking too early can quietly hold you back.
Here’s why.
A walking handstand is not a balance skill first.
It’s mostly a controlled forward fall.
If you don’t yet own a stacked line
shoulders over wrists
ribs tucked
glutes engaged
walking lets you avoid the hardest part of handstands:
👉 Staying still.
Most people who “walk” early are:
• arching through the lower back
• dumping weight into one shoulder at a time
• never truly stacking over their base
• building speed instead of control
That pattern becomes a habit.
And later, when they try to hold a freestanding handstand, they feel strong… but unstable.
This shows up as:
• constant overbalancing forward
• banana shape you can’t fix
• shaky holds that fall apart under 5 seconds
Walking handstands are awesome later.
They build:
• shoulder endurance
• confidence upside down
• directional control
But only after you can:
• hold a stacked wall handstand
• float your feet off the wall without swinging
• maintain control for a few seconds in freestanding
Think of it like parkour or gymnastics.
You don’t run a lache before you can swing with control.
You don’t do flips before landing mechanics exist.
Same thing here.
Build the stillness first.
Then add movement.
💬 Do you currently practice walking handstands, or are you still building your base first?
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🚨 Why Walking Handstands Can Slow Your Handstand Progress
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