Today's post is gonna be quick and concise so listen up.
You are in an L position. Both hands on the floor, one foot on the floor and one foot raised behind you, ready to kick into handstand.
Now think about this next sentence: If, when you kick up, your standing leg goes backwards, then you should rethink your approach to kicking up (I wanna say you are doing it wrong but there is a time for just kicking up which I'll cover in another post). Anyway...
Try this to engage your core, and to prep yourself for lifting yourself into a handy...
Get back into your L position, ready to kick up. Place a block on the narrow side (so it is vertically high) 1 cm in front of your standing leg big toe...or second toe if you have those mutant feet with the second toe the longest. Whatever.
Anyhow, the block is 1 cm in front of your standing leg toes. Now when you kick up into handstand, your challenge is to kick the block over with your standing leg. What?!?!
Yep, kicking forward with your standing leg will force you to engage and lift from your core, which will magically improve your handstand.
Don't be a smart asana and try to kick forward then backwards. Do it proper.
If you watch how all the handstand gurus lift up (notice the lift not the kick...this is important) their standing leg comes forward.
Interestingly, slow lifts into handy involve guru feet coming forward not springing backwards for more momentum.
Don't believe me? Check out 'handstand press' on youtube.
Guaranteed guru core is engaged and the whole lift is from there also.
Happy handies, J
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