Fast Fitness - Add Balance, Stability, and Portability to Military Press - Handstand Pushups

Here is Fast Friday Fitness - If you like lifting weight overhead for upper body strength, you don't need to wait to go to a gym, or to get weights or equipment.

Get more exercise, practice balance, and shoulder and arm stability, with handstand dips:

1. Do a handstand against a wall. An easy way is to stand with your back about a foot or so from a wall, crouch down and put one foot, then the other, high on the wall.
2. With good judgment, do upside down pushups (dips).
3. Vary the depth of each dip, speed of each, speed you can do a number of dips, and distance of your hands from the wall to vary the exercise.

Robert Davis sent in his video of how to do handstand pushups. Blogger is still having trouble uploading visuals. Click this link to watch it:


Robert was a weightlifter who hurt his back with conventional lifting (bad bending and overarching the lower spine). He rehabbed quickly with Fitness Fixer techniques and has been sending in his success stories one after the next. He writes:

"This was not a very problematic exercise as I had been used to destroying my shoulders with mega high weight LOL. But this is different because of the engagement of muscle groups that control stabilization.

"But yeah, I have been doing that in place of military press and see how it is more beneficial as the stabilizers have to kick in more then being benched or using a machine.

"Once again thank you and I think people should really listen to you. I am glad I did because I have no need to go in to get scanned or be told I need surgery or something silly ;)

"Like I said I am not into pro body building, I just did it to stay "fit" and look fit as I thought it was. But after going thru this, it is not all that functional to pound out reps of heavy weight and not be able to do a plank or walk/sit straight. I lifted enough just to have "lean muscle" but not to be huge. But I realize now this is easily done safely with your methods and I do not need a gym."

Good brain and body training Robert!

Related Posts:

• How to get started with a wall handstand - Wall Handstand Success With Liz
• Safer Overhead Military Press

Robert's Success Stories:

• Fast Fitness - Better Legs and Pain Relief Comes From You Not The Exercise Ball
• Fixed Injuries, Got Strong, With Functional Exercise
• Cardiovascular Cleanup

Labels: arm, endurance, fast fitness, handstand, readers inspiring story, shoulder, strength, upper back, video/movie

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