Triceps · Body weight · Advanced
How to do Handstand Push-up
The handstand push-up is a challenging bodyweight exercise that targets the triceps, shoulders, chest, and core. It requires significant upper body strength, balance, and coordination, as well as experience with inversion movements.
- Primary muscle
- Triceps
- Equipment
- Body weight
- Level
- Advanced
- Category
- Triceps
How to do Handstand Push-up, step by step
- Find a wall and face away from it, standing a few feet away.
- Place your hands on the ground shoulder-width apart and kick your feet up against the wall, coming into a handstand position.
- Bend your elbows and lower your head towards the ground, keeping your body in a straight line.
- Push through your hands and extend your arms to return to the starting position.
- Repeat for the desired number of repetitions.
Track Handstand Push-up in SPLYT
Handstand Push-up is already in SPLYT’s exercise library. Log your sets, reps and weight on iPhone or Apple Watch, with last time’s weights already filled in.
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