Exercise 2 – Frogstand dynamics

As the frogstand to handstand is a dynamic exercise, it is important to do some dynamic exercises. A dynamic exercise is any exercise that involves joint movement. Let’s move on with frogstand dynamics:

• Start in the frogstand position.
• Try to move with your elbows from bent arms to straight arms.
• Try to do 3 or 4 sets of each 4 to 6 repetitions.
• Watch the video down below in which Michael shows you the exercise.

Once you master this exercise, you can move on to exercise 3!

For this exercise, you will need some explosive strength and you will learn the first steps to go from the frogstand to handstand. This exercise focusses on releasing the knees form the elbows:

• Start in the frogstand position.
• Try to bring your body more up in the air by releasing your knees from your elbows.
• Create a momentum in which you ‘jump in’ your elbows and immediately press up. Keep the speed when you are pressing up.
• Try to do 10 sets of each 1 repetition.
• Watch the video down below in which Michael shows you the exercise.

The next step is to lift your body further up with your hips above your shoulders:

• Jump into your frogstand while pressing into the handstand position.
• Focus on straightening out your arms when pressing up.
• First, try to do 1 repetition. Are you more comfortable with this exercise? Try to do 5 sets of 2 to 3 repetitions and keep focusing on a good form and technique.
• Watch the video down below in which Michael shows you the exercise.

Are you ready to take it a step further and move towards the frogstand to a handstand position? Let’s move on to exercise 5.

Exercise 5 – Frogstand to handstand + falling over

This exercise is the same as exercise 4, but during this exercise, you will try to do a full handstand by totally straighten your legs. It is very important to focus on the explosive movement which you make when pressing up. Therefore, it is not very important to make a good handstand. You can just fall over and try again. It is more important to learn how to go from the frogstand to handstand first, instead of making your handstand perfect. This is because when the technique of your movement is not optimal, it will be much more difficult to perform a good handstand.

However, do you also want to know how to learn the handstand in an effective way, without making any beginner mistakes? Take a look at one of our handstand tutorial videos/blogs and improve your handstand with our optimal grip parrallettes.

Do you notice that you don’t have enough strength to press yourself up from the frogstand to handstand? No problem. The exercises mentioned before could be pretty hard for beginners. Therefore you can make it yourself easier by using resistance bands. Check the tutorial video down below to watch more exercises about how to do the frogstand to handstand with the help of a resistance band. A resistance band helps you a lot by learning the technique. It is also very helpful for keeping your balance. Good luck!

We hope this blog and the tutorial video helps you to learn this calisthenics skill. We wish you good luck! If you have any questions, feel free to ask them!

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