Wall Handstand Push-Up

Start

Finish

How to do it

Kick up to a handstand with your heels resting on a wall and hands about shoulder-width, then bend the elbows until the top of your head lightly touches the floor and press back to full lockout.

Muscles worked

Primary: shoulders · Also works: triceps, upper chest, core

Equipment

No equipment

Common mistakes

• Arching the lower back into a banana shape instead of squeezing the glutes and ribs down
• Letting the hands drift too wide, which cuts the range and stresses the shoulder joint
• Bouncing off the head at the bottom rather than controlling the touch

Variations

• Negative-only handstand push-up
• Wall walk to a handstand hold

Can't do this one? Swap it for

• Feet-Elevated Pike Push-Up
• Pike Push-Up
• Seated Barbell Shoulder Press

Take care: ABROFIT automatically removes this movement for anyone who has flagged a wrist or shoulder problem. If that's you, use one of the swaps above and speak to a physio before loading it.

Related exercises

• Standing Overhead Pressshoulders
• Pike Push-Upshoulders
• Dumbbell Lateral Raiseshoulders
• Shoulder Controlled Rotationsshoulders
• Face Pullshoulders
• Cable Lateral Raiseshoulders