Check out the hollowback/Mexican handstand program in my calisthenics and movement training app:
www.bergmovement.com/movement...
The app also has a program to learn the thoracic/back bridge, as well as handstand programs for all levels.
Check out the Thoracic/back bridge tutorial:
• The only upper body mo...
Or the Thoracic/back bridge follow-along workout:
• 15 min shoulder/back b...
The Hollowback/Mexican handstand is one of the coolest looking handstand shapes when it comes to moving and calisthenics. But it also requires a huge amount of mobility and strength, in particular shoulder and spinal mobility and strength. I use the hollowback handstand all the time for different variations and combinations and sequences
In this hollowback video tutorial I’m going to share with you a strategy for learning the hollowback, as well as specific progressions related to the balance, strength and mobility of the hollowback/mexican handstand.
The Hollow Back can be performed in two different ways. There is the “B-Boy Variation” that breakdancers usually use, where you are flaring your elbows out, internally rotating your shoulders, sticking your head out, and looking up at the roof.
The second way to do it is also known as the “Mexican Handstand”, and it is the way that most gymnasts and hand balancers perform the move. In this variation you have straight arms, you emphasize the opening of the thoracic spine more, and you look in between your hands to the floor. This is the variation of the hollowback/mexican handstand that I will be teaching due to its lower risk of injury and that it is easier to use in sequences and combinations in a controlled manner.
Get my favourite products by using my personal discount code: BERG
10% off handstand equipment - woodpower.com/​
Free shipping on Wildling barefoot shoes -
www.wildling.shoes?ref=sondre
10% off Barefoot shoes from - www.vivobarefoot.com/​​
20% off Movement/Adventure clothing - coalatree.com/​​
HOLLOWBACK/MEXICAN HANDSTAND TUTORIAL: TABLE OF CONTENTS:
00:00 The Hollowback/mexican handstand is awesome
00:47 The B-boy vs. gymnastics/hand balancers hollowback handstand
03:22 Hollowback/mexican handstand form cues
03:50 Pre-requisites for the hollowback handstand
06:46 Learning to balance the hollowback handstand position
08:57 Developing strength for the hollowback handstand
10:56 Mobility for the hollowback/mexican handstand