Walking on your hands is not only an amusing trick, but also a useful skill that will be useful in some sports and dance. In addition, such unusual walking perfectly strengthens the muscles of the hands, back and shoulders. However, it is important to learn how to walk on your hands correctly, otherwise the risk of falling and getting injured is great. As the experienced athletes say - you must also be able to fall!
How to learn to walk on your hands: precautions
Before learning to walk on your hands, it is important to master the rack on your hands . If you have not tried this yet, first take some time to strengthen the muscles of your hands - it's easy to do with a horizontal bar or just squeezing off the floor.
Attention! Without minimal sports training, it is not safe to learn this trick. Due to the heavy load on the lower back, shoulders and especially the hands, the risk of injury is very high. If you set a goal, learn to walk on your hands, then go to her step by step, starting with regular training with increased strain on the upper half of the body.
It is also important to remember that the position upside down is not natural. When you turn upside down, there is an active flow of blood to the head. As a result, you may feel dizzy, see "stars" or darkening before your eyes. Usually, after a few training sessions on the hands, it goes away, but if it has not passed - probably, you should not master this trick, because if you lose consciousness, there is a risk of falling down and getting a serious injury.
Walking on the hands: training
The technique of walking on hands is very simple, especially for those who can stand on their hands. It is important to remember that this is quite a serious load, and it must be performed strictly after a warm-up, which will warm up, prepare the muscles and will save you from injuries and subsequent painful sensations.
So, let's look at how to learn how to walk on your hands.
- Prepare a place. The floor should be covered with a soft carpet or blanket, plus - free space in the room and a wall.
- Stand near the wall at a distance of 30-40 cm, bend over, put perfectly straight arms in front of you, brushes parallel to each other on the width of the shoulders.
- Push one foot, at this time, throwing the second up, then pull up the supporting leg. Stand in this position, leaning against the wall. The whole body is a straight line, legs straightened, arms too.
- You can develop long-term stability on the hands, and you can immediately start walking - someone is given one easier, someone - another. To develop and strengthen the hands in this position, you need to wring out. If it does not work out - go to standard push-ups and pull-ups.
- Feeling the balance, just push away from the wall and catch the balance again, already without support (not from the first, and maybe not from the tenth time, but you will get it).
- Try to take the first steps with your hands, alternately tearing them off the floor and moving forward.
How to learn to keep balance?
Try to do everything right from the very beginning. Place your hands narrowly, keep them straightened. Do not bend in the back and draw in the belly.
And to start this work is with training the rack with bent legs. To do this, climb the rack as usual, and then, bending our knees, we hang them behind the head. In order to keep the balance you willy-nilly will have to reject the trunk in the opposite direction. In this position, the center of gravity becomes lower, which means that it will be easier to stand, walk and press on your hands.
It's up to practice! Exercising 3-4 times a day, for a couple of weeks this technique can be mastered, since it is not difficult to walk properly on the hands. If the muscles are weak, then you need to do training before that, and only after a month start learning and doing the trick.