Harder Handstands or easier training? The Magic of Switching difficulties

Once you can catch a few seconds freestanding, a metaphysical question enters your handstand life:

To wall or not wall?

After months, sometimes years of hard work conquering your fears, it is only natural to choose the latter… and spend as much time in the middle of the room as possible.

At last, you divorced the wall! The last thing you want to do is to go back to this pesky, soul-crushing tool.

At that stage, you can expect:

Peers to push you to do more freestanding, this is where the fun is after all.

Teachers to push you back to the wall. This is where foundations are solidified.

Finding the in-between, I’m going to propose a balanced approach.

One that ensures that you rip the rewards you’ve been working on while paving the way to your future successes.

One that doesn’t forget about the necessity for our practice to be fun… while ticking all the necessary boxes.

Finally, and maybe even more importantly, one that adapts to the ups and downs of life.

The importance of freestanding

The underrated importance of fun

Freestanding, ie being able to kick-up and hold something in the middle of the room, is not an easy skill to achieve.

If you know what a nervous system somehow resistant to this whole upside-down idea feels like, well you know…

The moment you open that door, it is only normal to reap the fruits of your efforts.

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