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by Natalie Reckert
23 May 2020, 00:37
Forum: 7 week Vimeo handstand course
Topic: Building Upper Body Strength - Episode2
Replies: 4
Views: 36939

Re: Building Upper Body Strength - Episode2

Fabulous!

Well done, keep up the good work :)
by Natalie Reckert
17 May 2020, 18:07
Forum: 7 week Vimeo handstand course
Topic: Episode 1 - Leg Stretching
Replies: 6
Views: 38948

Re: Episode 1 - Leg Stretching

Hello Oliver, Thank you for your question. Try to lean forward so that in the squat some of the weight rests on your hands. This will stretch your achilies too and help you to improve your squat over time. It sound like your hamstrings are a bit tight in which case I definitely recommend that you ar...
by Natalie Reckert
17 May 2020, 18:03
Forum: 7 week Vimeo handstand course
Topic: Episode 5
Replies: 5
Views: 39411

Re: Episode 5

Hello Celia, thank you for the lovely feedback and thank you for your question. The steps are quite challenging, start with smaller sets if you find them difficult. Aim at 6 steps first, so that is three times left-right. The reson why you may find this hard is also that you may be falling towards t...
by Natalie Reckert
17 May 2020, 17:56
Forum: 7 week Vimeo handstand course
Topic: Building Upper Body Strength - Episode2
Replies: 4
Views: 36939

Re: Building Upper Body Strength - Episode2

Hello Veena, Sorry I am a bit slow responding.. Thank you so much for your wonderful feedback! Do you mean the tuck jumps starting at 37 minutes in Episode 2, right? In terms of the distance: Put your hands on the floor, round your back and make sure that your shoulders are above your wrists, now be...
by Natalie Reckert
20 Apr 2020, 18:41
Forum: 7 week Vimeo handstand course
Topic: Episode 6 (and 5)
Replies: 6
Views: 43764

Re: Episode 6 (and 5)

Hello Flavio, Thank you for sharing your experience and I am happy to hear you are making good progress. I see what you mean. I build on the previous episodes for both stretches and condotioning. So you have also jumped in right at the deep end of the conditioning, well done for that :) So in Episod...
by Natalie Reckert
03 Feb 2020, 02:04
Forum: Couch to handstand 30 day course
Topic: Stuck at day 24
Replies: 1
Views: 19645

Re: Stuck at day 24

Dear Ingrid, Thank you very much for sharing your experience! Day 24 is indeed the most common day to get stuck on, it is where everything needs to come together for one big combined effort to kick up against the wall. In general, if the kick up does not work it is because you are arching your back ...
by Natalie Reckert
03 Feb 2020, 01:59
Forum: 7 week Vimeo handstand course
Topic: Practicing handstand holds face towards the wall.
Replies: 0
Views: 68505

Re: Practicing handstand holds face towards the wall.

Hiya, Thanks for sharing your experience and for doing the 7 week course! Try to be a bit further away from the wall when you are doing endurance holds with your face towards the wall. Like one or two times the length of your hand away from the wall so that you have slightly more space. The benefit ...
by Natalie Reckert
13 Dec 2019, 22:55
Forum: 7 week Vimeo handstand course
Topic: Episode 5 mechanics of jumping forward
Replies: 3
Views: 39068

Re: Episode 5 mechanics of jumping forward

Hi,
Happy to read that.
A process that takes a long time allows you to really get to know your body too.
Finding a suitable pace is so important.
Thanks for sharing.
by Natalie Reckert
17 Nov 2019, 21:27
Forum: Practicing handstands 50+
Topic: Crackling joints
Replies: 3
Views: 22335

Re: Crackling joints

Hiya, Mhh, that's hard to tell from a distance and I must say that I'm a handbalancer and not a doctor or phisiotherapist🙃🙃. My joints do crackle, I don't even notice it anymore. I think mobility exercises for the shoulders would help you because they strengthen the joint in it's maximum movement ra...
by Natalie Reckert
17 Nov 2019, 17:10
Forum: 7 week Vimeo handstand course
Topic: Opening your shoulders.
Replies: 4
Views: 41317

Re: Opening your shoulders.

Great,

Thank you, that's useful for me to know. !