| What is the difference I hear you ask? For most | | | | perspective, which greatly improves spatial |
| people the answer would be nothing. | | | | awareness, and with the increased blood flow, |
| Whether you sit on a shoulder press machine and | | | | improves your well-being. |
| press your equivalent bodyweight above your | | | | Handstand pushups also offer much more range |
| head or kick up into a handstand (against a wall ) | | | | of movement. When performing shoulder presses, |
| and lower head to the floor and push back up | | | | the weight bar is lowered as far as the tops of |
| again, there does not seem to be a difference. | | | | the shoulders, and then pressed back up. |
| You would think that if you could do one, then | | | | When you become stronger and more confident |
| you could do the other. | | | | at performing handstand pushups, you can raise |
| Well in 99% of cases, that is not the case. | | | | your hands by placing them onto books and even |
| Surprisingly, for most people and especially those | | | | chairs. A handstand pushup between two chairs |
| who lift weights, handstand pushups are far | | | | almost doubles the distance you have to travel |
| harder to perform than shoulder presses. | | | | until your head touches the floor and is an |
| In a shoulder press movement, and especially on | | | | extremely impressive feat of strength. |
| a seated press machine, you do not use a single | | | | On top of all the health and strength benefits of |
| muscle to balance yourself. By using the | | | | handstand pushups, you do not need to visit a |
| secondary muscles in the shoulders, you are | | | | gym or spend money on weights for a home |
| working them a lot more and from different | | | | gym. |
| directions as you keep balance in a handstand | | | | Handstand pushups can be performed at home |
| pushup. More effort is needed and greater | | | | and build tremendous shoulder and upper body |
| shoulder strength required to perform a | | | | strength that far outweigh the benefits of using |
| handstand pushup. | | | | weights. |
| Other benefits of handstand pushups are in | | | | If you find, you do not have the strength to |
| increase in blood flow to your brain and vast | | | | perform a single pushup, start by kicking into a |
| improvements in spatial awareness. Most people, | | | | handstand (against a wall) and just hold this |
| who have never tried to do a handstand, or | | | | position for time. The strength gains from just |
| rarely find themselves upside down for that | | | | doing this will be dramatic. |
| matter, become disorientated and lose their | | | | If you want superior upper body strength that will |
| bearings. | | | | blow you away, then turn your training upside |
| After only a few attempts, your brain becomes | | | | down and include handstands into your daily |
| used to seeing things from a different | | | | routine. |