On my original list of goals, I listed a press handstand. This is where you bring your feet up to a handstand without jumping them up there or kicking one up at a time. Huge amounts of core and shoulder strength go into this. Well, on day one, I looked like this:
All sorts of bent leg jumping going on there.
And now:
No jumping. Not at all. There might have been a few outtake videos and a lot of groaning though.
Now I just need to get 'er done a few times without the couch there as a back-up plan. But I'm still a little afraid. Your weight has to be sooooo far over your shoulders to do this, and I'm just getting over a shoulder injury from around xmas time. So I'm going to practice a few more with the couch. For now. But I'm calling this one a huge accomplishment. I've really never been able to do this with absolutely no leg-jump. So if this is as far as it gets on this one, I say it's still a win.
