You’ve made it to the last week of the Beginner Handstand Challenge!
This week we’re focusing on putting all the skills from weeks one through three together and working to stay consistent in your handstand practice.
Even though the challenge is ending, your handstand journey doesn’t have to.
We’re more than halfway through our Beginner Handstand Challenge!
This week we’re focusing on the next step in the handstand journey: handstand wall scissors.
One of the hardest parts of learning to do a handstand is getting over the fear of falling over and learning to balance in a handstand.
When the wall is there to support you, you can build up your strength and confidence being upside-down.
But when the wall is no longer there…
…it’s SO easy to lose confidence and forget all the skills you’ve gained until now.
You’ve built the strength.
You’ve put in the time.
You CAN take this next step.
Don’t give up now!
Follow along with the 12 Minute Athlete community by posting pictures of your progress on our Facebook group, and tag us at @12minuteathlete and #12MAhandstands.
Remember, one lucky challenge participant will win a copy of my NEW book!
It’s week two of the Beginner Handstand Challenge, and this week we’ve got two new essential handstand skills to share: wrist warm up exercises and chest to wall handstand holds. We’ll also look at how to build confidence falling out of a handstand.
(Missed week 1 of the challenge? Find it here.)
While a freestanding handstand might seem far away right now, if you keep practicing the skills we’re focusing on in the 12 Minute Athlete Beginner Handstand Challenge, you’ll be working your freestanding handstands before you know it.
Follow along with the 12 Minute Athlete community by posting pictures of your progress on our Facebook group, and tag us at @12minuteathlete and #12MAhandstands.
Remember, one lucky challenge participant will win a copy of my NEW book!
Welcome to week 1 of the Beginner Handstand Challenge!
We’re kicking off the challenge by focusing on two essential exercises that will help you build the strength, endurance, and positioning you’ll need to be able to eventually hold a freestanding handstand: hollow body holds and half handstand holds.
Why aren’t we starting our handstand challenge with a freestanding handstand?
When you’re learning a new skill, it’s important to break it down into small, manageable steps.
It can be tempting to start with the end goal, especially when it’s something as cool as a handstand. But this approach can actually get in the way of your progress and lead to discouragement, quitting, and worst of all, injury.
Learning a challenging new skill like handstands will take time and hard work. It’s not going to happen overnight, but working hard on it over the long run is SO worth it.
Learning a new skill like handstands takes time and hard work. It’s not going to happen overnight, but working hard on it over the long term is SO worth it.
Follow along with the 12 Minute Athlete community by posting pictures of your progress on our Facebook group, and tag us at @12minuteathlete and #12MAHandstands.
Remember, one lucky challenge participant will win a copy of my NEW book!
The 12 Minute Athlete team is so excited to share our latest community challenge: the 2020 Beginner Handstand Challenge!
We’ve heard from many of you that one of your long-term goals is to crush a freestanding handstand. So we’re dedicating our next month-long community challenge to helping EVERYONE get their handstand practice on.
We’ll break down the steps necessary to work up to a solid handstand, send handstand-themed exercises and tips to help you build up your strength and endurance, and share our favorite ways to add extra challenges to handstand work.
Handstands are one of our favorite skills for so many reasons. Once you get hooked on them, handstands can become part of a lifelong journey.
Let’s get to it!
(Looking for the Week 1 exercises? Click here to visit the Week 1 challenge page. Then download the challenge overview here.)
Here at 12 Minute Athlete HQ, we are SO excited to announce that the newest community challenge is here! This month we’re focusing on accountability to close out 2019 by crushing some fitness goals. December is a busy time of year for so many of us, so this challenge is designed to help you stay …
It’s the final week of the March Core Strength Challenge! You’re almost there, so don’t stop now!
If you’re just joining us for our Core Strength Challenge this month, check out the challenge page for all the details.
Remember, you can do these core strengthening exercises whenever you’d like – core strength will still be important after the month ends. If you’d like to do all the workouts from this month, download the challenge calendar and track your progress on social media with one photo or video each week. Use the tags #12MAcore and @12minuteathlete to share what you did!
It’s the last week of the challenge, so we’re going all-out. You’ll need a medicine ball, single dumbbell, or a bag filled with some heavy stuff to finish these workouts.
See if you can crush this workout routine three times this week in addition to your regular workouts. Finish strong, you got this!
Hey team! It’s Week 3 of the Core Strength Challenge and we have a new workout routine lined up for this week.
This week you’ll be moving in all directions, working the entire core to continue to build even more strength.
Just joining us? Welcome! Head over to the challenge page to get the details on our March Core Strength Challenge. If you’re looking for the exercises until now, here’s the routine for Week 1 and Week 2.
This week you’ll need a medicine ball, a single dumbbell, or a bag filled with some heavy stuff.
Here’s the plan for Week 3. Try to get this workout in three times this week—you’ve got this!
And don’t forget to follow along on Instagram or on our Facebook Group for the videos each week, and keep tracking your progress on social media with a post or video each week!
Who’s ready for Week 2 of our Core Strength Challenge?
If you’re just joining us and want to start the challenge from the beginning, check out our challenge page for all the details. You can find the exercises from Week 1 here.
This week you’ll need a medicine ball, a single dumbbell, or a bag filled with some heavy stuff to do the workout.
Below you’ll find the exercises for Week 2. Aim to do the circuit at least three times this week in addition to your regular workout routine.
PS – Make sure to follow along on Instagram or the Facebook group for the workout videos, and post at least one photo or video each week with the tags #12MAcore and @12minuteathlete to participate!
We’re kicking off the first week of the 12 Minute Athlete March Core Strength Challenge!
Today is the first day of this month’s challenge, and we couldn’t be more excited to dive in to these workouts.
If you missed our post announcing the March challenge with all the details, click here to get the low-down.
We’ve only just begun, so don’t worry! There’s still time to join us. Just download the workout calendar and track your progress on social media with one photo or video each week.
Make sure to use the tag #12MAcore and @12minuteathlete so we can see what you did – you might just make it into our weekly recap post!
Don’t have the workout calendar? No problem – you can find it on the main page, and you can find all the workout videos on our Instagram and Facebook group.
Here are the exercises for the first week. We’re starting off with a bodyweight equipment-free routine, aim to do the whole circuit at least three times this week. Feel the burn!
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