Q&A for How to Walk on Your Hands

Make sure your hands are not too close together or too far apart. Ideally, they should be about shoulder-width apart. Also, make sure to hold your core tight so that your back is aligned.

Your legs are unbalanced. Try to move them into a position that keeps you upright. Practice this position over and over. Also, believe in yourself. That helps you a lot.

This is something that took me a long time to learn. You need to find your center of balance. Practice a lot and try walking on your hands step by step in order to maintain balance.

You could use weights and do weight training. Without weights you can just do a bunch of pushups and carry things when grocery shopping. You can also do the handstands by the wall and do handstand pushups.

Try just doing a handstand against a wall and then work on picking your hands up one at a time. Move away from the wall as you get more comfortable.

You can use your fingers to control your balance. If you're falling forward, press (put more weight on) on your end of fingers, or you can just imagine your grabbing the floor. If you're falling back, then press on your palm more.

Not recommended, unless it is just a large mattress flat on the floor. Otherwise, you could fall off the bed and hurt yourself.

Lean your shoulders forward when you attempt your handstand. Also, if you don't have enough strength in your arms, then try some conditioning like pushups. Handstands on the wall also work on your core, building your endurance and strength.

Practice makes perfect! Start practicing a couple inches from a wall; if you feel like you're going to fall, lean your feet onto the wall.

It would probably take you some time to figure out how to do it, so don't be disappointed if it doesn’t work right away. Try pushing harder with your dominant leg, and practice with your back against a wall.

When you kick up your legs, don't be aggressive about it. Be gentle. And your hands control how fast you go, so work on that, too.

Your upper body may not be strong enough yet.

Have somebody hold your legs up while you start to walk, eventually they'll let go.

You can't hurt yourself too badly if you fall from a handstand, so you don't really need a spotter. Just tuck your neck if you fall over.

If you're about to fall, do a safety roll, which is just a forwards roll so you don't land on your back.

It might. First, see if you can do it on grass.

I would say they are, because they are the quickest and cheapest way to work out, all you need is yourself! Make sure you do them properly though, or else they're useless. Keep your hands just over shoulder width apart, facing forward with your body in a straight line, then push yourself up, making sure you keep your body in a straight line until your arms are fully extended. After that, bend your arms until your biceps are parallel to the ground. Then repeat.

You should get down from the handstand immediately. Otherwise, you could injure your arms. It will help if you do exercises to strengthen your muscles in that specific area.

Try it on the wall, and move your hands back and forth.

Just work on pointing your toes while standing still in a handstand. Push your toes and try to imagine them touching your arch. It can be quite painful if you go to far, but you should only feel like someone is holding your toes in place.

Start off by moving a few inches away from the wall, so that if you get scared you can bend your knees and still touch the wall. As you begin to feel more confident, try walking with blankets or pillows underneath you before trying without anything.

The more experienced you get, the bigger steps you can take. I can walk for long periods of time on my hands, and I prefer 20-inch spacing.

First try it against the wall and then do the push up handstands against the wall. Then, once you feel comfortable without the wall, try it by yourself. After that, it's just a case of continuing to practice.

Try strengthening your core to gain more control and balance between your back and abs.

Try to work on your handstands first. Once you can hold a handstand for a long time, try again.

Try keeping your arms straight and try to find your center. Also, keep practicing and you will get it.