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Mack_the_Ripper
I'm a L5, and I'm worried because I can't get my press to HS. In our strength training every day, we have to "try 10 press handstands from sitting" but I can't even make a press from straddle sit to straddle stand. I can barely/sometimes make a press from straddle stand to handstand, and I have no problem straddling down. I wind up jumping into all 10 of my presses because I have very little time and I don't want to be late for the next exercise.
Many girls I know who are about as strong as I am are making their press handstands occasionally or are almost making them...or can at least press from sit to stand! I can hold a straddle hold for almost 30 seconds...but I don't have my middle split. It is quite close, though. Does anyone have any tips or drills? I have tried press headstand and standing press against a wall but they are easy and the standing press against a wall hurts my wrists.
If it matters (I have heard it might), I am 14 years old and 5' 2".
Many girls I know who are about as strong as I am are making their press handstands occasionally or are almost making them...or can at least press from sit to stand! I can hold a straddle hold for almost 30 seconds...but I don't have my middle split. It is quite close, though. Does anyone have any tips or drills? I have tried press headstand and standing press against a wall but they are easy and the standing press against a wall hurts my wrists.
If it matters (I have heard it might), I am 14 years old and 5' 2".