Hypertrophywise, what would be the benefit/drawbacks to stepping down on my regular weighttraining regime (which is total body training, Waterbury style) and concentrating on building up my HSPU’s? I can only do 3 (weighing 190 pounds), I would like to do 10. Never specialized before, so I don’t know how to fit it in my training and if this should be the only upper body excercise I do for a while.
wat…
LOL good one.
oh, i forgot… carrots.
If your eventual goal is to do 10 continuous HSPUs, then you don’t need to drop the rest of your training in order to get there. You could realistically hit that target with less than ten minutes of work a day.
You certainly won’t get a significant level of hypertrophy from getting to 10 reps, assuming that your are talking about HSPUs against a wall. That is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to handstand training, and you definitely won’t get more growth than you would from your gym sessions.
Why are you contemplating cutting out the weight training sessions when you don’t even know how you are going to structure your HSPU training yet?
Devise a plan of attack for that first, then worry about how it will fit into your schedule. I think HSPU work would fit into a TBT template quite well compared with a split.
The simple answer would be to substitute HSPUs for whatever vertical pushing movement you are using at the moment, and build the reps. Three is a good start: depending on your training frequency, you should hit ten reps relatively quickly.
No need to drop the weight training. There will be some strength carry over to your handstand work, so it would be a mistake to concentrate on your handstands to the exclusion of everything else.
Are you a breakdancer or a gymnast? I used to breakdance, but if you don’t do anything that needs handstand power, why would you?
Yes, it’s a good exercise… but overhead presses are better IMO. You get a full range of motion. The only way you can get a full range of motion with HSPU’s is if you have your hands on chairs or a stack of books or something.
And why would you replace upper body training with handstand pushups? If you really feel like doing them, just supplement them into your regular training if your goal is hypertrophy. If your goal is not hypertrophy… I think you need to find a different forum.
Those giving serious responses…
ARE YOU KIDDING??
The OP was obviously kidding around. How could anyone even entertain a question about doing handstands for hypertrophy. This is a bodybuilding forum btw.
Kidding or not, this doesn’t even come close to the most pointless thread topic of the last week. At least it involves resistance training of some description, and makes no mention of twins, long distance running or three individuals of similar height but different levels of bodyfat.
I thought I’d cut the guy a little slack and wait for a response. No point in making snap decisions. Where’s the fun in that?
[quote]roybot wrote:
Kidding or not, this doesn’t even come close to the most pointless thread topic of the last week. At least it involves resistance training of some description, and makes no mention of twins, long distance running or three individuals of similar height but different levels of bodyfat.
I thought I’d cut the guy a little slack and wait for a response. No point in making snap decisions. Where’s the fun in that?[/quote]
Hey believe me, I’m all for a little comedy to lighten to mood and break the monotony. But don’t start attempting to give out serious advice about handstands lol.
[quote]BONEZ217 wrote:
Hey believe me, I’m all for a little comedy to lighten to mood and break the monotony. But don’t start attempting to give out serious advice about handstands lol. [/quote]
Handstands and HSPUs: not the same thing.
O ok you’re right. Nevermind then. Sorry I wasted some of your time from helping this guy get huge from breakdancing
[quote]BONEZ217 wrote:
O ok you’re right. Nevermind then. Sorry I wasted some of your time from helping this guy get huge from breakdancing[/quote]
If you are trying to say that HSPUs can’t under any circumstances be incorporated into a full body routine as a legitimate exercise, then I guess I should be the one to apologize.
Before I do, please enlighten me as to how telling the OP to add HSPU into his TBT instead of abandoning weight training all together falls into the category of ‘breakdancing’…
[quote]roybot wrote:
BONEZ217 wrote:
O ok you’re right. Nevermind then. Sorry I wasted some of your time from helping this guy get huge from breakdancing
If you are trying to say that HSPUs can’t under any circumstances be incorporated into a full body routine as a legitimate exercise, then I guess I should be the one to apologize.
Before I do, please enlighten me as to how telling the OP to add HSPU into his TBT instead of abandoning weight training all together falls into the category of ‘breakdancing’…
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Don’t take this personally but I’m done here.
Hopefully people will get this thread back on track and post some funny pictures or whatever…
I f you have a nice warm up before you do your handstand pushup you might surprise yourself and get 10. A couple of months ago I did 17 with about 30 percent bodyfat after warmping up playing with a light kettlebell and doing wii fit stuff with my wife. The first one is always the hardest!
[quote]biggun7997 wrote:
I f you have a nice warm up before you do your handstand pushup you might surprise yourself and get 10. A couple of months ago I did 17 with about 30 percent bodyfat after warmping up playing with a light kettlebell and doing wii fit stuff with my wife. The first one is always the hardest![/quote]
I say bullshit!
Got any videos of your 17 handstand pushups
[quote]BONEZ217 wrote:
Those giving serious responses…
ARE YOU KIDDING??
The OP was obviously kidding around. How could anyone even entertain a question about doing handstands for hypertrophy. This is a bodybuilding forum btw. [/quote]
Are you retarded how the fuck did you come to this conclusion??
[quote]StephenD wrote:
biggun7997 wrote:
I f you have a nice warm up before you do your handstand pushup you might surprise yourself and get 10. A couple of months ago I did 17 with about 30 percent bodyfat after warmping up playing with a light kettlebell and doing wii fit stuff with my wife. The first one is always the hardest!
I say bullshit!
Got any videos of your 17 handstand pushups
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dude he plays wii fit. 17 is cake
i got to get me a wii fit then.
thats were ive been goin wrong