20K views · 543 reactions | Deep dish pike presses! There is no better way to train for handstand push-ups in my opinion. I’m using my home-made big-boy parallets and a three foot plyo box in this video, but hands and feet on the floor or with some PowerStands will work too. - www.TonyHortonLife.com | www.THCare.com - - - #tonyhorton #fitness #motivation #workout #crossfit #coach #gym #gymlife #health #happiness #p90x | Tony Horton | Facebook

Pike press and back bend press. Pike press to handstand can be a very challenging journey. Pressing from a back bend is even harder although many of the body mechanics are the same in both. Not only do you need a deep back bend but you also need to maintain a substantial amount of core tension to lift up into handstand. The majority of the work comes from the shoulders. In both presses you need to align the hips directly above the shoulders and work the shoulders back to center as soon as the fe