"The quick and obvious analysis as to hand balancing's benefits would include improved balance and increased shoulder strength, and though accurate, ending the analysis here doesn't speak to the singularly unique advantages to this training.
There are countless successful protocols for increasing shoulder strength and balance, but training the handstand and presses to the handstand improves proprioception and core strength in ways that other protocols cannot. Let's examine this claim more closely.
Being upside down exposes the athlete to, what is for many, a brand new world."
-Greg Glassman CrossFit Journal Article "The Handstand"
Workout:
21-15-9
Body weight Back Squat
Burpee
