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Why not just do incline or decline push-ups? Or weighted pull ups? I feel like handstand push-ups increase your risk of serious arm nerve compression injuries,

Why not just do incline or decline push-ups? Or weighted pull ups? I feel like handstand push-ups increase your risk of serious arm nerve compression injuries, like ulnar nerve compression at the wrist.

l33t2328 4y ago
As someone with wrist pain, I’ve been doing all manner of pushups on fists instead of hands for years. It feels a lot better(and arguably looks cooler)
- trentgreene 4y ago
  Same, and to any reader, make the switch to neutral grip on your presses _before_ you have wrist pain.
  - glitcher 4y ago
    Can you elaborate on neutral grip presses? Not sure what that looks like.
    - jacobmischka 4y ago
      Essentially, palms inward instead of downward. It's the natural position your arms are rotated when at your sides.
      - trentgreene 4y ago
        I misspoke a bit — I specifically was referring to a neutral wrist position when pressing (be it bench, overhead, pushes) w/r/t extension. I’ve seen excessive wrist extension in these movements cause repetitive strain injuries, in my case they lessened significantly when switching to a neutral wrist angle. I’d imagine flexion also ain’t great to press with, but excessive extension seems to be way more common (and in common push up technique, the norm)
- dm3 4y ago
  Had to do the same. However, I do handstand push ups on small parallettes[0] which keeps the wrist in the similar position as doing fist push ups, but doesn't hurt my knuckles. [0]: https://woodpower.com/products/woodpower-parallettes-push-up-bars-xs https://woodpower.com/products/woodpower-parallettes-push-up...
pengaru 4y ago
It doesn't seem like an issue for me, if it did I'd explore alternatives. I already do lots of pushups daily and have for decades, the handstand pushups are just something I enjoy in the morning. It's more how I finish my morning stretches than exercise. The lots of pushups probably already has my wrists well prepared for the activity.
atom-morgan 4y ago
To get good at handstand push-ups. You can't judge an approach unless you know the goal.

l33t2328 4y ago

As someone with wrist pain, I’ve been doing all manner of pushups on fists instead of hands for years. It feels a lot better(and arguably looks cooler)

trentgreene 4y ago
Same, and to any reader, make the switch to neutral grip on your presses _before_ you have wrist pain.
- glitcher 4y ago
  Can you elaborate on neutral grip presses? Not sure what that looks like.
  - jacobmischka 4y ago
    Essentially, palms inward instead of downward. It's the natural position your arms are rotated when at your sides.
    - trentgreene 4y ago
      I misspoke a bit — I specifically was referring to a neutral wrist position when pressing (be it bench, overhead, pushes) w/r/t extension. I’ve seen excessive wrist extension in these movements cause repetitive strain injuries, in my case they lessened significantly when switching to a neutral wrist angle. I’d imagine flexion also ain’t great to press with, but excessive extension seems to be way more common (and in common push up technique, the norm)
dm3 4y ago
Had to do the same. However, I do handstand push ups on small parallettes[0] which keeps the wrist in the similar position as doing fist push ups, but doesn't hurt my knuckles. [0]: https://woodpower.com/products/woodpower-parallettes-push-up-bars-xs https://woodpower.com/products/woodpower-parallettes-push-up...

pengaru 4y ago

It doesn't seem like an issue for me, if it did I'd explore alternatives. I already do lots of pushups daily and have for decades, the handstand pushups are just something I enjoy in the morning. It's more how I finish my morning stretches than exercise. The lots of pushups probably already has my wrists well prepared for the activity.

atom-morgan 4y ago

To get good at handstand push-ups. You can't judge an approach unless you know the goal.