Stalder Press

Setup

1. 01Warm up shoulders, wrists, and a deep straddle pancake stretch first.
2. 02Place the hands shoulder width on the floor or parallettes.
3. 03Start in a straddle stand or straddle L with the legs outside the arms.
4. 04Lean the shoulders well forward over the hands to load them.

Execution

1. 01Compress hard, lifting the hips over the shoulders while the legs stay in the wide straddle.
2. 02Keep pressing the floor away as the hips rise above the hands.
3. 03Draw the legs together overhead as the hips stack over the shoulders.
4. 04Finish in a fully extended handstand, then reverse under control if lowering back down.

Checkpoints

• -Shoulders stay ahead of the wrists during the lean.
• -The movement is a slow press, not a jump or swing.
• -Hips travel up and over the hands before the legs rise.
• -The finishing handstand is stacked with open shoulders.

Common mistakes

• -Insufficient forward lean, stalling the hips behind the hands.
• -Bending the elbows and turning the press into a headstand push-up.
• -Lacking the pancake flexibility to keep the legs in the straddle path.
• -Attempting it before owning a straddle press handstand from a stand.