How many of you would be interested in developing tremendous upper body strength, injury-proof shoulder stability, superior balance and coordination, and sculpted shoulder muscles… all without any exercise equipment? Count me in! That’s why I decided to train myself to be able to perform handstand push ups. When I first started training for this movement a few weeks ago I could barely even hold myself in a handstand position against the wall, so I’m going to need to start with the basics… which is good for you, my readers, because I’ll be videotaping my progress and sharing it as a series of training tutorials! The handstand push up is similar to performing an overhead shoulder press using your own body-weight, while upside down. I currently have no ambitions to perform this exercise in a “free standing” balance position, so I’ll be resting my feet against the wall for added balance. [...]