▁the ▁wall ▁hand stand ▁push ups ▁c . ▁We ight ed ▁pi ke ▁push ups ▁ ▁Point s ▁if ▁Note ▁ 1 . ▁A ▁solid ▁hand stand ▁is ▁a ▁basic ▁requirement ▁ 2 . ▁Neg atives ▁will ▁help ▁bridge ▁the ▁gap ▁if ▁carefully ▁used ▁ 3 . ▁Cons ist ency ▁with ▁one ▁or ▁two ▁exer cis es ▁( one ▁hard ▁and ▁the ▁other ▁easy ▁e . g . ▁pi ke ▁push ups ▁followed ▁by ▁basic ▁push ups ) ▁should ▁be ▁your ▁goal ▁as ▁compared ▁to ▁trying ▁out ▁several ▁different ▁exer cis es ▁all ▁at ▁the ▁same ▁time . ▁Cho ose ▁a ▁st ap le , ▁master ▁it ▁and ▁move ▁on ▁after ▁which ▁it ▁becomes ▁the ▁easy ▁exercise . ▁ 4 . ▁Supp lement ary ▁exer cis es ▁can ▁be ▁anything ▁that ▁eng ages ▁the ▁upper ▁body ▁in ▁a ▁pushing ▁manner ▁e . g ▁di ps ▁and ▁military / d um bb ell ▁press es ▁ 5 . ▁Take ▁care ▁of ▁your ▁shoulders ▁and ▁el b ows ▁through ▁proper ▁joint ▁prepar ation ▁as ▁this ▁will ▁increase ▁your ▁ability ▁to ▁train ▁harder ▁ ▁Mod ifications ▁The ▁range ▁of ▁motion ▁of ▁a ▁hand stand ▁push up ▁can ▁be ▁increased ▁by ▁placing ▁the ▁hands ▁on ▁objects ▁elev ated ▁from ▁the ▁floor , ▁such ▁as ▁boxes ▁or ▁ch airs , ▁par alle tt es , ▁or ▁for ▁the ▁greatest ▁difficulty , ▁g ymn astic ▁rings . ▁This ▁allows ▁the ▁head ▁to ▁be ▁lower ed ▁below ▁the ▁level ▁of ▁the ▁pal ms , ▁greatly ▁increasing ▁the ▁difficulty ▁of ▁the