Handstands?

[lyorn]

I just had a weird encounter in the gym. I like to close my sessions with some stretching, and then do something for fun and balance. Currently it's handstands against the wall.

Today, a guy (who can walk on his hands while cracking jokes, btw) asked me if I was doing gymnastics or acrobatics, and I said, no, I'm just practising handstands for fun. He said that it's rare for a woman to do handstands at all.

Which left me baffled. Is it actually rare? And if so, is there any reason for it?

Comments

[holyschist]

Uh, really? IDK, maybe it's because I did gymnastics, but I was really into handstands (and walking on my hands) for a long time (can't do it these days because of wrist damage). Women generally need to be more careful about tucking in shirts, but I don't see any other reasons women wouldn't do handstands, unless perhaps they have physical discomfort issues related to breasts.

[lyorn]

Strangely, my shoulder, which hates me doing push-ups, has no problems with handstands at all. I hope that one day I'll be back to where I was when I was ten when it comes to walking on my hands, and then maybe even get beyond that and manage more than five steps...

[holyschist]

Not really strange--it's a totally different form of force exerted. My wrists can handle pushups on my fists, but not anything that involves placing my palms flat on the ground and putting weight on them.