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I just achieved my personal record of 35 seconds long free handstand two days ago and I just wanna say this: DO NOT try the handstand without PROPERLY warming up, else you can and will seriously and very badly injure yourself (speaking from experience).

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For inactive people, it's probably also best to start with easier exercises that don't involve as much balance or strength. Your tendons and joints take time to adapt to exercise, in fact they take longer than muscles to adapt.

For example, some pushup regression (e.g. pushup with your knees on the floor) followed by regular pushups builds arm and shoulder strength/stability. This would make learning the handstand much easier and safer later on.

came here to say just this. number one lesson from handstanding is the value of warming up and being kind to your wrists.

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