The king of vertical pressing. Upside down, all you.
Don't let your back arch and hips sag. Stay stacked like a plank, just inverted.
This is vertical pressing with your whole bodyweight on the bar, except you are the bar. Lowering your head to the floor and driving back to lockout demands maximal work from the shoulders through a full overhead range, while the triceps handle the elbow extension that finishes each rep. Nothing loads the delts quite like being inverted, which is why it sits at the top of the bodyweight pressing ladder and why owning it makes every other overhead press feel lighter.
Earn a solid 60-second wall handstand hold first, then grind pike push-ups with feet elevated until the range matches. Negatives against the wall, lowering slowly to the floor and kicking down, bridge the final gap.
Lightly, yes. Lower until the crown of your head taps the floor, then drive up. Tapping gives you a consistent depth marker, but never rest weight on your head or bounce off it.
Your core is giving out before your shoulders. Squeeze your glutes, tuck your ribs, and treat each rep like an inverted plank. If you cannot hold the line, cut the set and come back fresher.
