How To Improve Your Gymnastics 1: Handstands The best way and easiest entry for improvement in our gymnastics, both pulling and pushing movements, are holds. Holding a handstand against the wall, both facing towards and away from the wall, is such a super way to build up strength and stability in your handstand. Befre even thinking about handstand push ups, you should be able to hold a 60second hs hold against the wall. If I can? If you have a 60 second hold then we begin to