Kyle Weiger
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Consistency is key when it comes to workouts and achieving your fitness goals. Here are a few reasons why The Importance of Consistency in Handstand Training can’t be overstated. The #1 Thing That Matters More Than Coaching, Programs, or Talent
I can give you the best handstand program in the world.
I can provide personalized coaching feedback on every single rep you do.
I can show you the exact techniques that have worked for thousands of students across 72 countries.
And none of it will matter if you’re not consistently training.
The Uncomfortable Truth About High Performance
The #1 trait of all high-performance athletes isn’t genetics or natural talent.
It’s consistency.
Study after study on elite performers across every domain—sports, music, chess, mathematics—reveals the same pattern: the people at the top aren’t necessarily the most gifted. They’re the ones who showed up when they didn’t feel like it. Who trained when progress was invisible. Who kept going when everyone else quit.
Handstand training is no different.
From Flopping Against a Wall to Coaching Worldwide
When I first started learning handstands, I was terrible.
I flopped against the wall. My shoulders were closed. My back looked like a banana. I had no idea what I was doing, and I certainly didn’t look like someone who would one day coach thousands of students around the world.
What changed?
I never let my foot off the gas on my consistency, regardless of where my skill level was.
Not when I was a beginner struggling to hold 5 seconds.
Not when I hit my first major plateau at the 20-second mark.
Not when I was developing more advanced skills and the learning curve got steeper.
I showed up. I trained. I didn’t negotiate with myself about whether it was “worth it” or whether I “felt like it” that day.
And over time, those consistent sessions compounded into real skill.
Why Consistency Beats Everything Else
Here’s what happens when you train consistently versus sporadically:
Sporadic Training (2-3 times per month):
- Your nervous system never fully adapts
- Each session feels like starting over
- Strength gains are minimal and often lost between sessions
- Motor patterns don’t consolidate into long-term memory
- You’re perpetually a beginner
Consistent Training (3-5 times per week):
- Neural pathways strengthen and myelinate
- Movement patterns become automatic
- Strength builds progressively
- Each session builds on the last
- You actually progress toward mastery
The difference isn’t 10% or 20% better results. It’s the difference between years of spinning your wheels and months of real progress.
The Myth of “I’ll Start When I Have More Time”
I hear this constantly:
“I’ll get serious about handstands when work slows down.”
“I’ll be more consistent once the kids are older.”
“I’ll commit fully when I have a better schedule.”
Here’s the truth: you will never have more time than you have right now.
Life doesn’t get less busy. Work doesn’t magically become less demanding. Responsibilities don’t decrease—they multiply.
The people who achieve mastery in anything don’t wait for perfect conditions. They train in imperfect conditions and make it work anyway.
Fifteen minutes before work. Ten minutes during lunch. Twenty minutes before bed. Small pockets of consistency beat waiting for the mythical “perfect time” that never comes.
Consistency Is a Skill You Can Develop
The good news: consistency isn’t an innate personality trait you either have or don’t have.
It’s a skill. And like any skill, you can develop it.
Start Stupidly Small
Don’t commit to 60-minute sessions 6 days a week if you’re currently training once a month. That’s a recipe for failure.
Instead, commit to something so small it feels almost embarrassing: 5 minutes, 3 times per week.
The goal isn’t to get a great workout. The goal is to prove to yourself that you can show up consistently. Once that pattern is established, you can build on it.
Anchor It to Existing Habits
Consistency becomes easier when you attach your handstand practice to something you already do every day.
- After you make your morning coffee, do your wrist warm-up
- Before you shower, do 10 minutes of drills
- When you get home from work, spend 15 minutes practicing before you sit down
Piggybacking on existing routines removes the need for willpower and decision-making.
Track It Visually
Put an X on a calendar for every day you train. The visual streak becomes motivating—you don’t want to break the chain.
This isn’t about gamification for its own sake. It’s about creating tangible evidence of your consistency that reinforces the behavior.
Remove Friction
Make it as easy as possible to start.
- Keep your practice space set up
- Have your training plan written out in advance
- Lay out whatever you need the night before
Every decision point and obstacle you remove makes showing up easier. Every barrier you leave in place makes skipping easier.
The Compound Effect of Never Missing Twice
You’re going to miss sessions. Life happens. You get sick, travel for work, have family emergencies.
That’s fine. Missing one session isn’t the problem.
The problem is missing twice.
One missed session is a blip. Two missed sessions is the beginning of a pattern. Three missed sessions, and you’re no longer a consistent practitioner—you’re someone who used to train.
The rule: never miss twice in a row.
If you skip Monday’s session, Wednesday becomes non-negotiable. If something comes up Wednesday, Thursday happens no matter what.
This rule alone has kept me training consistently for over a decade. It prevents the slide from “I missed one day” to “I haven’t trained in three weeks.”
Your Skill Level Doesn’t Matter—Your Consistency Does
Here’s what I wish I could tell every beginner who’s frustrated with their progress:
Your current skill level is irrelevant. What matters is whether you’re showing up consistently.
I’ve seen naturally talented students with great body awareness quit within months because they weren’t willing to show up regularly.
I’ve seen students with zero gymnastics background, poor flexibility, and limited strength achieve advanced skills because they showed up 4 days a week for years.
Talent might determine your starting point. Consistency determines your ending point.
The Bottom Line
The best program in the world is worthless without consistency.
The best coaching in the world can’t help you if you only train sporadically.
Natural talent means nothing if you don’t show up.
I went from flopping against a wall to coaching students in 72 countries not because I was gifted, but because I never stopped showing up. Through the beginner phase when progress was slow. Through the intermediate plateaus when improvement felt invisible. Through the advanced work when the learning curve got steep again.
Consistency isn’t sexy. It doesn’t make for inspiring Instagram posts. It’s just the boring, unglamorous work of showing up even when you don’t feel like it.
But it’s also the only thing that actually works.
Stop waiting for perfect conditions. Stop looking for shortcuts. Stop hoping for some magic trick that bypasses the work.
Just show up. Train consistently. Keep your foot on the gas.
Do that long enough, and you’ll look back one day and barely recognize how far you’ve come.
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