How much time your hands actually spend holding you up
List your stages from easiest to hardest, then enter the stage you are on, your current hold and the attempts per session. The page returns total support time per session - attempts times hold - and adds wrist prep to give total session time. For each stage it shows the threshold as the target, the session support time once that threshold is met, and the cumulative weeks.
The 30-second threshold and the weekly gain are common practice, not authoritative standards. As of October 2026 no published chart defines handstand stage transitions, so both remain inputs. Weeks for later stages assume each new stage starts from zero seconds; this is your own assumption extended in a straight line rather than a forecast.
This page does not calculate the load through the hands or any share of body weight. Being inverted makes a loss of balance easy, so practise facing or backing a wall and keep the space around your head clear. If your wrists start hurting, stop adding attempts and see a clinician.
Frequently Asked Questions
Thirty seconds is common practice, not an authoritative standard. Change the threshold field and the stage targets and weeks follow your value.
Attempts per session times your current hold. Wrist prep is added on top to give the total session time.
No. This page deals in time only and does not calculate hand load or any share of body weight.