Your tuck handstand feels heavy? Check your shoulders. Here’s what most people miss in their handstand training: shoulder position changes EVERYTHING. When you tuck your knees to your chest in a handstand, it should feel light. Compact. Controlled. But if your shoulders are closed (think: shrugged, collapsed, or not fully elevated), that tuck suddenly feels like you’re balancing a boulder. Heavy. Unstable. Like gravity just got meaner. Open shoulders = light tuck. Closed shoulders = heavy tuck.