There are so many toys to use when learning to do handstand pushups. Melody is comfortable on top of a 24" box, Trish is experimenting with bands hung from the pullups bars and Glenn is anchoring his feet off our homemade parallel bars. Any way works, just make sure your arms are straight and in line with your ears and that the crown of your head touches the gound. If you cannot lower your head all the way to the ground, the ground can be raised up to you by using a bumper plate, an ab mat or even a telephone book beneath you.