How to do a Keg Stand

A friend of mine recently wrote a post in his blog about how to do a handstand. Being less interested with fitness and more interested in Beer, i thought i would write my own version of his post.



First, read Luke's how to do a handstand post. The art of the keg stand requires similar skills and coordination as a hand stand (not really). There are several important aspects to a keg stand.

First, make sure that the keg is flowing correctly. Too much foam can ruin even a professional kegstander's attempt. If the keg is foaming excessively, this might not be the best time to show everyone your skills.

Once you have a nice cold keg serving up straight beer you can make your move. In order to perform this great feat, you will need 2 or 3 friends to assist.

Grab the keg by the handles directly across from each other. Hold on tight and use your upper body to hold you up as your friends raise the rest of your body by your ankles. Depending on your weight, either one or two people will have to hold you up. The ideal keg stand angle is approximately 50 degrees, however, the angle of your stand depends on the strength and level of intoxication of your friends.

Once you are in the air, your other friend will gladly insert the tap's nozzle into your mouth holding it open and occaisionally pumping the keg allowing you to guzzle down as much cheap beer as possible. As part of the keg stand ritual, onlookers chant the number of seconds the person has been chugging for. Sometimes, but not always, the person(s) holding the ankles may pump the kegstander's legs to the chant.

The involvement of the onlookers as the instigators allows for a sufficient level of peer pressure so as to make the kegstander chug as much as they possibly can and, consequently, get as intoxicated as they possibly can.

The stand is ended by the kegstander shaking one of their legs or giving a nod of the head. At this point, the newly drunk is lowered down to their feet and usually unleashes an impressive burp releasing the built up CO2 gas from the massive quantity of delicious carbonated beverage they have just consumed.

Advanced Techniques:

As you train and study these magnificent art, you may advance beyond they basic Kegstand on to more and more advanced techniques.

The Two Person Stand

• This type of kegstand can actually be performed in an unlimited number of ways. This type of stand requires the person doing the keg stand to be able to support their lower body without the assistance of friends. The person can still have a friend holding the tap in their mouth to free both hands for upper body support.

The Unassisted Stand

• The Unassisted Keg stand is more advanced still than the two person. This requires not only the kegstander to support their lower body and upper body as well as hold the tap open in their mouth for the duration of the chug.
  
  

The Keg Handstand

• This is one of the most advanced Keg Stand Technique known to man. This involves supporting your whole body using just your upper body strength on the handles of the keg and using only your mouth to handle the tap. This is extremely challenging for several reasons. First of all, i can't do a handstand to begin with, second of all, alcohol, especially in abusive consumption situations like college parties, affects ones balance severely. I have only seen this done by a couple of people that take their partying very professionally.
  
  Notes:
  
  • When Keg Standing competitively, the flow rate of the keg is very important and must be agreed upon prior to the stand.
  • Girls. Beware, horny boys will look up your skirt if you choose to Keg Stand in a skirt.
  
  
  An Awesome Grandma doing a Kegstand
  
  Youtube How to do A Keg Stand
  
  Wikipedia: Keg Stand
  
  Keg Stand Game