A short and simple question came in the other day: “What are the benefits of doing back flips?” Well, if you’re just looking for ‘general fitness’ this move isn’t for you. Really it should be looked at more as an application of your fitness rather than a method to build it. …
Backflips Anywhere and Anytime
Back flips are hands-down one of my favorite of all skills to have. It’s simple in execution yet showcases you have some awesome skill that many people “want” to have. Check out this new video where I talk about the important things in the back flip and my new back …
How I Learned to do the Back Flip
I’m not the best at backflips in the world… But I can do them standing anywhere and anytime. I mentioned this at a recent seminar I was attending and was asked to prove it. Even though it has actually been a few months since my last back flip I went …
5 Backflip Video
Progress has been real good in my gymnastics class recently. Here I wanted to show a backflip video of not one but five backflips in a series. They’re not the prettiest back tucks but they are getting increasingly easier to do. A week or two ago was the first time …
Gymnastic Clips
As I’ve reported here I’ve started going back to gymnastics. My skills quickly returned and I feel I’m beginning to break new ground. Below you can watch a couple clips from Tuesday night’s session. First off, the back flip. I’m happy to be able to do this skill once again …
Second Day at Gymnastics
Yesterday was my second day back at gymnastics. I have to admit it’s a lot of fun. Join the class and do a series of drills across the floors. Different kinds of cartwheels. Handstands. Handstand roll out. Handstand rollout to standing. And so on. The different people there have different …
First Day Back
It’s the first time I’ve attended a gymnastics class in around two years, maybe longer. I expect that I’ll be able to get back into it quickly, at least for the most part. I don’t plan to rush things. On this first day back, we start up on the trampoline. …
Videotape Your Handstands and Acrobatics
“Whoa, that’s what I’m doing? No wonder I‘m not pulling it off” It wasn’t the first time I said that phrase and it wouldn’t be the last. Back in gymnastics I liked to bring in a digital camera to take video of myself performing moves. I’d leap upwards to do …