I caught up with Mike Fitch from Global Bodyweight Training in this excellent interview focused on deepening your bodyweight training and specifically hand balancing. [display_podcast] Different Styles of Hand Balancing Training Starting with highest neurological training Regressive or accumulation training Be still. Be fluid. Be strong. Becoming a Master of …
Straight Arm Strength
If you’re into hand balancing you MUST build strength in a way that is not done with weight lifting, or almost any other form of exercise. That is Straight Arm Strength. I’ve been working a lot on this exact thing lately. My friends at Gold Medal Bodies just put up …
Parallette Training without Parallettes?
In the past three posts you’ve got tons of ideas on training you can do with parallettes. But what if you don’t have a pair of parallettes to train with? One, you can easily make your own pair for cheap. Two, you can replicate the same training with a variety …
Parallette presses and holds
Ryan Hurst from Gold Medal Bodies is here to show you how to move forward with your parallette training. Click here for Part 1 and Part 2. This is the third in a three part series. By now, you should have developed some foundation strength in the basic parallette press …
Holding the Center: Introducing Parallette Holds for Core Strength
Ryan Hurst from Gold Medal Bodies is here to show you how to build a training foundation with parallettes. This is the second in a three part series. If you’ve been practicing your parallette push-ups, you’ve probably noticed that your arms and core feel a little different from what you’re …
Parallette Training Foundation for Full-Body Power
Ryan Hurst from Gold Medal Bodies is here to show you how to build a training foundation with parallettes. This is the first of a three part series. If you’ve ever seen a gymnast perform skills like the planche, you’ve probably wished you could too. Maybe you even got right …
On Parallettes
Back at the end of January I had the pleasure of meeting up with some new friends at a seminar they were hosting. It was some top quality gymnastic strength type training information suitable for all levels. It was a lot of fun and some of the exercises and drills …