Got two more handstand questions I’ll dig into today. I have to admit the quality of the questions has stepped up recently at least for the most part. Submit yours at https://www.lostartofhandbalancing.com.Here we go. The first one is from Ari. “OK, Logan, I can balance on my hands, and I …
Strongman Manifesto soon to arrive
I’m just finishing up a special report called the Strongman Manifesto that you’ll be able to get early next week at no cost. Just wanted to let you know its coming. I’ve been writing it for several months off and on but its just about complete. To give you a …
Can Hand Balancing Help Doing Backflips?
It looks like the last email unleashed a fury of new questions. Because of the volume of them I might not get back to you personally, but I’ll try to answer the good one’s here. Hi Logan, I’ve been making tremendous progress with my handstands. I can also do a …
Combat Conditioning Athlete of the Year
Part two of the Combat Conditioning Athlete of the Year journey is now up on the site. Find out more about my training and the contest itself. Most importantly what made the difference and allowed me to come out on top. Plus you get to see the trophy.In strength, Logan …
Increase your Hand Balancing Abilities
Got a question from Patrick. “I am a beginner at hand balancing. How can I find exercises and stretching drills thats will increase my abilities” C’mon people. This is a call to all who submit questions. Be more specific. I can provide better answer when I know what you want. …
Ultimate Royal Court Challenge
Happy Memorial Day. I hope you had a great time this weekend and on this fine holiday. While many take it easy on a holiday, I think it’s an even better time for a hard workout. Maybe even an epic challenge of sorts. There’s a new article on the site …
Fish Tail Press Up to Handstand
Fish Tail Press Up to Handstand Got another video for you. This one is from next month’s Acrobat Accelerator. A slightly more advanced move, but in the complete video you’ll be taken through the steps to get up to this move. Here’s what it says in The True Art and …
David Webster on Hand Balancing
Strength historian David Webster wrote this about hand balancing in 1963: “Few physical culturists attracted to balancing have any ambitions to perfect a first class act and top the bill at the variety theatres or on television, this has happened time and time again to fellows who set out to …
Taking Time Off from Handstands
Every once in a while you need to take a little time off from your training. This could be a few days or a week. Maybe a month while you focus on other goals. This is not a bad thing. Sure, you won’t be making direct progress during that time. …
Tumbling Tip to Train Relaxation + A Deadline
Today is the last day you’ll be able to get your hands on the Tumbling Course for the launch price of $49. After midnight tonight (PST), it goes up to $79. I know I’ve been mentioning a lot. But I don’t want someone to come after me in an angry …
A Good Handstand Pyramid Trick for the Triceps
Got another one from Stu Goldberg. That’s him in the middle in the jack-knife position. According to Stu this is one of the toughest middle man tricks. A huge strain on the triceps, as I’m sure you could imagine. But its even worse when the top-mounter ‘planches’ his handstand, like …
Stories of Bob Jones and other Hand Balancers
Just a couple weeks ago I was contacted by a man who knew and trained with Bob Jones among many other hand balancers. His name is Stu Goldberg and he has a few stories to share. I thought you might be interested. Plus there are many pictures too. If …
The 7 Values of Tumbling by Loken and Willoughby
The past couple days have been crazy. I was amazed at the response to the Tumbling Course. Within a few minutes of putting the page up orders were coming in. The good news is if you’ve bought your copy of the Tumbling Course before today, it is in the mail …
Tumbling Workbook and Dive Rolls
Tumbling Illustrated is the main book I’ve been talking about. But on top of that when you order the Tumbling Course next week you’ll get the Tumbling Workbook. I explain it fairly well in the video. But to recap, in the workbook you have all 248 moves from Tumbling Illustrated …
Handstand, Tumbling and Athleticism
Wanted to start off today’s message with a powerful comment from a subscriber. Logan, Your website is absolutely fantastic and it has helped me learn a whole new approach to physical-culture training. Over the last few months, I have incorporated handstand push-ups and some elementary handstand training into my weightlifting …