Does lifting weights help to hand balance? The answer is yes and no. Let me qualify all the following by saying there are many different ways to lift weights. Whether you are doing power lifting, Olympic lifting, bodybuilding, or just good old fashioned strength training with barbells and dumbbells. How …
Professor Orlick’s Books Available Now
Your education is the one thing you should pay more for than anything else. If you really want to become a master at the art of hand balancing or any other than you should expect to pay for the greats to teach you in one way or another. Professor Orlick, …
Close Encounter of the Bull Kind
My friend located this video from Pamplona, Spain when I was doing the Runninng of the Bulls. Someone in the stands just happened to be shooting the video. About halfway through you can see my closest encounter with a bull on that day. I know the quality isn’t very good …
Handstand Balancing, Positions and More
Here’s another question from John in England. Hello Logan, I’ve just received your manual which I ordered, thanks for sending it so prompt. I’m just approaching 40 years old and have become determined to do handstands and a few other basic gymnastic exercises. I’ve been practicing against a wall for …
Handstands and Scientific Balancing
It looks like the new Ask A Question section on the site is popular.You can let me know any problems you are having and I will answer them. Here’s one question from Andres (and he‘s not the only one asking this). Hi yes, I will get right to the point …
New Lost Art of Hand Balancing Website
I have finished the updates to the new site. Just go to https://www.lostartofhandbalancing.com to check it out.You’ll also notice a few new sections added in. –Success Stories Read and see people like you that have used the information gained here to gain hand balancing and acrobatic skills. Full of good …
A Night at the Circus
Circus Chimera had come to town. And I was not going to miss it. Last night, a group of friends and myself went to get in on the fun. Sure its not Cirque de Soleil, but still, these guys and gals were good. I knew that among the dancing, clowns, jugglers, acrobats, …
What a broom can teach you about hand balancing
Everyone has done this at one time or another. A broom is a common item but any long straight object will do just fine. Put one end on your open palm with the other end straight up in the air and keep it there by balancing. This is not very …
The Secret to Hand Balancing is…
Some people say that there are no secrets left in the world. If you ask me, that is pure B.S. If you don’t know something then that something is a secret to you. If there were no secrets in hand balancing then no one would be buying The True Art …
John Grimek Hand-to-Hand Balance
Here is John Grimek holding Glenn Marlin in a low hand-to-hand balance. This shot made the cover of the short lived magazine Acro-Chat. Unfortunately this magazine, covering all things acrobatic with writers such as Ray Van Cleef and Bob Jones, caved in due to financial problems. This comes from an …
The Basics of Handstands
Hello, I just put up two new articles on the website. You can check them out here: Benefits of Hand Balancing Safety Concerns of Hand Balancing They cover some basic stuff you should know before you begin. There will be more coming soon on all the basics of hand balancing. …
Fine One-Hand Balancing
“Jimmy Starkey of Santa Monica, California recently held a one-hand-balance for a minute and a half on top of a freight train going thirty-five miles per hour. F.O.B (Fine One-hand Balancing).” Well recently is not the right term. This occurred somewhere back in 1950. I told you I got a …
Handstand Lead-up Stunts (The Two Arm Elbow Planche)
In Handbalancing Made Easy, Professor E.M. Orlick explains that there are a number of stunts which will teach you many of the aspects that are needed for a good handstand. Two of these stunts are covered in the downloadable guide. These are the headstand and frogstand. Today I want to …
Hand Balancing Interviews, T-Shirts and VIP’s
There is a lot going on here in this message. First, here are details about the interviews included in the Hand Balancing Mastery Course. I conducted three interviews with hand balancing experts to see how they trained, what there thoughts were on the subject, and everything else. We went from …
Hand Balancing Mastery Course Details
The Hand Balancing Mastery Course is made up of three books, one of which is How to do the One Hand Handstand which I talked about last time. The first book in the course is titled Handbalancing Made Easy. This is the book that every beginner should start with. It …