Would you like to know the secret to knowing how to do a handstand for beginners step by step? It all comes down to one thing: confidence. If you believe you can do it, you will. Once you have that, you just need the knowledge. Here it is. The biggest …
Hand Walking Tire Run
Here is an interesting way to practice your walking on your hands. It involves making a little course with tires. This is commonly done in football and the military (at least in the movies), for increasing foot speed and accuracy as you step through the tires. So why not try …
Strength is a Skill and Deliberate Practice
I just recently read Talent is Overrated, and this is led to me thinking more about this statement that I first heard from Pavel that “Strength is a Skill.” For this article I wanted to dive deep into this subject so that you’re able to improve your results in your …
Life in a Handstand Episode 4
It’s the fourth episode of Life in a Handstand starring Tim “Livewire” Shieff. This is a continuation of the previous video where Tim got an eviction notice. My favorite part is when he dunks his head in the water and the “dismount” after that. Those sort of negative pressing skills …
Walking Planche
Walking on your hands isn’t too difficult to do. Doing a planche is. But when you combine the two, and do a Walking Planche, you really have something spectacular. In this video you can watch acrobat Maxim Ivanov do just that. Just thinking about doing this skill makes my shoulders …
How to Do a Handstand Yoga?
Do you know how to do a handstand yoga? Don’t worry. It is not as hard as it sounds. In fact, it can be achieved with a few basic moves. Here’s how: The most important thing is to be flexible enough to get into the best position to do a …
How to Practice Handstands
Lately I’ve been having lots of fun in my hand balancing practice by working on many skills. The guide I’m using is Hand Balancing Made Easy by Professor Orlick. What I’ve done is to use the book as my training journal and write how I’m doing, reps or timed holds, …
Kettlebell X Training Review
I received some questions about Cody’s Kettlebell X Training System regarding what it looked like and what you can achieve by following the program for only 30-40 minutes 3 days a week. So he put together this short video that gives you an idea of what the program looks like. …
The 3 Pillars Of Fat Loss
Fat loss isn’t my specialty but it’s the number one training goal for the majority of people working out. Here we have a great article from Cody Bramlett about the 3 Pillars of Fat Loss. After 3 years of working with clients and building one of the most successful kettlebell …
One Arm Planche
The one arm planche could very well be the most difficult hand balancing movement out there. In this video you get to watch acrobat Chris Jones press up into a one arm handstand, lower to a one arm planche (yes it’s not perfect but it’s really good), and finally land …
Gymnastics Handstand
The gymnastics handstand is only one style of handstand, but probably the most popular today. It refers to a straight bodied handstand, as everything in gymnastics is about straight lines and looking good. This video gives you a few ideas on why this is and how to train it. I …
Claw Fingertip Push-Up
So you’re woke up one day and thought: “Man, it’s going to be awesome to have strong fingers!” Well, maybe that’s not the exact story. Maybe, you were upset because your girlfriend defeated you in armwrestling. Or you saw that video where the guy punches watermelon with his two fingers …
How to do Hand Stand Push Ups
There are lots of variations in how to do hand stand push ups. This video here gives you some details about what specifically you can do in your positioning to make this exercise easier or harder to do. IF you want tons more tips and tricks like this on hand …
How to Do a Hanstand for Beginners at Home
It’s pretty critical that you make sure you’re all stretched out and warmed up before you jump into learning how to do a handstand for beginners at home. You’re going to be using a lot of upper body strength for this, so make sure that you’re confident in your shoulders …
Doing Frogstand Presses
Just finished up another guest article for Kevin Knapp all about doing your first press up into a handstand. And this one focuses on the frogstand press as that is the easiest bent arm handstand press skill there is. Click here to read the full thing.