This great question came in from Dan regarding twisting out of position in the one arm handstand. As this is something I myself have experienced I figured its a common problem among one hand handstand training. Thank you for the handstand program that you sent to me recently. I was …
How to Do a Handstand Pushup
We’ve all seen them. They looked real cool and impressive. Here are some ideas on how to do a handstand pushup. The first thing to do is to warm up your shoulder muscles. You can do this by simply shrugging your shoulders several times. Continue by making your arms into …
What is Proper Pullup Form?
I received this question about what is proper pullup form. “Pull ups what is the proper technique for them, what cues should I use to get the most out of my lats? I am struggling with my max reps bodyweight.” First off, let me say I’m not a big stickler …
Clothing Related Acrobatics
This video features Damien Walters and Tim Shieff in what I’ve termed as clothing related acrobatics. The name of it is ‘One Leg at a Time’, which is going off the saying “I put my pants on one leg at a time,” which implies I’m a normal human being just …
Handstand Workout
The handstand workout that you do will completely depend on your skill level and what you’re looking to accomplish. One that I did in the past was a circuit with seven exercises. 1 – Wall handstand 2 – Hamstring flexibility 3 – Frogstand to Headstand 4 – Straddle Lift 5 …
Handstand Balance Training
If you’re looking to improve you balance in the handstand this will be a great article for you. I’m going to split it up into two subjects. One, is if you’re training to gain the balance just for the handstand itself, that is to be able to hold it stable …
How To Do a Handstand and Stay Up
Most of us dreaded gym class in school. One of the hardest tasks was learning how to do a handstand and stay up. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to be on the US Olympic Gymnastics team to perform a steady handstand. It takes patience, practice and good technique. …
Swiss Ball Acrobatic Tricks
This video is similar to a recent one featuring Damien Walters and Tim Shieff using a swiss ball for acrobatic tricks. In fact, they may have gotten the idea from James Stewart. I would only recommend trying these skills, even the basic ball backflip, if you have a great foundation …
August’s Book Club Article
A little late on this one, but it’s here. It’s the new article on August’s Physical Culture Book Club selection. This is for The Amazing Samson.
Guest Article at Breaking Muscle
I’ve written a great new article for a site called Breaking Muscle. It’s all about Basic Tumbling Skills You SHOULD Have. If you’re a regular reader here it may not be anything new to you, and the skills easy, but they certainly aren’t so easy for the average person out …
Mental Toughness Article
I wrote a guest article for David Lee all about mental toughness and training. Mental Toughness In Life And Training
How to do a Headstand Yoga
Sirsasana is another name for the Yoga Headstand, which is a challenging posture within the inversion category. Other inversions include postures such as the handstand, the forearm balance and the shoulder stand. There’s a wide array of benefits to be had from learning how to do a headstand in yoga, …
Swiss Ball Acrobatics
There’s a series featuring two of the best athletes in the world, Damien Walters and Tim Shieff, who I’ve featured a whole bunch on this site. In this series they do a bunch of random acrobatic things together, along with some of their other friends. To start with they work …
Book Club: Goerner the Mighty
Introducing the Physical Culture Book Club. As a subscriber on Legendary Strength you can join for free. For the month of September we’ll be reading Goerner the Mighty by Edgar Mueller. Or want to get all 12 books for this year in one package right now? You can get additional …
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 …