I love to share successes of those who put into practice what I teach. This video from Greg is a perfect example. I did it! My first ring muscle up after 2&1/2 years. I first saw a picture many years ago of someone who had done a bar muscle up, …
Breath Hold Squats
Breath hold squats are something I’ve done on and off over the years. Recently, along with other breath hold work, I’ve got back at it. The following video shows 42 reps in the bodyweight squat while holding breath. If you’ve never done this before I recommend you give it a …
4 Way Hip and Leg Flexibility with One Legged Squats
There is always more to learn… At the recent Progressive Calisthenics Certification where I was helping out I still knew I would come away from the weekend with new insights. While there were many small tips and tricks I’d like to focus on one of the biggest ideas I learned. …
PCC Century Test
Next weekend I’m going to be one of the assistant instructors at the Progressive Calisthenics Certification in Mountain View, CA. I look forward to teaching others tips and progressions of bodyweight exercises. (Plus I always pick up a few insights myself at these events.) Anyway, I want to share a “workout” …
The Great Gama and The Mighty Atom
In the center of a loose earthen pit, two massive Indian wrestlers stood naked except for breech cloths, their black mustaches preened and heads shaven. Each raised a weighty gold scepter-mace, his badge of championship. This formality concluded, the two men faced each other in the open pit. The crowd …
The 50% Workout
As you know if you’ve been paying attention I’m working on my goal of 100 snatches with the 48kg or 106 lb. kettlebell in 10 minutes. When I first imagined undertaking this goal I thought it would be a little bit easier than it has turned out. This isn’t the …
Flow Seminar Review
The Flow Seminar is a very cool bodyweight training course put together by two of the top people in the field. While so much of bodyweight training to many people is about counting reps, one of the directions more and more people are moving in, is in using it for …
Ab Wheel Alternatives
A lot of people are searching for Ab wheel alternatives in this video I’ll address a couple of them. I have the power wheel from LifeLine USA which cost around fifty bucks and even though I bought it around eight years ago it still works perfectly fine. A regular ab wheel …
Pavel Teaches Us About The Value of Practice
Another guest article has just been put up at Breaking Muscle. Lessons From Pavel: Strength As a Skill And The Value Of Practice As I sat on my bed in my crowded room, I could hear Pavel Tsatsouline’s voice in my head as I read through The Naked Warrior. This …
Airborne Lunge Vs Pistol Squats
What are the differences and similarities between the airborne lunge and the pistol? Although both of these exercises are one legged squats, with the airborne lunge the leg is behind you, whereas in the pistol the leg is in the front. As I mentioned in the previous video, most people …
How to do the Airborne Lunge
This video describes the basics of how to do the airborne lunge. I first read about this exercise in Pavel’s The Naked Warrior, but never really got into it, favoring the pistol squat instead. But recently I was reintroduced to this exercise by Max Shank and have been using is …
One Hand Handstand Kettlebell Flip
I thought about doing the idea of doing this one hand handstand kettlebell flip combo move some time ago. Even tried it against a wall and found it really tough. But to keep the balance in a one arm handstand is simply amazing! The man in the video is Oscar …
Use of Full Body Tension?
If you’ve been in the strength world for awhile you’ve likely heard about “Full Body Tension”. And on that note I received a great question the other day from Sol. Hi Logan, I read a lot of your Legendary Strength posts about muscle control the other day. I just purchased …
Back to Basics
As I am looking back over 2014 I came to realize something. I had gotten away from the basics in my training a bit too much! In fact, I can remember in the early part of the year, thinking that at my “advanced” stage of training I could do this. …
All About Muscle Control
Muscles can do one of two things, either contract or relax, with varying degrees of both. Muscle control is the art of controlling your muscles. More specifically it involves controlling muscles in isolation, in combinations and sequences. As a specific practice it was largely “created” by Maxick (born Max Sick, …