I put up a new post at Breaking Muscle on building up to the front lever with six workouts that will help you achieve this move. How to Build Up to the Front Lever If you want strong lats and phenomenal core strength, then the front lever is an exercise …
Push X Pro Review
The other day I was sent a pair of a bodyweight training tool called, Push X Pro. When I first saw it, I have to be honest, I didn’t think it was that big of a deal. But as a hands on learner, once I did get my hands on …
Building up to the Back Lever
I put up another article at Breaking Muscle and this time it’s about building your way up to the back lever. How to Build Up to the Back Lever The back lever is a challenging and impressive exercise. It’s one of the lower level exercises performed on the rings in …
Before and After Rehabbing a Wrist Injury
One of the chronic injuries I battled with for a long time was my right wrist. I hurt it back in high school playing football and it was never the same afterwards. This made a lot of what I do really hard. Try doing handstands when its painful to bend …
What I have Achieved…and YOU Can Too
Like I told you in my last article about practicing what I preach its one of the most important things that I do. So I wanted to take a moment and share with you the achievements I have accomplished and how you can do the same or similar ones by …
Why Bodyweight Should Be 50+% of Your Training
Bodyweight training. I have a special love for it. It’s the first kind of training that I did where I began to see real results. The bodybuilding at 24 Hour Fitness just wasn’t accomplishing much before that. I don’t have a naturally muscular build. I’m the classic ectomorph or hardgainer. …
Two Flexibility Workouts to Improve Your Pistol
I put up a new post at Breaking Muscle about two drills to help you improve your pistol. 2 Flexibility Drills: The Keys to Progressing Your Pistol The pistol is one of the best bodyweight exercises for leg training. Even the average person can work up to repping out two-legged …
5 Types of Structure Training
Different types of exercises bring different types of results. That’s obvious. So if you’re looking for unconventional results (and let’s be honest, conventional results aren’t that impressive) than you have to do unconventional exercises. In the new Strengthen Your Structure course there are five groups of exercises. Partials and Supports …
One Arm Chin Assistance Exercise – Lockups
I’ve been working towards the one arm chin-up for a number of years. It’s a humbling move, but I am happy to say I’m closer than I’ve ever been before. Coming from a background where I couldn’t even do a chin-up when I was 18, which was ten years ago, …
Achieving Full Range of Motion in Handstand Pushups
I just put up another article at Breaking Muscle and this time it’s about working your way up to a full range of motion in handstand push-ups. How to Work Up to a Full Range of Motion Handstand Push Up When I first got involved in bodyweight training one of …
What is Perfect Form?
I received a response from one of my earlier articles where I stated that I’m not all that concerned with good form in my exercises. This is very much in contrast with what most people believe, so it is worth going into more detail. Good Form = No Injuries and …
Got My Front Splits
If you follow me on Facebook you may have already seen that I did this a couple weeks ago. But I decided to shoot a video showing it. Its not easy…yet…But its there, so my flexibility training has been going well. The side splits are still a ways off, but …
Holding a Freestanding Handstand
A new article of mine about holding a freestanding handstand is published at Breaking Muscle. How to Hold a Freestanding Handstand In my previous article I showed you how to get up and hold a handstand against the wall. In this article you’ll learn to take a much more advanced …
Working Your Way Up To a Freestanding Handstand
Check out my newest post on Breaking Muscle on working your way up to a Freestanding Handstand. Find out exactly which lead-up stuns are needed in order to reach this goal. How to Work Up to a Freestanding Handstand In my previous article I showed you how to get up …
Podcast: Mike Fitch on Hand Balancing
I caught up with Mike Fitch from Global Bodyweight Training in this excellent interview focused on deepening your bodyweight training and specifically hand balancing. [display_podcast] Different Styles of Hand Balancing Training Starting with highest neurological training Regressive or accumulation training Be still. Be fluid. Be strong. Becoming a Master of …