Introducing the Physical Culture Book Club. As a subscriber on Legendary Strength you can join for free. For the month of March we’ll be reading The Way to Live by George Hackenschmidt. Or want to get all 12 books for this year in one package right now? You can get …
Clutch Flag
Been having lots of fun in my recent park workouts. Here is a video on me doing a Clutch Flag. Clutch Flag To be honest, I had never seen nor heard of this version of the human flag, until I read Convict Conditioning 2. Anyone with a good level of …
Book Review: Maxalding by Monte Saldo
Monte Saldo was less well known then his major partner, Maxick, in the system they created called Maxalding. That is also the name of the book which this review is about. Maxick became more well known from his books and weight lifting exploits, though Monte was no slouch in that …
First Back Lever
I was “playing” at the park yesterday with my friend. Great to always have a camera on hand. Here I was able to hold my first back lever with legs straight but also together. Check off one major goal for this year! Compare this to my earlier straddle back levers. …
Tuck to Advanced Tuck Planche
I received the following question from Gary regarding moving from the tuck to advanced tuck planche. Thanks for all your good advice and tutorials. Can you help me as I am trying at the moment to go from tuck planche to advanced tuck planche, (sure you have had this question …
Bar Kip Tutorial
Over the years I’ve only done a little bit of bar work. I remember one day back in gymnastics I decided to try out the bar kip. The other people there told me how to do it and in a couple tries I had it down. This video shows you …
Amazing Hand Balancing Video
Here’s another video of an amazing hand balancer. The video starts off with 15 straddle L presses to handstand. This is followed by 10 handstand pushups, a half pirouette, then 3 more. Using rotating hand balancing stands a series of elbow lever press to handstands. Front and side splits (including …
Frogstand Press Static Hold
Here’s a new video that gives you another tip on training the bent arm pressing, specifically the frogstand press, though this applies to them all. This involves using static holds to build strength and control your press. You must have the strength to hold each portion of the handstand press …
Bent Arm Pressing
Here’s a new video that gives you a tip on training the bent arm pressing, specifically the bent arm straddle press is shown. Of course this would work equally well with any other press. You can find out much more about bent arm pressing in the Hand Balancing Mastery Course. …
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Damien Walters 2011
This video was just released today. It features Damien Walters, one of the greatest acrobats and free runners alive today. Want to see more? Check out these two videos as well. Damien Walters 2010 Damien Walters 2009 To get to this level you’ll need lots of practice. Having a facility …
Air Force Crew
Check out this video of break dancers Air Force Crew. I had the opportunity to see these guys perform live at a conference. I’ve never worked on breakdancing moves specifically but probably will some day. There is lots of similarities between this and other acrobatic arts.
How to Roll After a Jump
If you have ever jumped in your life, you may have noticed that it is only the beginning of your journey. Depending on the length of your jump in the air you might need to change balance or reposition yourself. Once gravity starts pulling you down, you need to think …
How to do a Wallrun
No matter if you have seen it in movies, video games or on other videos, wallruns are always quite astonishing to look at. For a moment it appears as if though you are defying the laws of gravity, and anything that unnatural is certain to impress anyone. The best way …
Trinity
This is a model I came up with on the three areas you can focus in on to increase your performance. I call it the Peak Performance Trinity. The question to ask yourself is what area are you lacking in and what can you do to make it better? 1. …