Its not a barbell… Its not a kettlebell… Its not your training journal… Its your body… And I’m not talking about bodyweight exercises. Those are important and something I’ll be sharing a bunch more on shortly, but for now I‘m talking about something else. That is using your body and …
Rolling in 8 Directions
Another part of the Motor Moron series. There was some confusion about how to go about rolling in 8 directions. This video should clear that up. Basically there are 3 types of rolls here. Straight forward (and backwards) somersaults. Diagonal rolls commonly done in martial arts and parkour. And then …
Getting Up Without Your Hands
This is a follow up to my post on Don’t Be a Motor Moron. I received a few questions so I filmed some videos to answer them. This is basic stuff but for some people it may be exactly what they need to do in their training. More on rolling …
Don’t Be a Motor Moron
Motor: Involving or relating to movements of the muscles Moron: A stupid person Motor Moron: Someone who doesn’t have the basic strength and coordination to handle their own body The people that visit this site certainly aren’t your average people. Not everyone wants to be able to stand on one …
French Hand Balancer Video
Here is a great video I saw recently of an excellent hand balancer from France. It shows a wide variety of amazing hand balancing skills. Hand balancing stands are used in about the first half of the video. Then a few other tools are used throughout as well. One of …
Back in Stock
Just a quick post to let you know an order of the Hand Balancing Stands is being produced and they are back in stock. They’ll be ready to ship out by the end of next week. Click here for full details and to get your pair now.
Intro to Capoeira
I was at a competition this past weekend and met Adrian who had previous years of experience in Capoeira. I asked him to demonstrate just a few basic moves and he obliged. Enjoy! There are many different arts that incorporate hand balancing and acrobatics into them and each one is …
Parallette Training without Parallettes?
In the past three posts you’ve got tons of ideas on training you can do with parallettes. But what if you don’t have a pair of parallettes to train with? One, you can easily make your own pair for cheap. Two, you can replicate the same training with a variety …
Parallette presses and holds
Ryan Hurst from Gold Medal Bodies is here to show you how to move forward with your parallette training. Click here for Part 1 and Part 2. This is the third in a three part series. By now, you should have developed some foundation strength in the basic parallette press …
Why you need to join us for the Super Human Workshop – Part 2
If you missed part 1 click here where kettlebell training was discussed. Today we’ll move onto bodyweight training. For some reason I’m known as a bodyweight guy. Maybe that’s because I do hand balancing and acrobatics. Maybe because of my crazy Ultimate Royal Court Challenge. The truth is I love …
Parallette Training Foundation for Full-Body Power
Ryan Hurst from Gold Medal Bodies is here to show you how to build a training foundation with parallettes. This is the first of a three part series. If you’ve ever seen a gymnast perform skills like the planche, you’ve probably wished you could too. Maybe you even got right …
On Parallettes
Back at the end of January I had the pleasure of meeting up with some new friends at a seminar they were hosting. It was some top quality gymnastic strength type training information suitable for all levels. It was a lot of fun and some of the exercises and drills …
Frogstand Tips Video
This video shows a tip for the Frogstand I came up with after working with a client on his handstand. Give it a try and see if it helps you out. By placing your hands wider than shoulder width you can more easily support your body weight thus making the …
Get In While You Can
I was working with a client again today and came up with something that can help you big in the frog stand, and thus work your way to the handstand. I’ll shoot a video of it soon and put it online for you to see. (Should have had the camera …
Struggling with the Handstand?
The vast majority of people that come to this site are beginners looking to get into a handstand for the first time. Yes, there are those that can effortlessly hold a one arm handstand but they are few and far between. And everyone else is jealous of them of course. …