For all acrobatics and hand balancing you need strong abs. The stronger the abs the better. In this new article you’ll find out one of my favorite ab exercises and four progressive levels to do it in.
Second Day at Gymnastics
Yesterday was my second day back at gymnastics. I have to admit it’s a lot of fun. Join the class and do a series of drills across the floors. Different kinds of cartwheels. Handstands. Handstand roll out. Handstand rollout to standing. And so on. The different people there have different …
Handstand on a Guitar
Rudi Macaggi a performing acrobat and comedian demonstrates his hand balancing ability by doing a one arm handstand on a guitar. Don’t try this at home without many years of practice. You could hurt yourself and the guitar!
Handstand Pushup Plateau
Another question came in recently regarding breaking through handstand pushup plateaus. I’m now able to balance about 15 seconds at best, but I do see progress. Focusing my weight on that first row of knuckles helps a lot. I also started doing more forearm stands as a balancing drill which …
Making Progress and Questions
This one came in today. Hey Logan, I’ve only been trying to do a handstand for just under a week and with your website i am already able to hold a handstand for more than 10 seconds! (seems like forever to me) I’m going to keep on trying and maybe …
Entcho Hand Balancing
This is one of my favorite hand balancing videos by Entcho Keryazov from Bulgaria. Simply amazing. I stumbled across this awhile ago, and many people have pointed it out to me, but this is the first time I’ve featured it here. Some of my personal favorites: The back lever at …
30 Day Challenge – Part 2
Feeling the soreness from attending gymnastics I still had to balance, per my 30 day challenge. Even kicking up into a handstand was difficult due to my hamstrings, particularly my right one, being sore. I kept the practice short. Even though my upper body wasn’t quite as sore it was …
First Day Back
It’s the first time I’ve attended a gymnastics class in around two years, maybe longer. I expect that I’ll be able to get back into it quickly, at least for the most part. I don’t plan to rush things. On this first day back, we start up on the trampoline. …
30 Day Challenge
It’s been awhile since I wrote you. I’ve been busy on two other projects (https://www.radianthealthtoday.com and https://www.superhumantraining.com) which accounts for much of the limited communication. The other reason is that I haven’t been practicing my skills. Makes it hard to write about when you’re not actively doing them. 🙁 But …
Back to Gymnastics
A few years back I regularly attended a gymnastics class. This wasn’t back when I was a kid, as is the case for 99% of gymnasts, but because I wanted to master gymnastic skills as an adult. I wanted to strength and skill that comes with it. This fell away …
Adam Vazquez
Thanks to George for pointing hand balancer Adam Vazquez out to me. Obviously very talented. Personally I really enjoy the move shown at the 2 minute mark, the back handspring (onto a raised platform, no less) sticking into a handstand. And I don’t know about you but this video makes …
Damien Walters 2010
In case you haven’t seen this video, check out one of the greatest athletes out there, Damien Walters. One thing I think you can take away from this video is that much practice is done in a gymnastics center as well as outside in ‘regular’ terrain. Build up your skills …
Science of Handwalking
I was sent a couple of articles by Rick over at GymnasticsCoaching.com These can be found in the Science of Gymnastics Journal found here. One particular article caught my eye, concerning a comparison of hand walking to regular walking. You’re welcome to read the seven page report yourself but I’ll …
One Arm Handstand Series Part 2
This is the second in the series on progress towards the one arm handstand series. In the Secrets of the Handstand Quick Start Video I show four lead-up stunts that work the skills necessary to do a handstand. The one arm handstand has lead-up stunts too. As was discussed previously …
Secrets of the Handstand Review
Since releasing the Secrets of the Handstand Quick Start video for free on the site last week there has been more traffic here, more people signing up and lots of emails of thanks. Thanks everyone for spreading it around. Got this report from Dan who purchased the Secrets of the …