I receive tons of questions and today I’ll get to a couple of them. You can always submit your question here. Just know that I can’t respond to everyone individually but I’ll try to tackle them in these emails. “I’ve got my position for my handstand right but I just …
First Attempts at Parkour
I was filming another project and I figured I had to give a few of these Parkour moves a shot. As you’ll see in the video, I didn’t have all that much crazy terrain to go off of. But I did manage a few different vaults. Even that little bit …
Sig Klein on Handstand Presses
Klein trained in a very precise, scientific fashion. He reminded Jim of an Old World Of all his exercises, Klein’s Handstand press-ups were the most remarkable. Jim had never seen anything like it. Klein performed the exercise on an old piano bench. He began placing his hands in the center …
Getting Stronger at Pressing
There are many different ways to accomplish the same goal when it comes to strength. Let’s say you want to get stronger at pressing. Here’s a partial list of exercises you can do to achieve that goal. Military Press Side Press Two or One Hand at a time Push Press …
How to Walk on Your Hands and How Not to
In a previous blog post I wrote about changing positions in the handstand and how you can do that to increase your balancing skill. Similar in many regards is walking on your hands. Let me preface this by saying, that walking on your hands can be easier then standing still …
Moving Handstands
When you first get started with the handstand all you want to do is strive to hold it for a longer and longer time. In the beginning that may just be five seconds. As you get better you’ll eventually reach half a minute, a full minute and even beyond that …
Mako Sakamoto’s Handstand Pushup Record
Mako Sakamoto is not likely a name you have heard. He was a US National Champ in the 1960’s and has coached many successful gymnasts, including Olympic Gold Medalist Peter Vidmar. One day during the athletes training they decided to find out how many freestanding handstand pushups they could do …
Freestanding Handstand Pushups
One of the moves that got me into hand balancing in the first place was the freestanding handstand pushup. I had built up to doing handstand pushups against the wall and I always wanted to do them balancing on my own. Well, having the strength to press yourself up and …
Walking on Your Hands Down Stairs
Some years ago when I was teaching Physical Education at the Western University Medical School I decided to see just how many steps I could conquer with practice. Therefore, twice every week after I had finished all of my classes, I took a crack at the main stairs. For a …
Making Handstand Presses Easier
Here’s a short clip from November’s Acrobat Accelerator. In the full issue I cover much on bent arm presses like the straddle press and frogstand press. Making Handstand Presses Easier This clip shows you how you can make the straddle press easier by adding momentum with a little hop. This …
Acrobatics outside Gymnastics
I received an interesting comment from Jonathan when he order a copy of The True Art and Science of Hand Balancing and Tumbling Illustrated. “Thanks a lot! I’m an ex high-level gymnast, I just stopped competing, but I’m still training really hard, just for myself, just for fun, and now, …
What Bridging can do for you
You probably saw some of the feats of done recently while in the bridge. Now I don’t think everyone should be having a sledgehammer swung at them while in a wrestler’s bridge, but its just an application of the strength I’ve built up through exercise. What everyone does need is …
Get Free Bridging Info
If you celebrated Halloween this past Friday, I hope you had a good one. Mine was certainly an interesting night. Now that its over we’re into the home stretch of 2008. Just two months left in the year. Now you can relax in all your efforts as the holidays come …
Yoga Arm Balances
Yesterday morning, I decided to do something a little different from my normal morning routine, which involves spending some time upside down. I had come across this yoga video of some fairly advanced stuff including a few yoga arm balances. So I popped it in the player and did my …
Where to Setup the Elite Rings?
Got a question today. And if one person is asking it, many more are probably thinking it. “Hi, I am seriously considering buying a set of the gymnastic rings, the question is where can one use them?, it is nice that they are portable, but where would one hang them …