I can remember it like it was yesterday even though it was about four years ago. Had never paid all that much attention to the Olympics before but this year was different. My good friend and I were watching the men’s individual all-around competition. Gymnasts are truly some of the …
Is Age a Factor in Hand Balancing?
There’s some cool things in store for this month. And we are going kick off the holiday weekend with an important announcement on Thursday. We will keep up that momentum through the whole month with a new release (or re-release) almost every single week. On top of that there are …
Handstand Questions Answered
Gonna drop into the mailbag and answer a few questions today. “Is it possible for a weak old man to develop the strength necessary to do a handstand? (presently outa condition and overweight). when will the dvd be available again?” -Dennis The Secrets of the Handstand Quickstart Guide has been …
Walking on Your Hands
Here’s a good question from Tony. “Dear Logan Christopher, I am a 44 year old male that just decided to do handstands since it was a great workout. I can do a handstand and pushups against the wall. I just read your 10 handstand tips and will work on these …
King of Bodyweight Exercises, Brad Johnson
I was on the phone with Brad Johnson yesterday talking about training. If you don’t know who Brad Johnson is you’re missing out. This guy is pretty much the king of bodyweight exercises. And I’m not talking about hundreds and thousands of reps. I’m talking strong, like one finger, one …
Three Man Hand Balancing Stunt
Got another picture from Stu Goldberg of a three man hand balancing stunt. That’s him on the top. He’s been teaching me a few things especially on the one hand handstand, some things I’ll share with you later on. But for now let’s cover some handstand basics. His comments …
Bodyweight Exercise for Strength Article
Yep, one more article up on the site. Bodyweight exercises should form the basis of anyone’s routine, at least in the beginning. By this I don’t mean you should do exclusively bodyweight training but you need to have the basics down before moving on to anything else. Bodyweight Strength Training …
New Portals to Help Navigate the Site
Here’s a few of the new pages I was talking about. These will be especially helpful for new people entering the site but if you’re looking for something in a certain category you’ll be able to find it here. These pages act as a portal to other parts of the …
Handstand Pushups and Handstand Hand Positions
Got two more handstand questions I’ll dig into today. I have to admit the quality of the questions has stepped up recently at least for the most part. Submit yours at https://www.lostartofhandbalancing.com.Here we go. The first one is from Ari. “OK, Logan, I can balance on my hands, and I …
Can Hand Balancing Help Doing Backflips?
It looks like the last email unleashed a fury of new questions. Because of the volume of them I might not get back to you personally, but I’ll try to answer the good one’s here. Hi Logan, I’ve been making tremendous progress with my handstands. I can also do a …
Increase your Hand Balancing Abilities
Got a question from Patrick. “I am a beginner at hand balancing. How can I find exercises and stretching drills thats will increase my abilities” C’mon people. This is a call to all who submit questions. Be more specific. I can provide better answer when I know what you want. …
Fish Tail Press Up to Handstand
Fish Tail Press Up to Handstand Got another video for you. This one is from next month’s Acrobat Accelerator. A slightly more advanced move, but in the complete video you’ll be taken through the steps to get up to this move. Here’s what it says in The True Art and …
David Webster on Hand Balancing
Strength historian David Webster wrote this about hand balancing in 1963: “Few physical culturists attracted to balancing have any ambitions to perfect a first class act and top the bill at the variety theatres or on television, this has happened time and time again to fellows who set out to …
Taking Time Off from Handstands
Every once in a while you need to take a little time off from your training. This could be a few days or a week. Maybe a month while you focus on other goals. This is not a bad thing. Sure, you won’t be making direct progress during that time. …
Tumbling Tip to Train Relaxation + A Deadline
Today is the last day you’ll be able to get your hands on the Tumbling Course for the launch price of $49. After midnight tonight (PST), it goes up to $79. I know I’ve been mentioning a lot. But I don’t want someone to come after me in an angry …