Another article on bridging and preventing back & shoulder pain has just been published at Breaking Muscle. A Bodyweight Exercise to Prevent Back Pain and Shoulder Pain In my previous article I covered the wrestler’s bridge and front bridging, but that’s only one side of the bridging game. There …
Building up to the Back Lever
I put up another article at Breaking Muscle and this time it’s about building your way up to the back lever. How to Build Up to the Back Lever The back lever is a challenging and impressive exercise. It’s one of the lower level exercises performed on the rings in …
Why Bodyweight Should Be 50+% of Your Training
Bodyweight training. I have a special love for it. It’s the first kind of training that I did where I began to see real results. The bodybuilding at 24 Hour Fitness just wasn’t accomplishing much before that. I don’t have a naturally muscular build. I’m the classic ectomorph or hardgainer. …
Two Flexibility Workouts to Improve Your Pistol
I put up a new post at Breaking Muscle about two drills to help you improve your pistol. 2 Flexibility Drills: The Keys to Progressing Your Pistol The pistol is one of the best bodyweight exercises for leg training. Even the average person can work up to repping out two-legged …
Wayne Smith
Wayne Smith was a strongman born in 1932. He became interested in training in early years, along with a twin brother Ward, but he actually started training after he joined the Navy. During his service in Hawaii, Wayne became a friend with Tommy Kono and below is the picture from …
How to hold a handstand for a long time?
How to hold a handstand for a long time? As you can see in the video above, I didn’t really hold it for a long time, but what exactly is considered a long time? For someone who is just starting out, 10 seconds is awesome whereas for others it might …
52 Ways to Get Up Off the Floor
A new article of mine is published at Breaking Muscle. The Stand-Up Challenge: 52 Ways to Get Up Off the Floor
Warming Up Before Working Out
How important are warm-ups? My opinion is quite different from most personal trainers out there, since I don’t consider them to be too important. However, this definitely depends on several factors, including your goals and circumstances. Warming up is a general term for warming up your muscles to keep them …
Doug Hepburn
Doug Hepburn was a famous strongman and weightlifter from Canada, best known for winning numerous weightlifting medals in the 50’s and various feats of strength he used to perform during the same period. The public became aware of Doug’s presence in 1953 when he won a gold medal at World …
Pull ups vs Lat Pull Downs
Are you trying to work up from lat pull downs to pull ups? To some degree, lat pull downs and regular pull ups work the same muscles, but there are a couple of big differences between them. Check out this Pull ups vs Lat Pull Downs video and find out if …
Max Unger
Max Unger, better known by his stage name Lionel Strongfort, started his career way back in 1897 when he was most popular for the Human Bridge Act. About fifteen years later, following the end of his stage career, he successfully launched a mail order course called “Strongfortism” which has been …
Ed Jubinville
Ed Jubinville performing what is known as The Human Flag. Apart from being incredibly strong, you need to do some practice in order to perform this jaw-dropping move. Ed did it with ease though! Click here to watch a video & learn more about the human flag.
Conditioning Continuum
This is one of the over-arching principles of strength and endurance which I call the Conditioning Continuum. It’s one of the 7 principles found in Explosive Bodyweight Conditioning that I want to discuss today. And although the course is about explosive bodyweight exercises for endurance this principle applies to your …
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