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Contortion Training

In Bodyweight Mastery by admin4 Comments

Contortion is closely tied to hand balancing in many ways. Good flexibility is needed for hand balancing. And the most contortionist acts you’ll see a variety of handstands. Now I have no plans to become a contortionist, but perhaps we can learn a thing or two from their training. And …

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Handstand Backbend

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There are people that believe you should have no backbend in your handstand at all. That only the straight handstand is how to do a handstand. But I don’t believe that. Just look at how many contortionists balance using excessive back bend. When we’re talking about handstand backbend we can …

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Sensual Hand Balancing Duo

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Watch this video on an amazing hand balancing duo. It’s French. It’s seductive. It’s also got some partner balancing I’ve never seen before. Quite the complement of strength, skill and flexibility. Thanks to Adam Glass for sending this to me.