I remember one day in 2005 when I was working out in my garage in San Luis Obispo, California. I was doing a circuit combining chinnups and handstand pushups (an awesome combo, by the way). I had hit my goal number of reps and sets in the handstand pushups so …
Training Experiments
Here’s one good thing about having an established workout routine besides consistency. When you’ve been doing things the same way for a period of time it allows you to take one variable and change it up. By looking at your results now as compared to before you can find if …
Increase Recovery By Cutting Volume
After you train there is one thing you have to do in order to get stronger. And that is RECOVER! Without recovery you’ll only train yourself into the ground. You don’t have to recover 100% between workouts but you do need to get most of the way there. In my …
Straight Arm Pressing Tips
Having safely returned from my trip its time to get back into regular emails to help you go further in your hand balancing and acrobatics. I received a number of excellent questions while I was gone so I figured I’d start there. “How should your hands look when there on …
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 …
Focusing on One Skill
Recently, I haven’t had a lot of time to devote to hand balancing. What with family visiting, traveling around and all that entails. So I had to cut down on the time I practiced hand balancing. Especially when you factor in that hand balancing is just one aspect of training …
Strength, Disrespect and Fear
Going to answer a few more questions today. “I can do a handstand for about 15 seconds now and I can also walk on my hands a bit thanks to this website but when I try to press into a handstand my arms die on me. is they any good …
Advanced Bridging
Last summer I was traveling through Europe with a group of friends. We were in San Sebastian waiting to go to Pamplona for the running of the bulls. There were several hours to kill before the train would arrive and take us off. So we decided to play some football …
100-day Handstand Challenge
September 22nd marks a special day. From here there are exactly 100 days left in the year. Think about what can you accomplish in 100 days? Here is my encouragement to set a big goal for the end of the year. Pick one thing and go after it with a …
Handstand Partner Drill for Stronger Shoulders
I asked one of my friends, Max, who competed as a former high-level gymnast to tell me about some of the exercises and drills he and his teammates used to build the strength they required. You can see check one video of the partner drills he showed here. This is …
Underbalancing, Learning By Yourself, and Ab Training
Going to answer more questions today. Before I begin let me once again advise that when you send in your questions to to give details and don’t just ask a broad question like ‘how do I do a handstand?’ Before you ask anything look around the site, especially the articles …
Basic Handstand Help
I’ve received quite a few questions lately, so today I’m going to dive into the proverbially mail bag. Remember you can submit your hand balancing questions here. Here’s a few different questions from Cheryl. “Which part of my body to focus for balancing when i hold a handstand. Do I …
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 …
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. …
Break-thru your Plateau
What do you do when you hit a plateau? Sometimes you just can’t seem to make anymore progress. You know, things were going great and you were progressing quickly then all of a sudden you’re stuck. There are a couple of ways around this. First you can just keep going. …