The following, going to a handstand from sitting position, is an intermediate skill though it can be made easier or harder. This video shows you a good example of how you can do this move. Handstand From Sitting This is probably the easiest form to do this skill in. 1 …
Bodyweight Squat Form
Many people will state that bodyweight squats are a great exercise to do but what is the correct bodyweight squat form? Here is my video that covers the basics. Bodyweight Squat Form The one major thing I’d like to point out is to go below parallel. Some poeple when starting …
Sensual Hand Balancing Duo
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.
How to Roll After a Jump
If you have ever jumped in your life, you may have noticed that it is only the beginning of your journey. Depending on the length of your jump in the air you might need to change balance or reposition yourself. Once gravity starts pulling you down, you need to think …
How to do a Wall Climbup
While Parkour and acrobatic tricks may seem difficult, all of the people doing it had to start somewhere. By starting out with simple tricks and advancing later on, you build up confidence, skill and acquire a decent amount of tricks up your sleeve. In the video, you are able to …
Straight Arm Press
It’s a skill that has long eluded me. A straight arm press. With my long limbs, I don’t have the leverage and flexibility to quite get the move. Bent arm presses are easy. Straight arm presses not so much. But I am making progress. There are a number of ways …
Neck Strengthening Exercises
There are many ways you can strengthen the neck. Here are a few basic exercises you can do. Bridging – To me this is the king of neck strengthening exercises. But it gives you much more than that. It build flexibility and works the spine as well as the whole …
Flexibility Survey
A number of people at the site have expressed an interest in building flexibility. Hand balancing, acrobatics and flexibility all go hand in hand. Yet this is one area that I haven’t covered too much… that is until now. But before I go and tell you all about it I …
My Top 5 Training Tools of 2009
I figured I would do something special for the end of the year and that would be to list my top 5 training tools of 2009. It was hard to pull from all the things I use and do but I believe this is a fair list, when I look …
Wrist Flexibility Report
I’ve shared a couple videos with you in the past week and today’s a little different. Instead of a video I’m giving you a report that covers what is many would-be hand balancer’s biggest obstacle. And that is wrist pain and flexibility. Wrist Flexibility Report (right click and choose save-as) …
Gymnastic Handstand
The gymnastic handstand or straight handstand is a more difficult move then the natural or curved handstand. For that reason I believe a beginner should work on the curved handstand first and once they become proficient at that then they can move onto the straight handstand. Working on the straight …
Wrist Strengthening Exercises
An important part of handstands is having hand strength and flexibility so here are some wrist strengthening exercises. I’ve always had some wrist troubles when it came to handstands due to an old injury. And recently my right wrist has been acting up making even a regular handstand hard to …
Planche and Hand Position
A few comments were raised about the hand position in Rafael Guerrero’s planche in a previous post. Why was he up on the fingertips? Is this necessary to do a planche in good form? Unless you have hyper-flexible wrists you won’t be able to do a planche with the fingers …
Overbalancing in the Forearm Stand
This question comes from Fady. “Hi Logan, hope you’re doing fine, actually I’m facing some overbalancing problems when trying to make elbow stand I find myself falling to a bridge no matter how hard I pressed with my fingers or trying stretching my legs and back. “Actually I’m good at …
Handstands When Your Wrists Hurt
A common problem many beginners have with handstands is that their wrists can’t take it. I know the feeling. From a football injury back in high school my right wrist has never been the same. Its less flexible and even hurts when too much pressure is put on it in …