The other day I shared the story of when I first got into bodyweight training, how doing a handstand pushup was one of my first major goals. Just one, to lower down from a handstand, touch the head to the ground and press back up. It took me a couple …
Extended HSPU or Freestanding?
Yesterday, I shared Emil’s story of the long time it took him to achieve handstand pushups (HSPU). I echoed that my journey to my first ever HSPU took about the same amount of time. Emil also asked this question: “Do you think I should try to build to extended ROM …
Secrets of the Handstand Sneak Peek
Here you’ll find a bunch of short clips from the videos in Secrets of the Handstand 3.0 which is currently available on Quarantine Sale. This was filmed at a small workshop in southern California years back. In about three hours it covers everything you need to build up to a …
Practicing vs. Training vs. Testing
The following is an excerpt from Practicing Strength and Movement: How to Gain Any Skill FASTER! which is the new manual now available. In working around the idea of “strength is a skill” I came up with the following continuum. Previously I have pointed out the difference between training and …
What I have Achieved…and YOU Can Too
Like I told you in my last article about practicing what I preach its one of the most important things that I do. So I wanted to take a moment and share with you the achievements I have accomplished and how you can do the same or similar ones by …
Holding a Freestanding Handstand
A new article of mine about holding a freestanding handstand is published at Breaking Muscle. How to Hold a Freestanding Handstand In my previous article I showed you how to get up and hold a handstand against the wall. In this article you’ll learn to take a much more advanced …
Working Your Way Up To a Freestanding Handstand
Check out my newest post on Breaking Muscle on working your way up to a Freestanding Handstand. Find out exactly which lead-up stuns are needed in order to reach this goal. How to Work Up to a Freestanding Handstand In my previous article I showed you how to get up …
Handstand on Rings
The handstand on the ground is fairly tough but easily doable with a little practice. The handstand on rings is much, much tougher. Here we have Jim Bathurst on the rings working on his handstands. What makes ring handstands harder to do? You can’t use your wrists at all in …
Handstand Endurance
When it comes to handstand endurance there are probably two different things you want to shoot for. The first is to hold a handstand against the wall for as long as you can. Without having to balance you can just focus on building your body’s ability to sustain that position. …