I appreciate interesting questions that are seldom asked…yet that every single person is affected by. Such is this question from Michael: “Hi there, thanks for your generosity offering to answer community questions like this! I’m sure you’ll be swamped. I daresay my question is a bit of a childish one …
Back Bridge Progressions
The back bridge, also known as gymnast bridge or hand bridge, is an amazing bodyweight exercise that can’t be replicated in any other way. When it comes to spine and shoulder strength and flexibility combined it just can’t be beat. In this article, I’ll be laying out some of the …
The Case for Neck Strength
Youtube comments often make me laugh. In this case, it came on the Amazing Feats of Strength Video, which you can watch here. The comment was referring to the weighted wrestler’s bridge concrete break that begins the video, with strongman Bud Jeffries swinging the sledgehammer. To that, Dan V said… …
Fend Off Back and Shoulder Pain With This Bodyweight Exercise
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 …
Handstand Backbend
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 …