Professional acrobat Yuval Ayalon performs an amazing mixed set of 40 different handstand presses. 10 each of the following: Stalder Presses Handstand Pushups Pike Presses Straddle Presses To do just one of any of these moves is beyond most people. To string them together in this manner is amazing. What …
Should I do Curved or Straight Handstands?
Some time ago I received a question from a guy who was practicing a straight handstand. He saw a customer of mine, who trained using my Secrets of the Handstand Quick start Guide, holding a handstand for 8-10 seconds, whereas he was able only to hold it for a couple …
Bert Assirati
Bartolomeo “Bert” Assirati was a British Heavyweight Champion in wrestling born in 1908 in England. Aside from his impressive professional wrestling career, Assirati very much enjoyed various feats of strength. He set a British record in 1938 when he pulled over a 200 pound barbell at arms length while lying …
How to hold a handstand for a long time?
How to hold a handstand for a long time? As you can see in the video above, I didn’t really hold it for a long time, but what exactly is considered a long time? For someone who is just starting out, 10 seconds is awesome whereas for others it might …
Steve Atlas Seminar Review
This past week I had the opportunity to attend a workshop held by Steve Atlas. The day was basically split up into three segments. The first was the body practice. In this was a series of a bunch of bodyweight flowing exercises. Most were simple. A few were complex. It …
Crazy Animal Flow
My buddy Mike Fitch just released this video yesterday. It’s awesome! I really like the mixture of slow and fast movements. There’s also some great hand balancing after the midway point too. Just watching this makes me want to practice it more! If you’d like to get started with Animal …
Otto Arco
Otto Arco (real name Otto Nowosielsky) was a Polish strongman and wrestling champion. He was born in 1881 and 22 years later he won the Austrian wrestling title, despite the fact he was only 5’2. He was considered to be the best wrestler in the world, pound for pound. Otto …
Doug Hepburn
Doug Hepburn was a famous strongman and weightlifter from Canada, best known for winning numerous weightlifting medals in the 50’s and various feats of strength he used to perform during the same period. The public became aware of Doug’s presence in 1953 when he won a gold medal at World …
One Hand Stand with Blocks
This is a cool and fun video showing one hand stand skills with blocks. Go ahead and watch it below. You’ll notice a very straight line in Yuval Ayalon, and the shifting of the legs and weight from hand to hand as each block is removed or stacked up. In …
Bob Hoffman
If you like the ways of old strongmen and you haven’t heard about Bob Hoffman, you must’ve been living under a rock. Bob Hoffman was a weightlifter, athlete, nutritionist born in 1898 on a farm in Tifton. His father liked to show off his muscles and definitely had an influence …
Excellent Old School Balancing
My friend Tyler sent me this video the other day and I had to share it with you. It showcases some excellent old-school hand balancing. All you have to do is watch this video, and those the say you can’t do advanced stuff like a one arm handstand, with a …
Sig Klein
Unlike most boys in his time at the age of 15, Sig Klein wasn’t inspired by a strongman act in a circus, but after reading Physical Culture & Strength magazines back in the 1900’s. Some say he was also inspired to start training by his father, who was a strong …
Best Press Handstand Negative
I’ve been hard at work towards my goal of a straddle press. Specifically I’ve been working my flexibility, negatives and also positives from lowering. Here is my latest attempt from this morning, where I felt in control the entire way down (as opposed to falling at the bottom). Since achieving …
Podcast: My 2013 Training Goals
In this podcast I discuss setting goals for the New Year and what my specific training goals are for this year. [display_podcast] What are my training goals for 2013? Public commitment as a double edged sword. The positive and negative sides to this tool. The difference in planning for a …
Bodyweight Isometric Training
Lately I’ve been doing a fair amount of bodyweight isometric training. I was inspired when seeing the results had by Bud Jeffries especially after he taught at the last Super Human Training Workshop. I’ve also been studying oldtime strongman Alexander Zass who was famous for his use of isometrics. Most …