Had some great fun with the Milton Model (named after famed hypnotherapist Milton Erickson) and before you read the rest of this article I just wanted to mention that. One of the main components of visualization you must look at is association versus dissociation. That is taking the first person …
Mike Fitch Interview
I just finished up the Animal Flow Certification put on by Mike Fitch of Global Bodyweight Training. Mike is a good friend of mine and I’m happy to say I lent a helping hand in getting his website and business off the ground. So to see the great success he’s …
Weekend Full of PR’s
I just had an awesome weekend in Minneapolis at the Smarter Strength workshop. What I learned there will have some big changes for the future. Look for a full review later on. There I taught others the basics of hand balancing as you can learn in the Secrets of the …
French Hand Balancer Video
Here is a great video I saw recently of an excellent hand balancer from France. It shows a wide variety of amazing hand balancing skills. Hand balancing stands are used in about the first half of the video. Then a few other tools are used throughout as well. One of …
Intro to Capoeira
I was at a competition this past weekend and met Adrian who had previous years of experience in Capoeira. I asked him to demonstrate just a few basic moves and he obliged. Enjoy! There are many different arts that incorporate hand balancing and acrobatics into them and each one is …
30 Day Challenge – Done
The 30 day challenge is over. Just to recap, or for those of you that aren’t aware, this involved two parts. The first was to practice my hand balancing in one form or another every single day. To be honest, in this regard I failed. I missed a couple days …
Half Way Through the 30 Day Challenge
Today marks day 15 of the 30 day challenge. On the site I’ve shared a bit about my own progress, several tips, a few videos and old pictures. While progress was quickly made in gymnastics, getting back into the flow of things, there were some setbacks in training, due to …
30 Day Challenge
It’s been awhile since I wrote you. I’ve been busy on two other projects (https://www.radianthealthtoday.com and https://www.superhumantraining.com) which accounts for much of the limited communication. The other reason is that I haven’t been practicing my skills. Makes it hard to write about when you’re not actively doing them. 🙁 But …
Science of Handwalking
I was sent a couple of articles by Rick over at GymnasticsCoaching.com These can be found in the Science of Gymnastics Journal found here. One particular article caught my eye, concerning a comparison of hand walking to regular walking. You’re welcome to read the seven page report yourself but I’ll …
Hand Balancing for Different People Part 2
Thanks for all the comments on the previous post on the different ways people come to hand balancing. Different ideas and issues were raised so I’d like to delve further into the subject for today. Gymnastics – First off George corrected me about hand balancing in gymnastics. I’ll reprint what …
Hand Balancing for Different People
Different groups of people practice hand balancing for different reasons. Yoga– Within the multitude of yoga asanas there are quite a few hand balancing poses. In yoga these are mostly known as inversions, as that is exactly what they are doing, inverting the body. Many of the poses are the …
Feats of Strength Updates 6
This is the final update in this round for the Feats of Strength Index. All new: Thick Bars Updated: Short Bending Long Bending Chain Breaking Finger Lifting Hand Balancing Pullups Every page has at least one video showing some form of the feat of strength. (Except for one. I cannot …
Handstand Endurance
In my last post on juggling I talked about the differences between learning most skills and that of hand balancing. The biggest difference being that hand balancing takes a lot of strength and endurance. People talk about having the proper position which places the stress along the structure of the …
Washington Trapeze
As if balancing on the head or hands isn’t hard enough. As if trapeze isn’t a difficult discipline in its own right. No, some feel the need to combine the two! This is known as Washington trapeze, a circus discipline invented in the 1800s by Kaye Washington. In this complex …
Benefits of Inversions
This past weekend at a longevity conference I learn one more benefit of inversions. Did you know that every species on this earth suffers from osteoarthritis? That is except for two, bats and sloths. What makes these two immune to this disease? They spend so much time hanging upside down! …