I wanted to share this from Emil as it describes the persistence, commitment to progress, and consistency to achieve real strength. I meant to reply to your fantastic email covering our communication on that Murder workout I once did I believe it would be about 1.5 years sincd then if …
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 …
Freestanding Full Range Handstand Pushup
I’m happy to share that I’ve achieved a long-term goal of a freestanding full range handstand pushup. Next step is to clean it up and add reps. How did I get here? First I had a good base in being able to do a freestanding handstand. (I see too many …
Handstand Pushup Isometrics
I get asked about handstand pushups a lot. I also get asked about isometrics a lot. Here we cover both! There are quite a few different types of isometrics; I’ve cataloged nine different kinds. Of these two are made use of here. These are: Holding Isometrics Beyond-the-Hold Isometrics A hold …
Working Out after 1 Week Fast
Bernarr MacFadden, known as the Father of Physical Culture, was a big proponent of fasting. I remember reading about him testing his strength after a long fast. So this time around, after doing a week-long fast, I decided to do the same. This video shows a couple clips from that …
Training for Balance
Balancing is a movement quality that is sometimes thought of, but not always. On that note, what is involved in training for balance? Gail asks: “I was thinking about what is involved with balance. What I have come up with so far: Strength in certain specific muscles ie- core for …
Wrist Flexibility Exercises
I put up a new post at Breaking Muscle on Wrist Flexibility with three exercises to help you strengthen wrists and hands. 3 Drills for Building Wrist Flexibility If you’re going to do handstands or many other gymnastic moves, then your hands and wrists can take a beating. Think about …
Bodyweight Exercises for Shoulders
If your workout consists of mostly bodyweight exercises and your shoulders are lagging behind, or you’re just looking to increase more size to them, then this article might be of use to you. The shoulders lag behind for a lot of people, but fortunately changing hand positioning and load will …
Bill St. John
Bill St. John was a famous old-time bodybuilder and strongman who took part in a number of contests and placed second in the Mr. USA contest in 1971. Among things which make Bill interesting is his focus on neck training. One of the exercises he liked to do quite frequently …
Abbye Pudgy Stockton
Abbye “Pudgy” Stockton was a strongwoman born in 1917 in Santa Monica, California. Despite the fact that she weighed around 115 pounds at a height of 5’2″, “Pudgy” got her nickname as a child and it stuck until the end of her days. Abbye and her husband Les Stockton, whom …
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 …
Charles Atlas
Charles Atlas was born in Italy in 1892 as Angelo Siciliano. He moved to the USA with his parents when he was 13 years old in search for a better life, which turned out to be the right decision later on. Angelo started training after visiting the Brooklyn Art Gallery …
Bernarr Macfadden
Bernarr Macfadden (1868 – 1955) was a famous physical culturist and an advocate of natural food, natural treatment of diseases as well as physical fitness & outdoor exercise. Unlike conventional wisdom, Macfadden proposed a diet high in vegetables and fruit and low in meat and was a big fan of …
Handstands with Unsual Finger Positions
This comes from Hand Balancing Made Easy. Before reading this book I knew of a few different handstand variations, but this book opened my eyes to so much more. This variation is like a step between doing handstands with hands flat on the floor and doing a handstand on your …
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 …