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 …
Full Range Handstand Pushups with Straight Legs
Most of the handstand pushups at full range I’ve done have involved bent legs. This use to be because of height limitations. Now I have the overhead space needed for this tougher version. And that’s just it. This is a tougher version than the same exercise done with bent legs. …
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 …
Before and After Rehabbing a Wrist Injury
One of the chronic injuries I battled with for a long time was my right wrist. I hurt it back in high school playing football and it was never the same afterwards. This made a lot of what I do really hard. Try doing handstands when its painful to bend …
What is Perfect Form?
I received a response from one of my earlier articles where I stated that I’m not all that concerned with good form in my exercises. This is very much in contrast with what most people believe, so it is worth going into more detail. Good Form = No Injuries and …
Podcast: Mike Fitch on Hand Balancing
I caught up with Mike Fitch from Global Bodyweight Training in this excellent interview focused on deepening your bodyweight training and specifically hand balancing. [display_podcast] Different Styles of Hand Balancing Training Starting with highest neurological training Regressive or accumulation training Be still. Be fluid. Be strong. Becoming a Master of …
Explosive Bodyweight Exercises
Take a look at the corresponding video that reveals about 5 minutes worth of explosive bodyweight exercises. Notice the creativity that went into forming these exercises. Yes, some of the moves are complex for someone who is in the novel stages of learning, but the beauty in the video is …
Joe Bonomo
Joe Bonomo is most famous for his stunt performance, but he played a big part in strongman world as well. He won the “Mr Modern Apollo” contest in 1921 and wrote the Building Body Power book where he covered everything from muscle anatomy, breathing exercises, bodyweight exercises to nutrition (including food analysis chart), …
How To Do A Handstand For Beginners: A Step By Step Guide
Would you like to know the secret to knowing how to do a handstand for beginners step by step? It all comes down to one thing: confidence. If you believe you can do it, you will. Once you have that, you just need the knowledge. Here it is. The biggest …
How to Do a Hanstand for Beginners at Home
It’s pretty critical that you make sure you’re all stretched out and warmed up before you jump into learning how to do a handstand for beginners at home. You’re going to be using a lot of upper body strength for this, so make sure that you’re confident in your shoulders …
How To Do a Handstand and Stay Up
Most of us dreaded gym class in school. One of the hardest tasks was learning how to do a handstand and stay up. Contrary to popular belief, you don’t need to be on the US Olympic Gymnastics team to perform a steady handstand. It takes patience, practice and good technique. …
Handstand Drills for Beginners
Skipping the basics is one of the biggest and most fundamental flaws when training to do a handstand, whether it is solo or with a trainer. Handstand drills for beginners are a very necessary part of training to be able to do a perfect handstand. Many gymnastic coaches seem to …
Why you need to join us for the Super Human Workshop – Part 2
If you missed part 1 click here where kettlebell training was discussed. Today we’ll move onto bodyweight training. For some reason I’m known as a bodyweight guy. Maybe that’s because I do hand balancing and acrobatics. Maybe because of my crazy Ultimate Royal Court Challenge. The truth is I love …
Hand Walking
I’m often asked about handwalking in the many questions that come in. Usually it comes in two types; how do you hand walk, and what to do next? Let’s talk about the first part. First a warning. I’ve said this many times before and will continue to say it. You …
Making Progress and Questions
This one came in today. Hey Logan, I’ve only been trying to do a handstand for just under a week and with your website i am already able to hold a handstand for more than 10 seconds! (seems like forever to me) I’m going to keep on trying and maybe …