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Extended HSPU or Freestanding?

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Yesterday, I shared Emil’s story of the long time it took him to achieve handstand pushups (HSPU). I echoed that my journey to my first ever HSPU took about the same amount of time. Emil also asked this question: “Do you think I should try to build to extended ROM …

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Consistency for 6 Months

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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 …

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Handstand Pushup Isometrics

In Bodyweight Mastery by Logan Christopher6 Comments

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 …

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Pressing vs HSPU

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Ralph asks: “Hey Logan what up? Just wondering I’ve never done a handstand pushup and I’m wondering adding that to my Deceptive Strength workouts will it create a pushing imbalance like aggravate all the sitting/resting and stuff. Thanks your products are incredible and amazing for strength and all things related.” …

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20 Handstand Pushups

In Bodyweight Mastery by Logan Christopher1 Comment

Just hit a great milestone for me, doing a set of 20 handstand pushups without break. Here’s the video: Before the form police start commented, realize that I am doing these this way on purpose. These were done in what I like to call “Easy” form. Most notably the hand …

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Arch in Handstand Pushups

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When it comes to handstand pushups, how little or how much you arch your back can make a big impact on the exercise. First of all, arching is not necessarily going to hurt you like some people claim. As long as you don’t do it excessively, which depends on what …

HSPU's, Flags & Levers

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I’ve been making great progress in my training recently and I figured it was time to share with you what I’ve been doing and some lessons from it. If you’re following me on Facebook then you may have already seen these. But in any case there will be many more …

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Handstand Pushup Benefits

In Bodyweight Mastery, Health-Mastery by admin2 Comments

Handstand pushup benefits are many. Some might even call it one of the greatest exercises ever invented. Strengthens the triceps, shoulders and chest Strengthens many stabilizer muscles Requires coordination and balance Can be an effective muscle builder Provides the benefits of inversion Its an impressive skill few people can do …

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Handstand Pushup Plateau

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Another question came in recently regarding breaking through handstand pushup plateaus. I’m now able to balance about 15 seconds at best, but I do see progress. Focusing my weight on that first row of knuckles helps a lot. I also started doing more forearm stands as a balancing drill which …