Last week, I put out an article of some pushup variations that could help build a muscular chest. If you missed it, you can find it here. Today, we switch gears and focus on the arms, specifically the triceps. First, let me state, that all pushups use both the pecs …
What I have Achieved…and YOU Can Too
Like I told you in my last article about practicing what I preach its one of the most important things that I do. So I wanted to take a moment and share with you the achievements I have accomplished and how you can do the same or similar ones by …
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 …
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 …
6 Freestanding Handstand Pushups
I set a new record for myself. One of my goals this year was to hit 5 freestanding handstand pushups. Well, I didn’t do that, but instead hit 6. I might have had one more in me too, but I was too excited to keep going at that point. This …
Podcast: Stronger Pressing
This podcast features my good friend and fellow trainer Tyler Bramlett. On this call we talk about all different forms of pressing. [display_podcast] The Getup and Press, a phenomenal exercise for shoulder strength and health Is the bench press non-functional? Why hand balancing is the ultimate form of bodyweight pressing …
HSPU's, Flags & Levers
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 …
Advanced Progression
Here’s a question from Matthew on the difficulties and progression of advanced hand balancing skills. “What would say is the difficulty of a planche vs a handstand, one handed handstand, 2 man planche, how should I be progressing if I am fairly competent in all of these skills?” Each skill …
Sig Klein Tribute
Video of Sig Klein Sig Klein has to be one of my favorites of the old time strongman. He was just such a perfectly developed athlete. And he did it all from weightlifting, various feats of strength, to muscle control and more. Not the least of which were his hand …
Doug Hepburn Handstand
This is one of my favorite pictures of all time with Doug Hepburn balancing a 205 lb. barbell plus a 145 lb. man doing a handstand on top.. Just recently I came across the same picture from another view. A perfect blend of strength and balancing. Not any strong person …
Tiger Bend
I was shooting some video a couple days ago doing a variety of hand balancing stunts. One of them was the Forearm Stand. Prof. Orlick also called it a Tiger Stand. From the stand you can do what is called a Tiger Bend, but we’ll start with the stand first. …