Category: Training

People work on it. People are getting closer to having it. Matthew Shoffner came up with an interesting approach, a very practical one. He didn't train his strength using one arm handstand push-up specific progressions. He trained it using weights (dumbbell presses). Once he got enough, or close to enough strength, he practiced negatives. This guy just went for it. In two months, he progressed to this:

It might not be perfect, since he doesn't lift his entire body completely... But he's getting close. Really close. Watch this guy.

Hey everybody! I recently agreed to help someone writing an article about the one arm handstand push-up. I'm not the only author, as Paul Wade, author of Convict Conditioning, and Logan Christopher, owner of Legendary Strength, also answered questions asked by Alex Zinchenko, owner of Rough Strength. I recommend to anybody interested in the one arm handstand push-up to read this article. Also, feel free to comment, as I would love the comments section of this article to become a vector of training information regarding the OAHSPU. Here's the link:

http://roughstrength.com/how-to-gain-one-arm-handstand-pushup/

Hand balancer Yuri Marmerstein, who is to soon publish a book on handstands, just released a video where he shows some of his progressions to learn to do a one arm handstand. If you feel ready to learn it (you need to be able to hold a very still handstand for a good two minutes, have your pike press to handstand starting with feet on the floor, have a decent form and be very comfortable on your hands, per example - more details to come in the 2nd edition of my book, to be published in English in the near future), or if you're interested in knowing more about learning it, I suggest you take a look at Yuri's video:

His progressions aren't all the same as mine, but we definitely share a few.

Hey, everybody! I'd like to introduce you all to Yuval Ayalon. Yuval is an aspiring hand balancer who currently works for Dragone, in Le Rêve. He also used to be a high level gymnast. Even though I just said he was an "aspiring" hand balancer, don't get me wrong--he's excellent. Everything he does, he aims to do with perfect gymnastics' cleanliness and control.

Yuval is a perfectionist, he trained with the best in the world, (including master Claude Victoria,) which is why his handstands should be used as an example. His videos helped me understand handstands better, and I think anybody who is interested in learning good handstands should know about Yuval. I benefited from observing his videos and reading his blog, and so might you.

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Ross Enamait is a coach and blogger I admire. Not only is he a serious athlete himself, but he trains people efficiently and seem to hate gimmicks. Here's one of his latest posts I tought was worth sharing with you:

http://rosstraining.com/blog/2012/09/20/ghanas-fighting-spirit/

It's about fighters who had nothing and nevertheless trained to become world-class athetes. And his quote is very well chosen. Go read it. I've never spoken to him, but I definitely recommand Ross' blog.