Just put up a new article on the site that gives you some details on getting started with the gymnastic bridge.
Click to read it: Gymnast Bridge.
Filed under Bridging by on Sep 2nd, 2010. 3 Comments. 
The 30 day challenge is over.
Just to recap, or for those of you that aren’t aware, this involved two parts.
The first was to practice my hand balancing in one form or another every single day.
To be honest, in this regard I failed. I missed a couple days at the end. This was a result of getting busy, putting off the practice and forgetting to do it later.
But I don’t think of this as a failure. What I did accomplish was to practice my hand balancing almost everyday. I’m back into it with renewed vigor.
Progress at gymnastics is coming fast. Back to tumbling with a fury. Gained back my old skills fast and moving onto the new. In addition I’ve begun working on the other apparatus like the parallel bars, pommel horse and more.
And I did see improvement in my one hand handstand and one arm half planche (my two big hand balancing goals right now) over the month. They’re still a long way off but no one said you could master these moves overnight.
In fact, most people say it’ll take years if you even ever accomplish the one armer.
The second part of the 30 day challenge was to post on the site every single day. While it was difficult at times I did accomplish this one! Lots of pictures, a wide range of videos and short helpful tips are all there to see.
Not to mention holding a sale and releasing a new training tool during this time. I would say it was a great success.
So what happens now?
I’m going to go back to writing to you once or maybe twice every week. And the good part is this will be a more in depth piece then what I’ve been putting up lately.
I will continue to practice my hand balancing regularly and report on my progress here.
If you did the 30 day challenge with me, I’d love to hear about how it went for you down below.
Good Luck and Good Hand Balancing,
Logan Christopher
Filed under Uncategorized by on Aug 21st, 2010. 1 Comment.
As I’ve reported here I’ve started going back to gymnastics. My skills quickly returned and I feel I’m beginning to break new ground. Below you can watch a couple clips from Tuesday night’s session.
First off, the back flip. I’m happy to be able to do this skill once again on the floor. But as you can see in the video I’m still jumping too far back and not up enough. Sometimes even when you know what you need to do, its not always easy to correct it. But then last night I was on and going just about straight up.
Second is the round-off to the back handspring. One of the things I haven’t quite mastered yet is stringing moves together. Hence this move, as I’m just getting use to it is done on mats. It feels fairly easy but I know I’ll need many more reps in it.
Third in the video is swings on the parallel bars, as I mentioned previously here. One of the great things about video is that is shows you your weaknesses. In some ways it can be even better than a coach, as someone else can tell me what I’m doing, but seeing it myself is something else. What I noticed here was that my legs were not tight and together. Once I corrected that I was getting more air.
I’ll be having more clips in the future.
Good Luck and Good gymnastics,
Logan Christopher
Filed under Exercises, Tumbling, Videos by on Aug 20th, 2010. 4 Comments.
I have seen some of these Indian Pole Gymnastics before but this video which was sent to me recently showcases the variety of skills quite well.
Although most people may not be familiar with this gymnastic art it is well known in the area. The skills are similar yet different from any other gymnastics event taking strength, flexibility and skill.
You even get to watch the flipping dismounts here. My personal favorite is the second man in this video showing that even bigger guys can do these kind of skills.
Filed under Acrobatic Feats, Videos by on Aug 19th, 2010. 1 Comment.
I haven’t offered many training tools on this site for one reason. There’s only a select few things that can help you build strength, hand balancing and acrobatic ability.
Today I’d like to introduce you to one of those few things. This is the Yoga Trapeze.
(Forgive the cheesy music. I needed something to work with and its hard to find quality stuff that’s royalty free.)
This is something I’ve been using a lot recently and having a blast with. I like it so much I wanted to make it available here. You can read more about it and order yours today right here.
Filed under Exercises, Flexibility, Videos by on Aug 18th, 2010. 2 Comments.
What is it? You’ll have to wait and see.
Filed under Uncategorized by on Aug 17th, 2010. Comment.
Mark apparently got this move from me (and I got it from Professor Orlick in the Hand Balancing Mastery Course), but the way in which he does it was new to me.
Once you get into a handstand move your hands in closer to a touching position, and then from there you move them even closer so a hand is on top of the other hand.
This in many ways mimics a one hand handstand as you’re lessening your base of support. A great lead-up stunt.
The difference is I had always kicked up into position with the hands closer or on top of each other, rather than moving them in. I have to say I like this one a bit more after having just played around with it, although both ways are valid.
Good Luck and Good Hand Balancing,
Logan Christopher
Filed under Hand Balancing Tips, Handstands, One Hand Handstand, Videos by on Aug 16th, 2010. Comment.
In my working towards a one arm handstand I’ve figured out that the amount you must lean over your hand is quite significant. Even more than you may think is necessary. Without this lean you won’t be able to get into a balance.
Getting help in a one hand handstand from Mark Reifkind
If you look at a bunch of one handed handstand pictures you’ll be able to notice the balance point of where people are at. You can then tell if they’d be able to hold the position of are about to full right out of it.
Just a short tip for today.
Good Luck and Good Hand Balancing,
Logan Christopher
Filed under Exercises, One Hand Handstand by on Aug 15th, 2010. 2 Comments.
Hope, pointed this video out to me. I just recently featured Rudi Macaggi doing a one hand handstand on a guitar.
But this stunt takes the danger level to an insane level.
(Obvciously Rudi is a professional and in no way should you attempt this stunt at home.)
Filed under Acrobatic Feats, Hand Balancing Feats, Handstands, Videos by on Aug 14th, 2010. 2 Comments.
This came into today and I thought it was worth sharing.
Hey logan i was just able to check out the amazing feat video and i have to say thanks for sharing that with all of us, i love how the monks train and the one and two finger zen are always legendary. I wanted to tell you to keep up all your hard work man! yourself and jim are great motivators and i loved the teleseminar you guys posted out awhile back. I can not do a one handed handstand pushup yet, but ive always had strong fingers and i recently not too long ago was able to do (Not Perfect Form) but a three finger planche and since i read the Feats message i wanted to share the picture with you i hope you receive it, its not the best at all man but im training and having fun hoping to promote others to exercise and keep healthy. Im alittle late on the video since you sended it but i just got to the message now. I always try my best to catch any new information that you give out.
Never stop training,
Alejandro
