How to work your way to a handstand part 1

Handstand training can be tough to break into, here is where you should start your journey to help you not get frustrated, not get injured and really have fun while making the most out of your practice. Enjoy!

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

Adding the medicine ball to your push-ups

I love push-ups! I love medicine balls! Here are some ways to combine them to make some very effective exercises.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

some more very awesome Push-up variations

Here are a few more of my favorite variations on push-ups. Take them, use them and have fun.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

Some Jump Training Variations!

Hey Everyone,

Jump training is a phenomenal way to build strength, power, speed, explosiveness, balance, coordination and agility; as well as endurance and stamina while burning fat and building muscle. Here are some great ways to vary the training and have a blast at the same time. enjoy!

Yours in strength and health,
Bret

Some Bodyweight Leg Training Options!

Hey Everyone,

Here are some great 2 legged and 1 legged options for training your lower body with nothing but your own bodyweight. Take them and use them.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

Some awesome 1-arm Push-up variations!

Hey Everyone,

Here are a few of my favorite 1-arm Push-up variations. Some of them are more beginner level, others are more advanced. Take them and make them your own. Have fun.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

Putting together some bodyweight movements into a program.

Here's a quick little program that delivers amazing results in terms o strength, fitness, endurance, cardio, speed, fat loss and muscle building. It's made up of three movements; the dip, the pull-up, and the Hindu squat; and is demanding but well worth the effort. Have fun with it.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

Some awesome variations of the dip!

Hey everyone,

After doing some videos on handstand variations, push-up variations and pull-up variations I thought I'd post some awesome and fun variations on the classic dip. I hope you enjoy. Take them and make them your own.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

A fun handstand variation

Here's a very fun handstand variation for     strength, conditioning and stability. Have fun with it.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

Trying To Match Bud Jeffries 1-arm Double Clapping Push-ups

Here's my attempt at matching Bud Jeffries 1-arm double clap push-up, clapping once behind the back and once in front of the chest before coming down. I got two!

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

One of the keys to success in your fitenss program!

In this video I talk a little bit about one of the keys that I've found throughout the years to help people have success in their fitness programs. I hope you enjoy.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

A Special Video

This is a special video, I hope that you enjoy.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

Some Awesom Pull-up Variations!

After doing a bunch of videos on handstand variations and push-up variations I thought it was time to do some pulling. Here are some great pull-up variations to play with. Try them out, make them your own, and have fun.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

Bent-Arm Lever

With all of the work that I've been doing on the straight arm lever (the Front Planche) I have to say, the bent-arm lever is coming along really well!

3 Great Variations of the 2-Hand Anyhow Lift

Here are 3 great variations of the 2-Hand Anyhow lift. A classic of the old time strongmen and women, this lift is great for whole body strength, stability, coordination, balance, flexibility and more. Play with it and make it your own. Have fun.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

A great Double Kettlebell Complex

Keeping in touch with the barbell complexes from the last few posts, here's a great Double Kettlebell complex that'll blow torch the fat, build muscle and get you into great shape. It's loosely based on an old Steve Maxwell Single Kettlebell complex. Have fun with it.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

One more awesome barbell complex: with 1-arm barbell snatches!

Here's one more really nice barbell complex that includes one of my favorite old time barbell lifts, the 1-arm barbell snatch. This one's a blast. Give it a try.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

Two more Barbell Complexes, the Bear and the Super Bear

Here are two more awesome barbell complexes that I learned from Powerlifting World Champion and all around bad ass, Jamie Lewis. He calls them the bear and the super bear. They are brutal.

For example one rep of the bear would consist of performing the following five times without stopping or putting the bar down: Power clean to Front Squat to Overhead Press to Back Squat to Behind the Neck Press to Front Squat. Repeat that five times for one round. Then perform 5 rounds like that.

Same thing for the super bear.

Have fun with these.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

Some Awesome Barbell Complex Work

With barbell complexes becoming more and more popular, and for good reason, I thought I'd share one of my favorite one's with you. Complexes are great as they develop good Metabolic Conditioning, meaning they simultaneously build strength, power, speed, endurance, stamina, etc. They can also be used for specializing on your weak points.

This is a great Power Snatch focused complex. I hope you enjoy.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

Some Explosive Push-up Variations

Here are a couple of explosive push-up variations. Starting with the basic clapping push-up and working up to some more advanced variations. Awesome stuff, I hope you enjoy.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett

Some Handstand Variations

Here are some really fun handstand variations to work on your different elements of strength, conditioning, balance, etc.  I hope that you enjoy.

Yours in strength and health,
Brett