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The Reverse Hyperextension Elbow Lever: Strength with Full Range of Motion

September 21, 2013 by Mike Fitch 7 Comments

Mike Fitch Hand Balancing Cinque Terre

The Reverse Hyperextension Elbow Lever is another great bodyweight training exercise that can be performed anywhere without any equipment, which is why I chose it for this week’s tutorial to post while I’m traveling. The exercise itself is a great combination move that increases the intensity and complexity of each individual component when they are […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tutorial, Gymnastics, Hand Balancing, Trunk Tagged With: Arms, Lever, trunk

The Hip Hinge Forearm Push Up: Bodyweight Leveraging at its Best!

March 4, 2013 by Mike Fitch 14 Comments

Global Bodyweight Training - Alan Valdez and Mike Fitch hand balancing

The Hip Hinge Forearm Push-Up is another great bodyweight conditioning movement that serves as an awesome exercise by itself, while also preparing your body for more advanced progressions. The human body is an incredible network of levers that act together to create movement in all directions. We can change the leverage at a joint to […]

Filed Under: Articles, Bodyweight Disciplines, Bodyweight Exercises, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Hand Balancing, Horizontal Push Patterns, Instructional Tagged With: forearm, hand balance, push up

Shoulder Weaving: More Practice for Handstand Control

December 28, 2012 by Kálmán "Kiwee" Attila 2 Comments

Perfecting a handstand is a fantastic goal for so many reasons – it’s a great skill, is central to overall hand balancing and gymnastics practice, and makes for an excellent exercise unto itself. “Shoulder Weaving” is an incredibly effective way to improve your balance, control and strength for your handstand practice. So, I’m psyched to […]

Filed Under: Articles, Conditioning, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Gymnastics, Hand Balancing, Instructional, Vertical Push Patterns Tagged With: hand balance, handstand training, shoulder weave

Parallel Bars: From L-Sits to Tucks and Presses and More!

October 23, 2012 by Mike Fitch 6 Comments

Global Bodyweight Training - Alan Valdes parallel bars

Parallel bars are an awesome bodyweight training tool for practicing your hand balancing, and this week we’ve got two incredible exercises for you to try out: the L-Sit to High Hip Tuck; and the L-Sit to Straddle Press-Up Handstand. Whether you are a gymnast, bar athlete or general bodyweight enthusiast, Parallels are an excellent place […]

Filed Under: Bars, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Gymnastics, Hand Balancing, Instructional, Trunk, Vertical Push Patterns Tagged With: handstand press, high tuck, l-sit, parallel bars, straddle handstand, valdes

Turtle Freeze: Put Some BBoy Style in Your Hand Balancing!

August 27, 2012 by Mike Fitch 7 Comments

Global Bodyweight Training - Handbalancing Freeze

The Turtle Freeze is a staple hand balancing move in break dancing. But it’s more than just a fun dance move – it’s also an incredible exercise for creating total body tension as well as wrist, shoulder and trunk stability. This week we stopped by the practice spot of our boy Kevin “New Cre” Sanchez […]

Filed Under: Articles, Breakdancing, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Hand Balancing, Instructional Tagged With: bboy, breakdance, hand balance, newcre

Static Frog with Back Extension: Turning a Classic Exercise Upside Down

May 8, 2012 by Mike Fitch 4 Comments

Global Bodyweight Training - Mike Fitch

Hand balancing is an incredible practice and a huge part of bodyweight training. Not only is the work great for increasing your shoulder girdle stabilization, but it can also be a killer way to challenge your entire body and improve your neuromuscular connectivity. And, way beyond your basic handstands, the opportunities to challenge your strength, […]

Filed Under: Exercise Tutorial, Features, Hand Balancing, Instructional, Trunk Tagged With: back extension, frog, hand balance, hip extension

Advanced Frog Stand Variations: Fun With Hand Balancing!

February 10, 2012 by Mike Fitch 20 Comments

Global Bodyweight Training - Mike Fitch

I’ve been putting a lot of time into my Hand Balancing practice lately and just can’t say enough about how much it contributes to a bodyweight workout routine. Our Advanced Frog Stand tutorial that we posted a year ago this week turned out to be one of more popular videos, exceeding 30,000 views. So, we […]

Filed Under: Bodyweight Exercises, Exercise Tutorial, Features, Hand Balancing, Instructional Tagged With: frog stand, hand balance, planche, static exercise

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