Comments on: Ever Wonder How to Do a Handstand?

By: Diesel Crew – Muscle Building, Athletic Development, Strength Training, Grip Strength » Blog Archive » Ever Wonder How to Do a Handstand? | Fitness and Exercise

Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:15:45 +0000

[...] Diesel Crew – Muscle Building, Athletic Development, Strength Training, Grip Strength » Blog Arch…. This entry was posted in fitness. Bookmark the permalink. ← Finally! Proof that Drinking [...]

By: The Big Guy’s Guide to Holding the Handstand « Streetlight Supermen

The Big Guy’s Guide to Holding the Handstand « Streetlight Supermen — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 19:04:28 +0000

[...] http://www.dieselcrew.com/how-to-do-a-hand-stand [...]

By: Jim Bathurst

Jim Bathurst — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 23:33:11 +0000

@sidharth – thanks for all the kind words! I’m glad that the handstand has been so beneficial to you! In terms of the resetting effect, I was having a talk with a buddy of mine the other day about the handstand and its relationship with the primal patterns. If he puts together an article, you’ll see it on my site!

@Dan – Hope all’s well! Yeah, it takes quite some time to get proficient at the balance. I could describe it all day, but it’s just a matter of practice. As for the “balance here” description, just think about how you stand on your feet. If you rock back onto your heels, you can’t control anything.

By: Adam

Adam — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:13:40 +0000

Hey Jim,
Great article, but don’t knock the yoga! There’s some serious benefit to being able to hold those poses correctly, and I’m not referring to any new age-y enlightenment stuff, either. Poses like crow, scorpion (fore-arm balance), peacock (arm lever), eight-angle (crazy, f’d up arm lever), and unsupported handstands (aka: adho mukha vrksasana) require balance, flexibility, and lots of upper body strength. Warriors 1, 2, and 3 require lower body and abdominal strength like crazy if done correctly, and garland pose requires the open hips of an olympic lifter.

There’s this misconception out there that yoga is somehow wussy and just for women and vegan wimps. Really, if you’re lifting heavy, yoga is of immense benefit in maintaining consistent linear progress (I try and include 1-2 hours of practice on each of my two “rest” days).

Sure, there are the slow, boring, meditative classes, but there are also Ashtanga and “power-yoga” classes that make CrossFit WODs like the little girls in pink dresses they’re named after.

The one thing I’ll admit yoga doesn’t do well is back work – but that’s why we have pull up bars, right?

By: Dan Cenidoza

Dan Cenidoza — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 03:02:44 +0000

Hit some big PR’s in time today thanks to that “balance here” picture of the hand.