Episodes
Strength development has been well researched, documented and tested. Very little is left to the imagination and generally speaking we know exactly how to go from being weak to being strong. To simplify hard work, nutrition and rest will allow your body to get stronger. Your body neither knows nor cares where the strength stimuli is coming from. It does not matter if you are pushing your body weight, dumbbells or a car. This episode is an exploration of how I've spend my life building...
Published 08/22/23
Stop Rotating out of your One Arm Handstand!How to do this is possibly the hottest question in the game at the moment. This and many more will be answered here today.Learn about Alignment, technique, progressions, risk for injuries, how to stay motivated the long term and how to plan your one arm handstand workouts into your existing training split.Free Customized Handstand Workout https://courses.coachbachmann.com/free-handstand-workout-customization-handstand-level/Coach Bachmann Social...
Published 08/10/23
Learn everything there is to know about getting started with handstands. From proper alignment, workout structure, overcoming limiting points and dealing with training from home truly no question is left unanswered in this episode of "Handstands & the Rest". Click on the link below to request your free 5 day Intro to Handstands workout sequence.Free Weeklong Intro to Handstands Series https://courses.coachbachmann.com/getting-started-with-handstands/#sign-up Coach Bachmann Social &...
Published 08/01/23
https://courses.coachbachmann.com/how-to-get-flexible/In this episode I provide an intro to How Flexibility training will help you improve your athletic performance, quality of life and overall well being. I explain in simple terms what flexibility depends on, which individual limiting points one might encounter and how your body changes and adapts to flexibility training before giving precise and conclusive information on how you can make the most out of every single flexibility session. The...
Published 07/16/23
Learn the 7 practical and easy steps to make your flexibility training more efficient!
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Plenty of research proves over and over again that a strong mind muscle connection and focused training can increase muscle growth and strength gains by up to 12%. Whilst I am lacking precise research, I can guarantee you from personal experience that it is exactly the same with flexibility. Possibly even more so!
Often when we...
Published 02/16/23
STALDER PRESS TO HANDSTAND
Is this the hardest Calisthenics Skill there is?
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The Stalder Press to handstand is one of the most ambitious and difficult bodyweight skills out there combining strength, technique and flexibility on a very unique level.
Training for the stalder press requires big amounts of...
Published 02/08/23
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The crow and Crane pose are very similar looking bodyweight skills falling into the family of arm balances. The poses may have strong roots in yoga yet are commonly used in calisthenics, handstand and all types of beginner gymnastics training.
Whilst both skills rely on similar balance paired with upper body pushing strength...
Published 01/06/23
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Learning to Handstand is hard. As a coach it is my duty to help make handstands as easy as possible for you.
Big picture there are 3 ways of how you can make handstands easier. You can either get strong as a bear, you can perfect your technique or you can create mechanical advantages through flexibility.
Just like any door that says pull opens by pushing if you apply...
Published 11/14/22
HOW TO HANDSTAND WALK
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Handstand walking is fun, handstand walking is cool and handstand walking is pretty easy. Yet, just like with anything worth having you will have to train for your handstand walks. You might even have to suffer a bit for them but simply picture this:
You are at your local gym or the park at your next yearly handstand walking competition. You pop up into a perfect handstand, you walk ahead of...
Published 10/27/22
HANDSTAND PUSH UP PLATEAU BREAKERS
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I love handstand push ups. I love shoulder day at the gym. No matter your form of training, some kind of handstand push up progression can fit into pretty much any workout plan.
If we do something we don’t just want to grind down and do it intensely but especially we want to do it effectively and we want...
Published 10/24/22
OVERVIEW OF HANDSTAND ENTRIES
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Holding a handstand is pretty easy. With The right preparation holding a 1 arm handstand is also rather doable. The problem lies in getting into the handstand. The moment between your feet leaving the floor and you...
Published 10/20/22
NARROW HANDSTANDS
An Essential Progression towards the One Arm Handstand
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Narrow handstands are highly underrated and usually just looked at as a fun variation to make handstands appear slightly different. Due to a lack of proper analysis most people never realize the true power of narrow handstands when training for...
Published 10/16/22
The One Arm Elbow Lever is the first One Arm Handstand that you will learn and a great party trick.
Well, kind off. A one arm lever or how we call it in my performing industry the crocodile is pretty far from a regular one arm handstand. Whilst some technical details such as weight distribution on the hand and the fact that you need full body tension are similar the overall experience and especially difficulty level is drastically different.
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Published 10/11/22
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There are plenty of spots where one can mess up when doing handstands. This can actually be quite fascinating. When everything is going well things are great but when there are small mistakes things can go south real fast and nothing works. It is essential to look at the handstand as a whole. Your entire body is a chain and only by manipulating the chain as 1 you will be able to truly succeed in...
Published 10/02/22
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A Deep Side Bend is an advanced handstand drill. It is essential on the way to the one arm handstand, it will open doors towards more advanced handstand drills and add a huge amount of freedom of movement to your handstand practice.
Deep Side bends require only some strength, lots of very specific coordination and mobility in your back, sides and even hips.
Published 09/18/22