November 15th, 2007
New Videos Section, plus Interviews and Articles
If you look to the top of the page, you'll see a link for a new videos section! There are only a few videos posted right now, but I'm planning on adding several short videos that will explain drills and techniques for different skills.
Another video you can watch is myself doing 15 handstand pushups on the rings. With that video submitted to Crossfit, I won the final Crossfit Challenge that was posted. The challenge was difficult, but with the large amount of overhead pressing I had been doing during the past several months, it took just a couple sessions to get my technique down and record the video.
I've recently been interviewed again by two different sites. The first is Underground Strength Coach, which is run by well known Coach Zach Even-Esh. He's very knowledgeable, very passionate about strength training, and just an all-around nice guy. Check out my interview here. Unfortunately, the interview is not free and the site costs money to register.
The second interview was done by Logan Christopher of Lost Art of Handbalancing. If you haven't checked out "The True Art and Science of Hand Balancing" that he sells on his site, I highly recommend it. Logan tracked down a rare book written by two handbalancing legends, Professor Paulinetti and Robert Jones. He then did the legwork to be able to reproduce the book and clean it up. Making it much more affordable and readable than the original. Yes, that's Paulinetti doing a one arm planche on the cover. There's a picture of Bob Jones doing a two thumb handstand in the book.
For all that I know and have read through the years, this book has still taught me several new things. Excellent read.
Anyways, Logan interviewed me for his new product "Hand Balancing Mastery Course". My interview is included on an audio cd as part of the course. Keep an eye on the site for the release of that new product.
Thanks again to Zach and Logan for the interviews.
Finally, I was quite surprised to be reading through T-nation's October 18th article on Injury Prevention and see a picture of myself right in the middle of it!
Several people have also informed me that my pictures/information are being used in their University classes. If you see my pictures/information in a non-forum setting, send me an email and let me know!
I'm working on future updates and further development of the page. Trust me, I already have a long list of tutorials that I want to write, as well as others that have been requested, but if you have any other suggestions for the site, send me an email.
Keep an eye on the site in the coming weeks and good luck with your training!
October 3rd, 2007
A Burning OAC
October already!! Work and life in general have swallowed me whole, so I'm sorry for a lack of any updates. I continue to work on various projects and will try to answer everyone's email in a timely manner.
Until the next tutorial, here's some pictures of my friend Jack Arnow, at this year's Burning Man festival. Someone at the festival actually brought this portable chinning bar so that Jack could do the one arm chin-up and front lever!
Good luck to everyone with their training!
August 19th, 2007
Thanks to all who attended!
It was great to have such an eager crowd today at the Beast Skills Clinic. I hope everyone was able to walk away with something to work on. For those looking to build a set of their own parallettes, head on over to the equipment section for the measurements and instructions. The assistance bands we used were from PerformBetter.com.
I'm still cutting my teeth with group presentations, so I'd appreciate any and all feedback you can give. Please feel free email me directly, and/or start a discussion thread on Crossfit.
I apologize for anyone who was held there too long. I had estimated an hour and a half, but as things got rolling I knew we were going to go well over that mark!
Thanks again to all who came today. I will definitely hold more clinics in the future.
August 16th, 2007
Beast Skills Clinic - This Sunday, August 19th
This Sunday, August 19th from 9am to 10:30am in Alexandria, Virginia I'll be running a clinic on handstand and ring work. Attendees will receive hands-on experience and personal coaching from myself on various skills and progressions.
I want to provide feedback to everyone, so class size is limited to 15 people. This will allow everyone to get sufficient work on the rings and parallettes. There are still several openings in the clinic, so I'm posting the information here.
Anyone in the Washington DC area, please feel free to attend. All experience levels are welcome. Click on the link below. Hope to see you there!
