Showing posts with label Logan Christopher. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Logan Christopher. Show all posts
Monday, November 5, 2012
It's Official, One Of My Best Friends Has Gone Nuts
What's up guys,
Logan Christopher has always been known as a crazy guy.
From pulling a firetruck by his hair to juggling a kettlebell that's been lit on fire are just a couple examples.
But today he's announced that you can get started with the brand new Definitive Guide to Kettlebell Juggling 2.0 for just $1.
Click here to watch the video that explains it all.
Kettlebell Juggling...$1
And check out all the bonuses he's throwing on top.
Ben Bergman
P.S. If building your strength, stamina, and skill is something you're interested in, for just one measly dollar you can get access to several hours of video explaining how it's all done with much more to come...
Kettlebell Juggling...$1
Monday, October 29, 2012
Kettlebell Ranking (Win A Free iPad)
Hello,
Yes that’s right.
Logan Christopher is giving away an iPad as part of a special deal to promote kettlebell juggling.
He’s come up with 20 levels of progression for you to work through, from easy beginner to advanced skills. And when you submit a video of you doing any of them you get entered into the contest.
Not only that but you can even get ranked and Certified as a Master of Kettlebell Juggling.
There’s a whole lot more than I care to explain but you can get the full details here.
http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?Clk=4876514
Ben Bergman
P.S. Make sure you check it out soon. This contest doesn't last long. That means you need to watch this video today, start practicing your skills, and send in your videos as quickly as possible.
http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?Clk=4876514
Can You Juggle Kettlebells?
Hello,
I've played around with kettlebell juggling in the past and had some fun with it.
But if you truly want to master this art than my friend Logan Christopher is your man.
He's giving away 35 minutes of video on getting started and advanced skills from a workshop people paid up to $1000 to attend.
http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?Clk=4872433
If you do anything with kettlebells you owe it to yourself to check out this video. You'll see all the benefits these fun skills can give you.
This isn't just for advanced people, although many people may think it is. Whether you're just starting out, or have been lifting kettlebells for years, you'll surely learn something new here.
http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?Clk=4872433
Ben Bergman
P.S. And that's just the start. He's got some even more amazing things in store that will change the way kettlebell juggling will be done in the future.
http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?Clk=4872433
Sunday, October 28, 2012
Kettlebell Juggling ON FIRE!!!!
Hello,
Leave it to Logan to come up with this idea.
As if juggling heavy weights isn't enough of an impressive skill...
He decided to light a kettlebell on fire and then juggle it!
Watch the video here.
http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/?Clk=4872432
Ben Bergman
Thursday, October 4, 2012
A New Age Of Vampires
In the old books of the Creature Of The Night, we have
romanticized it’s characteristics, it’s strengths, weaknesses, it’s funny side
and even it’s very much larger darker side but let’s not forget how we as a
culture come to love and hate vampires. We all know the tales of blood,
immortality, fear and the biggest name of them all Dracula. What if we took
these old tales and turned them into something that is what we crave for
centuries; a longer life, having super human strength & speed and the
ability to have a high dose of great emotional power.
Certain vampires you’ve seen in the movies and comics are
different and either funny as hell or as dark as you can get. From Boris Koloff
to Edward Pattinson, we have loved and loathed the idea of what it is to be a
Vampire. Personally I prefer the Warriors of vampirism such as Blade and Kate
Beckinsale’s character in the Underworld saga but this generation prefers the
Twilight and True Blood types. We all have our likes and dislikes to Vampires
but the truth of the matter is, we can use those capacities to become a
stronger and healthier human being. We can become a much stronger human with
the right tools and resources and not resort to taking shortcuts and making
ourselves weaker as we age. Sure we won’t have the unlimited power of age
compared to a Vampire but we can use methods to live longer, be stronger and
have vitality beyond the average human.
When I talk about Vampires I’m not talking about dressing up
in gothic crazy costumes or having night clubs devoted to a cult, that’s for
children and demented overzealous freak shows; what I’am talking about however
is the ability to look outside the box and look to ways in the fitness world
where knowledge for strength, speed, energy, flexibility and building a body
that you can be proud helps bring life to what you want out of it. Does that
make a freak in some way? Hell yes it does and I’m proud of it and I love being
to learn how to keep my life the way I want it to be and move forward with it.
Vampires have strength and energy beyond our own
imaginations so how do we apply that notion for ourselves. We certainly do not
need to suck someone’s blood for a life continuing capacity but we can keep our
bodies fresh and ready to go by using small effective exercises and build our hormones naturally so we can look younger and have the strength of a wild animal. It’s something we can look at from a different perspective as a nation
that has become accustomed to the growing disease of obesity. Being unhealthy
isn’t a good thing no matter how you slice it, it eats your life away and you
are just sucking energy just to even get off the couch and that’s sad.
Do you want to have a life where you can energy that can go
on for hours on end, have the strength to help others and what about being able
to move pain-free and not have aching backs and busted knees? You can create
the life you want, all you got to do is take one step in the beginning to start
and build yourself up whether physically, mentally or emotionally, if you don’t
move, you’re stuck in the same place. Remember that.
The ability to move with grace, power and super human speed
takes practice but at the same time, practicing with mindful intentions creates
an even bigger place of building great strength and power in ways you can’t
imagine unless you've experienced it. Certain things don’t just happen
overnight, most people can’t get the concept of that because they want more
than what’s already been given to them and than they want more than that. It
takes time and patience. Think of a Vampire who has lived for a couple hundred
years, don’t you think he’s learned patience and in that period of time? I’d
like to think so in some cases, if he/she can live that long I believe you
don’t have an excuse for something you wish to have at this very moment. It’s
like saving money, you put a little in your account every now and then and
before you know it, you have quite a bit of money built up, same thing with
building a body and creating strength and agility, takes time and before you
know it you’re far stronger and more energetic than when you started.
Unlike a Vampire, you don’t need a thirst for blood, you
should however learn to have a thirst for exercise, not to the point like a
crack addict but using it to keep your energy levels up for things you need to
do throughout the day like your job, taking care of kids, being energetic at a
gathering, in the office writing up reports or delivering mail. It’s all about
consistent action and reminding yourself that you don’t need a gym or a trainer
to get you awesome shape, you can learn to do it yourself and save your money
for the things you need in life. The only person that makes your life
complicated is you and you can either keep running with the flow, or you can
make something of yourself and be happier, live longer, have great strength and
be able to handle things even your friends couldn’t do. Make it happen and
learn from the Vampires. They’re not as messed up or dark as you might think.
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Wizardry By The Beach
It’s one thing to be apart of something that sparks your
interest, it’s another that when you’re interested in something and you’re near
the sandy beaches of San Diego it’s a whole different ball game. Strength
Training is a tough thing to do once you get a hold of it but at the same time
when you’re having fun with the guys that will push you and maybe make you
laugh, it’s all that much sweeter. The presenters at the Wizard Of StrengthWorkshop will blow you maybe literally out of the water down at the 619.
Friday, September 21, 2012
The Unknown Benefits Of Handstand Training
In the world of Physical Culture, a lot of things come and
go, some things work, some don’t and others just have a way of taking things to
a whole new level and one way to look at is looking at the world upside down.
In training of the handstands, this teaches you to look at things from a different
perspective and I mean this literally, when you hold a handstand either up
against the wall or free-handed, you have to teach your body how to use it from
a very different light. Think about it while you read this.
It’s not easy at first to get into a handstand, believe me I know how you feel. At first it seems scary, like waking up in a different place and don’t understand where you’re at. With practice, you learn to shut that off and become comfortable in your new surroundings. Eventually when you hold a handstand, you will find out right away that you can’t be very loose otherwise you’ll fall. Keeping the body tight is essential to your progress. Holding the position isn’t just an exercise, it’s a test of will.
It’s all about looking outside the box and using your body in ways that other things can’t transfer over. If you’re interested in Hand Balancing, practice it not just to hold a handstand but hold it and move it with intense will from your mind and your body together, you will see things from a new light you never thought of and find some unknown benefits that they didn’t teach in the course. You’ll know once you experience it, it’s a feeling you can’t get from anything else.
Monday, September 17, 2012
The Astounding Strength & Grace Of Acrobats & Gymnasts
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
Put Your Back Into It
Stretching the spine and back muscles is one of the most important aspects of Physical Training and that’s because the spine gives us that electric charge from the brain to the cord itself. You can get injured with a broken wrist, I’ve had my legs broken and had my ribs nearly crushed but having a broken back if worse a broken spinal cord, the chances of coming back are slim to none. Keeping yourself flexible in that area gives the rest of your body that power and supercharged.
One of the best exercises you can do for your back is the Bridge. This exercise alone can help bring that powerful charge in the spine into a level of strength you couldn’t have imagined before, you can do this in the Wrestler’s Bridge (aka neck bridge) on the head or the Gymnastic Bridge (wheel pose for you Yoga maniacs). There are many ways to do the Bridge and you can even do certain athletic moves while in those positions.
Your body will become a fitness machine and it doesn’t take more than a few minutes a day. At 240+ lbs. I can hold a wrestler’s bridge for three minutes anytime I want and can hold quite well on the gymnastic bridge and am in better shape because of these exercises than I ever did when I was training with weights in my teens. I’ve even become stronger in the weights through some of this type of training and I’ve kept getting stronger every time I go to the weights without touching them for months at a time. Not saying this can happen for you but with practice and learning different things, you’ll be surprised what you can do outside of that type of training. Keep your back strong and spine stronger, it’ll thank you in the end, I guarantee it.
Tuesday, September 4, 2012
Getting In Shape While Gambling
When was the last time you heard about doing that? When you
gamble, you usually sit at a table or a slot machine and sometimes you stand at
the Roulette wheels. Now this might be the most interesting and very unusual
way to stay in shape while money is being won or lost so let me give you my
take on it.
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Monday, September 3, 2012
Be Proud To Wake Up In The Morning
Most people really hate getting up in the morning because
they have to work or take care of kids and feel like crap from some of those
nightless sleeps. To avoid this, practice your thinking and how it helps you be
energized when you do wake up in the morning. The usual thinking “god I hate
waking up, 5 more minutes.” How often have you heard that one whether you’re
working, going to school or whatever? Changing your thinking can make you or
break you as you decide what to do when you wake up.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Advancing In Short Bending
When it comes to being a strongman in the old-time style, one of the main feats to perform is bending a short piece of steel whether it is a nail, bolt, spike, rod or even an extremely tough piece of silverware. Steel Bending is one of the toughest forms of strength there is period. Anyone can lift a weight or pick up an object one way or another but to bend steel is a whole different realm.
Iron Cord like Forearms
Powerful Wrists
Hands as tough as rock
A strong upper body
Eagle Claw like Fingers
Tendons that are as strong as Steel
Thursday, August 23, 2012
Learning From The Man Himself
I have been good friends with Logan Christopher for roughly over seven years. He alongside Tyler Bramlett aka Duke T McB are the top two men that let me in the Physical Culture world and taught me everything I know and have learned from some of the best teachers in the game both personally and through courses plus over the phone conversations. If there’s one thing I’m grateful in the world of fitness it’s from them.
First 60 penny nail bend
First Grade 5 Bend
Holding a 125 lb. dumbbell with a 2 inch thick handle for ten seconds
My one and only time doing 83 reps in 5 min. 53 lb. KB snatch test (never attempted before or since)
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Birthday Feats
Celebrating your birthday shouldn’t be a burden or a way to feel old. Yes we age every year but you don’t have to grow old. Why not grow young? Jack Lalanne became the man when it came to celebrating a birthday in the highest of honors and that’s doing something that makes you proud to grow as you age. On his birthday ever since he was 40 up until the day he died he took it to a level that is unmatched to this day. He created certain feats specifically for his birthday and he did it with guts, unprecedented determination and best of all, did it with that glowing smile us all watched on TV.
Friday, July 20, 2012
Arm Wrestling Training For A Super Grip
Testing one’s strength has been a quest for as long as mankind has been around; fighting for survival or just sport, strength has been the test of wills through physical, spiritual, emotional and mental endeavors. One of the biggest tests for man’s ego or even to prove himself is through Arm Wrestling.
Back in the day when internet didn’t exist and phone lines were the talk of the town plus the only entertainment you can really find was in a vaudeville theater or watching a silent movie on the big screen for a nickel a pop, people needed to do something to keep themselves interested. Men worked on the farms or in offices in the city or sometimes they became entertainers and put on acts to entertain the crowd. Kids played ball in the streets and some even took up what was called Wrist Wrestling where they gripped their hands as hard as they can and do their best to slam the other’s wrist to the table and jump for victory.
Arm Wrestling isn’t just a full on test of grip and people will only say that if they haven’t actually done it. I’ve had my fair share of losses and very few wins to tell you it’s a hard and demanding sport where you have your whole body engaged in a tight spot and it takes just as much power to keep from getting slammed as the one doing the slamming. It makes up a powerful grip once you get the basics down and learn from a few masters here and there.
There are many guys in the world of Physical Culture who have at one point done some Arm Wrestling and were fierce at it. One man whom I consider the Great Gama of Arm Wrestling is the heavyweight powerhouse Ian “Mac” Batchelor, no one can match the level of strength this man had in his time and his unorthodox style of training is just as hardcore as his unprecedented wins over countless opponents. Another legend in the sport is a man that just defies logic in the realm of strength and for a man his size it just seems so impossible until you actually learn what he does and that’s Dennis Rogers. He became a strongman first by becoming an Arm Wrestling champion and winning countless awards and recognition, because of that, he dove into finding things that he can destroy and tear up that no one in the world can do. The way he does things is just surreal and if you want to learn about his specialty feats check out Legendary Strength and find out his secrets to incredible grip strength.
People have this distinct notion that if you want to be strong, you have to use a gym, hate to burst your bubble pal but most gyms can’t handle the levels of strength being presented. You can build grip without ever leaving your house or you can take it on the road with you. If there’s anyone out there today other myself, Dennis Rogers, Logan Christopher, Ryan Pitts or Bud Jeffries for that matter who can teach you the value of grip strength it’s up incoming strongman of unlimited potential is my boy Matti Marzel. He has the distinct power of having some of the toughest hands in the world, bending and snapping steel, tearing decks of cards from very odd angles and tearing up phonebooks in several pieces like tearing a piece of paper. His fingers are so strong he regularly holds himself up on his fingertips and is working on being an elite rock and rope climber and is ripped to shreds and is one of the closest to having that Bruce Lee type physique. You do not want him on his bad side and he’s no pushover in Arm Wrestling, he has on occasion taken down guys twice his size and puts them to shame with his iron cord like arms and wrists.
One of my secret weapons for building strength in Arm Wrestling is using my Chest Expander which you can get at LifelineUSA.com. I take this apparatus and I use fairly medium to heavy cables and use one of the handles on my door and start simulating an arm wrestling technique or match and work up to 50 repetitions as best as possible. I also work on the wrist and do curls and rows to get that edge for that specific grip and work in high repetitions so I can focus on tendon strength. This is a great device because unlike weights that uses gravity, the rubber cables is fighting back from having you extend the cables out almost similar as if you’re in a match and your opponent is keeping you from moving him.
Another great an inspiring thing about sports or just wrestling in general is that many little guys (under 200 lbs) are extremely strong when they have the right tools to just make your jaw drop. You wouldn’t expect a small guy tearing up guys twice their size and making it look easy as pie. Never underestimate the little guy because he can hurt you and have a big smile on his face doing. Dennis Rogers has made that believable and so has guys like Maxick, Farmer Burns, Matti Marzel, Bruce Lee and others that can just give you hell.
Working the tendons is one of the most crucial keys to your success in developing your grip and one of the best methods is doing Isometrics. Being able to hold a certain position and make it as hard as possible without ever moving teaches you how to build strength from many angles. Arm Wrestling Isometrics is one of the most fun ways to build that level of strength that just raw and powerful. Get strong and find cool ways to develop your grip to a superhuman level.
Tuesday, July 17, 2012
Training Ideas For A Sunburn
Recently I went to a lake here in hot Coeur D’Alene via Hayden, ID and had a blast, went swimming, bent some nails, chilled out on the dock and hung out with a friend but that very night I had a sunburn that looked so f’cking red, it looked like I was spray painted. It was pretty bad and whenever I get sunburned, I feel stiff and my muscles ache like crazy. The next morning, my body ached like crazy and couldn’t sleep most of the night anyway.
Keep your body and skin healthy plus keep your muscles and joints mobile so if this should ever happen to you, you will have a few tools at your disposal and also do some research on natural lotions and sunblock to find what can work to help heal faster and more efficient, most sunblock and lotions these days don’t do much. Keep having a kick ass summer and stay strong and healthy.
Friday, July 13, 2012
Spiderman & Bodyweight Exercise
I recently saw the reboot of Spiderman and I got to say I was quite impressed with the cast and the unknown Andrew Garfield taking on the role of the Web-Slinging hero. Each character played their roles with gusto and there were unexpected actors in the film I did not really think would be in this type of movie.
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Train With Love, Not A Necessity
Feeling forced to workout is a sure sign you aren’t getting your mindset in the right place. Training by making it an adventure is a whole different experience and it’s never the same after every workout. Loving what you do instead of making it a necessity is a better understanding of what makes you get the results you truly desire.
Monday, July 9, 2012
Building Animalistic Strength With Handstand Pushups
Today's Guest Writer is my good friend and the Renaissance Man of Physical Culture himself, I give you Logan Christopher, enjoy everyone....
The regular handstand pushup is when your head will come to the floor. The truth is this is still a partial range of movement. Some people even call this a headstand pushup because you do come to a headstand position. Still with each range of motion increase these pushups become harder and harder.
When you’ve hit the ground and can press back up you’re at a major milestone and can say with confidence you can do handstand pushups but there is further to go.
Handstand Pushups on Handles
For the next step I typically use some form of pushup handles. The reason is that these extend the range of motion to the next step. They’re also more stable then trying to now use the phonebooks to raise your hands as they could slip out. A pair of heavy kettlebells work or any pushup handles. If the increase in distance is too much, again add phonebooks under the head to lessen it.
Be forewarned. The sticking point in pressing for almost everyone is right around this level. That means this move is going to be dramatically harder then the regular handstand pushups. Of course when you master this movement you’ll be that much stronger.
Full Range Handstand Pushup
Now it’s time to move onto the last step where you actually press up your entire bodyweight along a full range of motion. For this I usually use two chairs placing my hands flat against them. If you had a parallettes these would work just as well.
Again you can take this position and also place the books under your head to make steps in between. But you may find the bottom of the press isn’t as hard as the sticking point we just worked through.
If you follow through on working these different ranges of motion in the handstand pushup as the main method of progression you will eventually achieve them all. The vast majority of people alive cannot do a regular handstand pushup let along one that is full range. Of course, there are further steps you can go from there but this is more then enough to get you started.
Logan Christopher is the owner of Legendary Strength and Lost Art Of Hand Balancing - If you want much more information on this exercise be sure to check out The Ultimate Guide to Handstand Pushups.
Handstand pushups are one of my favorite all time exercises. They happen to also be one of the very best exercises you can do. They can be used to build truly unbelievable levels of strength, and they’re not bad in the muscle building department either.
Here’s the problem. Most people can’t even do them. I know I certainly couldn’t when I started training. The handstand pushup was one of my first major goals when I got serious about bodyweight training. I could hold a handstand against the wall but if I tried lowering to my head I came right down.
In this article I’ll be showing you the most simple way you can progress from not being able to do handstand pushups at all, all the way to the full range style.
Let me also say this. There’s a certain very popular book, and rightly so, that has a progression towards a one arm handstand pushup. This is great, except that the move has never been achieved in the form promoted in the book. While moving to one arm works for many things, I think you’re much better off going to the full range of motion in the handstand pushup.
Hold a Handstand
For this progression we are only going to be doing one thing, and that is altering the range of motion. In the handstand position you should be quite strong. I’d say that you should work up to at least 30 seconds holding a handstand against a wall before you even try to work on handstand pushups. Some people may be able to do this right away, and others will have to devote some time to it.
Because your arms are locked out in the handstand you’re relying more on bone structure to keep you in the handstand, rather then strength. But as soon as you bend the arms you throw that weight onto the muscles of the arms and shoulders.
Quarter Handstand Pushup
Now what we have a good handstand position we’re going to start the first partial handstand pushup. Take a stack of books under your head. A pile of phonebooks work great. But any object which you can raise or lower the height will work.
You want to position this stack right under your head. When you kick up into the handstand you’ll lower a couple inches until your head touches the books then you press back up. If you’re going too far that you can’t press back up add another book.
Half and Three Quarters Handstand Pushup
If this is easy and you can crank out reps then you can lower down further. Try handstand pushups with half the range of motion to the floor. When that’s easy go for three quarters the range of motion. You’re almost there.
Regular Handstand Pushups
Here’s the problem. Most people can’t even do them. I know I certainly couldn’t when I started training. The handstand pushup was one of my first major goals when I got serious about bodyweight training. I could hold a handstand against the wall but if I tried lowering to my head I came right down.
In this article I’ll be showing you the most simple way you can progress from not being able to do handstand pushups at all, all the way to the full range style.
Let me also say this. There’s a certain very popular book, and rightly so, that has a progression towards a one arm handstand pushup. This is great, except that the move has never been achieved in the form promoted in the book. While moving to one arm works for many things, I think you’re much better off going to the full range of motion in the handstand pushup.
Hold a Handstand
For this progression we are only going to be doing one thing, and that is altering the range of motion. In the handstand position you should be quite strong. I’d say that you should work up to at least 30 seconds holding a handstand against a wall before you even try to work on handstand pushups. Some people may be able to do this right away, and others will have to devote some time to it.
Because your arms are locked out in the handstand you’re relying more on bone structure to keep you in the handstand, rather then strength. But as soon as you bend the arms you throw that weight onto the muscles of the arms and shoulders.
Quarter Handstand Pushup
Now what we have a good handstand position we’re going to start the first partial handstand pushup. Take a stack of books under your head. A pile of phonebooks work great. But any object which you can raise or lower the height will work.
You want to position this stack right under your head. When you kick up into the handstand you’ll lower a couple inches until your head touches the books then you press back up. If you’re going too far that you can’t press back up add another book.
Half and Three Quarters Handstand Pushup
If this is easy and you can crank out reps then you can lower down further. Try handstand pushups with half the range of motion to the floor. When that’s easy go for three quarters the range of motion. You’re almost there.
Regular Handstand Pushups
The regular handstand pushup is when your head will come to the floor. The truth is this is still a partial range of movement. Some people even call this a headstand pushup because you do come to a headstand position. Still with each range of motion increase these pushups become harder and harder.
When you’ve hit the ground and can press back up you’re at a major milestone and can say with confidence you can do handstand pushups but there is further to go.
Handstand Pushups on Handles
For the next step I typically use some form of pushup handles. The reason is that these extend the range of motion to the next step. They’re also more stable then trying to now use the phonebooks to raise your hands as they could slip out. A pair of heavy kettlebells work or any pushup handles. If the increase in distance is too much, again add phonebooks under the head to lessen it.
Be forewarned. The sticking point in pressing for almost everyone is right around this level. That means this move is going to be dramatically harder then the regular handstand pushups. Of course when you master this movement you’ll be that much stronger.
Now it’s time to move onto the last step where you actually press up your entire bodyweight along a full range of motion. For this I usually use two chairs placing my hands flat against them. If you had a parallettes these would work just as well.
Again you can take this position and also place the books under your head to make steps in between. But you may find the bottom of the press isn’t as hard as the sticking point we just worked through.
If you follow through on working these different ranges of motion in the handstand pushup as the main method of progression you will eventually achieve them all. The vast majority of people alive cannot do a regular handstand pushup let along one that is full range. Of course, there are further steps you can go from there but this is more then enough to get you started.
Tuesday, June 26, 2012
Combination Training
Doesn’t that almost sound like Cross-Fit? Combining different elements into one method of training? Well, in certain cases you don’t need to lift a barbell than go do pull-ups.
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