Simple progressions to learn handstands and handstand pushups

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After a warm up of walking 160 feet on my hands, I did my workout.

Today's workout was simple: 50 pullups, for time. I chose kipping pullups, with the only requirement being that I came all the way down and got my chin over the bar every cycle (the new crossfit standard is to contact the bar with your chest, but I'm not quite ready for 50 of those yet.) Before you look at the kipping pullups and yell "THAT'S CHEATING!", ask yourself this question: could I do 50 of those? Because I guarantee that I can do 50 regular pullups (a little bit slower, maybe.) The kipping pullup activates more muscle groups, and maintains a higher degree of cardiovascular intensity than a standard pullup, making it a superior training method for those who want to be powerful, rather than just buff-looking. If you trained standard pullups only for a year, and I trained kipping pullups only for a year, then we had a contest to see who could do more standard pullups in row, I would win hands down, because I trained with more intensity.

I'll step off my soap box now.

My time was 1 minute 41 seconds. Not too bad for just getting back into this workout thing. I broke it down into 35, rest, 10, rest, 5.

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My first real workout in months... SO OUT OF SHAPE!!!!

140 PUSHUP WORKOUT ( 300 total reps ) for time!
-30 pushups elbows in
-35 mary poppins jumps
-30 pushups elbows out
-35 mountain climber jumps
-25 pushups hands by hips (pseudo planche)
-40 lemon-squeezer/V-ups
-20 plyo pushups (alternating hands one forward one back)
-25 pike push candlesticks
-20 elevation staggered pushups
-25 squat jumps
-15 dive-bomber pushups (5 wide grip, 5 elbow down, 5 diamond)

it took me just under 13 minutes. suck. that's about 23 reps a minute. My legs are so out of shape. I'm embarrassed. I kept form on most of the push work, and raped the form on the legs.

I cut out some resting and the particularly ugly leg work to fit the vid in 10 minutes (i cut all of the squat jumps... they sucked. i was dying)

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Layout Full out to triple double!!!
This was my best of the night

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The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2009-03-16)
Ellen's "Hidden Audience Talents" Monologue
& Episode Overview

Ellen's "Hidden Audience Talents" Monologue, also
on the show - Ellens wife Portia de Rossi, Jasmine
Murray & Jorge Nunez from "American Idol", and a
home viewer wins a $30,000 Hawaiian Vacation!

The Ellen DeGeneres Show (2009-03-16)
SOME BITS OF THE EPISODE:

Ellen's "Hidden Audience Talents" Monologue
& Episode Overview
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =vVXmULNh100
A Home Viewer Wins a $30,000 Hawaiian Vacation!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =BvO0XBzh9DY
Ellen and Portia Play The "Aw Snap"! Game
- Uncut for the Web!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =n6TikhDeMyU
Portia de Rossi [FULL] Interview! on Ellen's Show
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Z_6D0HNR9HI
Ellen and Portia Play "The Newlywed Game"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =M6OoJLC0vsI
Portia de Rossi & Ellen sing "I've Got You Babe"
in Ellen's Bathroom Concert Series!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =Gw2NGDw2DII
Ellen and Portia's Bathroom Duet - Extended for the
Web! - Full cover of "I've Got You Babe" Web Uncut!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v =wOMCHk86lDM

Enjoy :-)

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Historical Film showing classic gymnastics at Olympics

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