The Handstand Chronicles

[Ara Kistner]

A handstand kick is a technique in Furry Fight Chronicles where the user kicks at their target with one leg while doing a handstand. It was first used by Nyarai to intimidate Cookie prior to the events of the comic.

A handstand kick requires great strength, balance, and flexibility. The users need to hold their entire body weight on their hands to perform a handstand. The user will then kick a leg forward to strike their opponent, using the other leg to maintain their balance. A true master can kick a dent in metal.

During the first week or two, you start by greasing the groove of the pistol to make sure your technique is there and to ensure proficiency. You should be able to get at least eight consecutive reps before switching to the wave cycle. You want to train below what you are capable of until it is time for you to go above and beyond. Just trust me on that.

Even though this is a pistol-specific program, it can be used for any exercise you wish to pile reps on. I used it to get to twelve consecutive pistols with 32kg, ten pull-ups with a weight belt carrying 24kg, and twenty-something handstand push-ups. Follow the principles of building up, backing off, milking strength, progressive overload, and having a reasonable level of frequency in your training, and strength success will be yours.

To get twelve consecutive weighted pistols, (first make sure you can do weighted pistols, then) follow the same cycle. Same goes for weighted pull-ups or handstand push-ups. Spend a couple weeks practicing weighted pistols or the loaded exercise of your choice following the grease the groove program. Then follow the same cycle as written. You can add a second set that is naked (unloaded) if you wish.

This has given me fresh motivation for upping my own chin up and dip numbers. One quick question on that. Would you focus on increasing reps on one drill at a time for a period and keeping other drills at maintenance or would a combination of working the two work?

Dave Driskell has been taking handstand photos around the world to help promote fitness and posted a (now deleted) image on of him doing a handstand on the Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin on Instagram.

One commenter said: "You know that this is a Holocaust Memorial?! #inappropriate". While another Instagram user warned: "You are gonna want to backtrack real quick on this one dude. I love all that you do, but this one isn't too cool".

He said: I apologise for this horrible misunderstanding and any offense this might have caused. Anyone who knows me, knows this is the complete opposite of what I would want. I respectfully ask your forgiveness."

The memorial consists of 2,711 concrete slabs of different heights designed by architect Peter Eisenman and engineer Buro Happold. It was inaugurated on May 10, 2005, sixty years after the end of World War II.

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