Unlock the foundation of balance and control with this 10-step headstand sequence established by Carl Paoli. This post breaks the headstand down into clear, simple steps. So anyone can learn safely, build confidence, and improve body awareness. You’ll learn how to set your hands, place your head, engage your core, lift your hips, find your balance point, and reverse the movement smoothly.
Falling is one of the most common causes of injury as we age. That´s why learning how to roll safely can significantly reduce impact, protect your head and neck, and even save your life. In this post, I´ll show you how Carl Paoli teaches people the shoulder roll. The shoulder roll is a diagonal rolling pattern that teaches your body how to redirect force away from the spine and head. And why does this matter?:
In this post I’m going to explain about what to do if you can’t get chin ups. Whether you’re a client or you are in the gym doing this yourself, you might not be able to do chin ups right off the bar.
Generally we put in chin-ups on our light pulling day, so we can’t add weight to the bar. We’re running NLP on our deadlift. We can’t add three days a week because it’s getting too taxing. So what you do is you pull out that middle day, generally if you’re running a Monday-Wednesday-Friday, you’re going to pull out that Wednesday and then you’re going to supplement a light pulling whether it’s chin ups, cleans… You’re going to pull out that middle week, that Wednesday for instance, and you’re going to add a supplement some chin ups. So chin ups are very good light pulling exercise. So we’re going to add in chin ups.
At one point, I considered building a pull-up bar in a space in my garden to routinely do pull-ups and try to achieve my goal of doing muscle-ups. Whenever I wanted to do pull-ups, I had to go to a gym, and I was tired of relying on them for several reasons, including the cost of admission, the travel time, and the submission to opening hours.
Congratulations to Simone Biles (“The Goat”) for her impeccable performances at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games and for her 4 medals:
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics All-Around (GOLD)
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics Team (GOLD)
Women’s Vault (GOLD)
Women’s Floor Exercise (SILVER)
Watching this gymnast perform is a real treat and a delight for anyone’s eyes. Her agility, her lightness, the efficiency and elegance of her movements, the power of her jumps, her balance, her flexibility… In addition to her attitude full of confidence and security. These attributes make everything she does seem so easy.