More Than Lifting

More Than Lifting is a podcast all about Calisthenics, Bodyweight Exercise, by Rhys Morgan, to share his experience in gymnastics and functional strength training with the world.

In this episode: We talk about training your handstand skills and I've got 10 handstand training tips for you!

Heres the breakdown:

1 - Don't waste your energy, kick straight up

2 - Focus on stretching high

3 - Train off the wall in every session

4 - warm up with drills

5 - finish with conditioning

6 - concentrate on wrists, shoulders and core

7 - Practice the dismounts

8 - Use a soft surface

9 - Train the variations and mix it up

10 - Negative Press for strength

To learn more visit https://morethanlifting.com/podcast/

Disclaimer: The activities and research discussed in these podcasts are suggestions only and should not be undertaken without prior consultation with a health or medical professional. Fitness training, nutrition and other physical pursuits should be tailored to the individual based upon an assessment of their personal needs

More Than Lifting is a podcast all about Calisthenics, Bodyweight Exercise, by Rhys Morgan, to share his experience in gymnastics and functional strength training with the world.

In this episode: We talk about training challenges on the internet - particularly Instagram - and how they can help you learn new skills in a fun group environment.

Plus we talk about all of the personal benefits, how you can apply what you learn to your own training and integrate it into your programming.

To learn more visit https://morethanlifting.com/podcast/

Disclaimer: The activities and research discussed in these podcasts are suggestions only and should not be undertaken without prior consultation with a health or medical professional. Fitness training, nutrition and other physical pursuits should be tailored to the individual based upon an assessment of their personal needs

More Than Lifting is a podcast all about Calisthenics, Bodyweight Exercise, by Rhys Morgan, to share his experience in gymnastics and functional strength training with the world.

In this episode: We talk about false grip, what it is, why you need to use it, and how to use it to your advantage in your training.

PS - I realise that I have been spreading myself a bit thin with these skills, so I explain how I am going to fix it.

To learn more visit https://morethanlifting.com/podcast/

Disclaimer: The activities and research discussed in these podcasts are suggestions only and should not be undertaken without prior consultation with a health or medical professional. Fitness training, nutrition and other physical pursuits should be tailored to the individual based upon an assessment of their personal needs

More Than Lifting is a podcast all about Calisthenics, Bodyweight Exercise, by Rhys Morgan, to share his experience in gymnastics and functional strength training with the world.

In this episode: We talk about how to breathe while you are training. This is particularly important for isometric holds, where your whole body is tense. If you cant breathe, you are limited by your breath and not your strength.

To learn more visit https://morethanlifting.com/podcast/

Disclaimer: The activities and research discussed in these podcasts are suggestions only and should not be undertaken without prior consultation with a health or medical professional. Fitness training, nutrition and other physical pursuits should be tailored to the individual based upon an assessment of their personal needs

More Than Lifting is a podcast all about Calisthenics, Bodyweight Exercise, by Rhys Morgan, to share his experience in gymnastics and functional strength training with the world.

In this episode: We talk all about a very important element of your calisthenics training, Straight Arm Strength.

We discuss what it is, when you use it in skills, some example conditioning exercises and much more!

To learn more visit https://morethanlifting.com/podcast/

Disclaimer: The activities and research discussed in these podcasts are suggestions only and should not be undertaken without prior consultation with a health or medical professional. Fitness training, nutrition and other physical pursuits should be tailored to the individual based upon an assessment of their personal needs

More Than Lifting is a podcast all about Calisthenics, Bodyweight Exercise, by Rhys Morgan, to share his experience in gymnastics and functional strength training with the world.

In this episode: We talk about why you need to be Adaptable. You can't always do the workout you have planned, whether an injury, overtraining or you are in a different training environment, you need to build that adaptability into your training.

To learn more visit https://morethanlifting.com/podcast/

Disclaimer: The activities and research discussed in these podcasts are suggestions only and should not be undertaken without prior consultation with a health or medical professional. Fitness training, nutrition and other physical pursuits should be tailored to the individual based upon an assessment of their personal needs

More Than Lifting is a podcast all about Calisthenics, Bodyweight Exercise, by Rhys Morgan, to share his experience in gymnastics and functional strength training with the world.

In this episode: We talk about Training Cycles or Periodisation, and how you can use them to learn those skills!

We cover:

What are Training Cycles

How to use them

What goes between Cycles

Plus real life examples of how I'm training my skills and how training cycles fit into the 12 Week Program

To learn more visit https://morethanlifting.com/podcast/

Disclaimer: The activities and research discussed in these podcasts are suggestions only and should not be undertaken without prior consultation with a health or medical professional. Fitness training, nutrition and other physical pursuits should be tailored to the individual based upon an assessment of their personal needs

More Than Lifting is a podcast all about Calisthenics, Bodyweight Exercise, by Rhys Morgan, to share his experience in gymnastics and functional strength training with the world.

In this episode: We talk about the 6 Key Training Elements you need to be doing to advance with Calisthenics quickly and efficiently.

We Cover:

Cardio (HIIT Training)

Strength

Skills

Mobility

Low Level Drills

Freestyle (play time)

And Combined Workouts

To learn more visit https://morethanlifting.com/podcast/

Disclaimer: The activities and research discussed in these podcasts are suggestions only and should not be undertaken without prior consultation with a health or medical professional. Fitness training, nutrition and other physical pursuits should be tailored to the individual based upon an assessment of their personal needs.

More Than Lifting is a podcast all about Calisthenics, Bodyweight Exercise, by Rhys Morgan, to share his experience in gymnastics and functional strength training with the world.

In this episode: We talk about how anyone including you can do calisthenics training.

Anyone can do this stuff - All you need to do is follow the steps!

I talk about how I got started from nothing, from 0 Pull Ups, from 0 Handstands, to becoming a gymnast and now doing 1 Arm Handstands and the Planche!

To learn more visit https://morethanlifting.com/podcast/

Disclaimer: The activities and research discussed in these podcasts are suggestions only and should not be undertaken without prior consultation with a health or medical professional. Fitness training, nutrition and other physical pursuits should be tailored to the individual based upon an assessment of their personal needs.

More Than Lifting is a podcast all about Calisthenics, Bodyweight Exercise, by Rhys Morgan, to share his experience in gymnastics and functional strength training with the world.

In this episode: Rhys talks about how you can get creative with your skills training.

Because you aren't always doing full workouts, and you sometimes just want to train your skills and have a mess about.

We go into:

How you can use your rest time to practice

How to fit all the 'should be doing' mobility and functional training

How you can train multiple skills

Trying and failing at skills is alright

To learn more visit https://morethanlifting.com/podcast/

Disclaimer: The activities and research discussed in these podcasts are suggestions only and should not be undertaken without prior consultation with a health or medical professional. Fitness training, nutrition and other physical pursuits should be tailored to the individual based upon an assessment of their personal needs.