The Handstandcast

In this episode Emmet and Mikael discuss the last year on the Handstandcast and talk about their favourite episodes.

In this solo-episode Mikael discusses the myths that persist in the handstand world.

In this episode Emmet and Mikael get into the ins and outs of spotting.

In this episode Emmet and Mikael catch up and discuss a range of thing, straying from over focus on details in academia and handstands to meth and shadow people.

In this episode Emmet and Mikael discuss starting to perform, how you can approach this from the ground up and the emotional rollercoaster that might happen from this journey.

In this episode Emmet and Mikael discuss magic pills and the various types of magic pills available.

In this episode Emmet and Mikael discuss innate talent but also discuss Handstand Extravaganza which Mikael just attended.

In this episode Emmet and Mikael cover how the shape of our bodies can affect our training. They also discuss how assumptions about peoples body shapes can lead to judgements about potential ability in handstand with out back up those assumptions via the laboratory of training.

In this episode Emmet is rolling solo as Mikael is working on his current project Wald. We take a foray into how to make a formal awareness or mediation practice out of our handstand training.

In this episode Emmet and Mikael cover a lot of interesting questions from our listeners. Going over why you might not be good on blocks but ok on floor. The differences (if any) between movement culture handstands and handstand culture handstands. What to do when your patience runs out and how the foot position works.

In this episode of the Handstandcast we have a solo episode from Mikael, discussing his teaching journey: Going through his learning experiences in training and how that took him to teaching, how his teaching methods changed over time and what it means to teach and be teacher.

In this episode of the Handstandcast we have a flexibility focused episode with Emmet, who provides novel and various tricks for the main flexibility positions. Giving you small hacks that you can play with and apply to your pike, bridge, pancake, front split and side split. He also answers a few questions from our listeners regarding overcoming limited wrist extension in the press, cracking joints and locking elbows.

In this episode of the Handstandcast Mikael hosts a solo episode while he is staying in Turkey. He discusses his injuries and how they’ve affected his performing career. While also laying out how he’s overcome his previous injuries, his training history and his current injury.

In this episode of the Handstandcast we have a solo show from Emmet, who lays out his manifesto for creating a handstand community, using frameworks established by other recently emerged communities to advise how listeners would go about starting their own community where-ever they are. As well as sharing the current communities that exist for handstand or circus enthusiasts to join or take part in.

In this episode of the Handstandcast Emmet and Mikael discuss Minimalist Handstand Training, when you find yourself limited by time, space or equipment, what is the minimum that you can do and still progress?

In this episode of the Handstandcast Emmet and Mikael discuss the topic of failure: Asking how to define failure in regards to handbalancing, how much failure is normal in a training session, managing the concept of failure in a performance and the pros and cons of training to failure.

April Fool's Episode - In this very special episode of the Handstandcast Emmet and Mikael delve into the details of the Two-Foot Footstand, drawing from a lifetime’s worth of experience, they pick apart everything wrong with the footstand industry, how footstanding can improve your life and how to progress your personal footstanding practice.

In this episode of the Handstandcast, Emmet and Mikael have two very special guests: Elise who runs Motion Impulse and Sonja of Handstand Diary. Together they are part of the team working on The Handstand Press Magazine, a print magazine that aims to capture the emerging culture & discipline of handbalancing. They talk about the inspiration for the magazine, what they’ll have inside, their Kickstarter and how they’re finding the experience of putting it all together.

In this Episode of the Handstandcast, Emmet and Mikael discuss the much maligned twisting in the handstand and how, when trained intelligently, it can be beneficial and add an interesting dimension to your handstand training. This Episode comes with a very proud announcement that we've updated the Push Harder program for learning the Straddle One-Arm Handstand. Now with 3 new videos, 50 pages of extra theory and completely new and upgraded training templates.

In this Episode of the Handstandcast Emmet and Mikael discuss hobbies, with how various hobbies may relate to and improve your handstand practice, drawing from their personal and coaching experience, as well as the role and importance of having hobbies.

In this Episode of the Handstandcast, Emmet and Mikael discuss everything related to resting. Going into rest requirements while training and between training and what factors may influence how much you need to rest. As well as answering questions from our listeners related to resting and tips for avoiding overly long rests due to phone distractions.

In this episode of the Handstandcast, Emmet and Mikael do a deep dive into their experience with injuries and handstands. Talking about how injuries have occurred with their clients and themselves, as well as general recommendations for avoiding and overcoming injuries.

In this episode of the Handstandcast, Mikael has returned! Emmet and Mikael catch up on what’s been going on in Sweden and how Mikael’s creative process is going, as well as doing a Q&A. Covering how to breathe/brace in a handstand, getting Mikael’s perspective on coaching underbalance and why training handstands after a rest day is so controversial to some and how resting affects some handbalancers.

In this Episode of the Handstandcast we have a Q&A with Emmet, as Mikael’s flatmate is quarantining. Emmet answers a range of questions from giving tips for coaching and training underbalance in a handstand, how to fix knee pain in side splits, is handstanding aerobic or anaerobic and going into detail about how handbalancers train their legs and a sample leg routine.

In this Episode of the Handstandcast, Emmet and Mikael take a break from the regular scheduled programming to talk about managing your training load, while also trying to deal with the state of the world. Sharing their experiences of how the current situation has affected them, as well as how to approach training for yourselves and ideas for training at home...

From Forums to Instagram - Handstands on the Internet. In this Episode of the Handstandcast, Emmet and Mikael discuss how social media has influenced their training and handstands. Tracking their online journeys and how the communities and resources available to them have changed through their training lives.

In this Episode of the Handstandcast, Emmet and Mikael discuss Handstand flags (also known as Handstand side-bending). Going into detail about training the variations in one arm and two arm, what to look for when flagging and how learning to flag can improve your One-Arm Handstand...

In this Episode, Emmet and Mikael answer more questions from our listeners, discussing hand position in the handstand, conserving energy in longer handstand holds , different shoulder positions in advanced handstand position and handstands and longevity...

In this episode of the handstandcast Emmet and Mikael discuss the topic of obsession and how this relates not only to handstand training, but to any hobby you may have. They talk about the positive and the negative aspects of becoming obsessed with something, and how to avoid the potential pitfalls of finding your obsession.

In this Episode Emmet and Mikael discuss what "ribs in" means in a handstand, good reading materials for learning about flexibility training, keeping energy up for longer training sessions, how circus artists actually train and why it’s hard to breathe in a flagged handstand...

In this very special episode of the Handstandcast Emmet and Mikael are joined by two wonderful guests, Zoe Jones and Signe Anderskov, to discuss their handbalance training and careers with the focus on how pregnancy has affected them. This podcast is funded by the sale of our Handstand Factory programs, check them out on handstandfactory.com We hope you enjoy it!

In this Q&A with Emmet and Mikael, they answer more questions from you, our listeners. Covering the benefits of block training, oversplits, exercises for someone who trains gymnastics and how much hypertrophy can interfere with handstand training...

In this Q&A with Emmet and Mikael, they answer more questions from you, our listeners. Covering how strength and technique intertwine in handbalancing, elbow hyperextension, Emmets training and more...

In this episode of the Handstandcast Emmet and Mikael go into Mikael's creative process with Váld (RWD Circus). They discuss Mikael's thoughts as to why he wanted to do this, the creative process in general, the limitations of handstands when performing, as well as influences from various other genres of performance art...

In this Episode, Mikael is away creating his newest performance, so Emmet has fielded our listeners' burning flexibility questions. A massive amount of topics are covered, from how to balance the longest lunge, top 3 exercises for back bending, how to train your point, how to get tent hands like Morgan to more general concepts like how to enter flexibility positions once you've gained the range, how long to hold relaxed stretches for, how often you can perform PNF style stretching and Emmet's further recommendations on working on Head to Toe. It's an episode chocked full of flexibility goodies…

In this Q&A with Emmet and Mikael, they answer more questions from you, our listeners. Covering how to measure where you're at with your handstand training, how Emmet and Mikael met and decided to collaborate on Handstand Factory, our first audio user submitted question on fixing a planchy handstand press and closed shoulder handstand, are you allowed to turn my feet out in a side split? As well as is yoga compatible with handstand training?

In this episode of the Handstand Factory Handstandcast, Emmet and Mikael discuss their experiences in Circus school, their opinions on current circus trends, as well as tips for any prospective listeners about getting into circus school: what qualities are best? how should you prepare…

Emmet and Mikael discuss the methodology and theory that went into the creation of the Handstand Factory programs, focusing on the capacity of learning how to teach yourself to handstand, as well as answer questions from live viewers…

In our 9th episode of the Handstand Factory handstandcast Emmet and Mikael take on the lofty topic of #tucklife, where they breakdown everything tuck in the most extreme of detail, such as how they define the tuck handstand and its 3 main variants. They also go into working on shoulder flexibility/mobility for the tuck, starting your journey towards the tuck and it’s progressions, as well as going over what the hell does #tucklife even mean?…

In our 7th episode of the Handstand Factory handstandcast Emmet and Mikael take a deviation from the highly technical discussions they’ve had so far and have instead talked about “the dark side of show business”; sharing tales of their worst show experiences, as well as their training history and how they got to where they are…

Another Handstand Factory Handstandcast Q&A with Emmet and Mikael where they discuss: The benefits of handstand training, more handstand factory materials to come, programming split mobility, strengthening the crow to handstand, a discount code for handstand factory and all the stuff in between that Emmet and Mikael nerd out over…

Hi and welcome to our 4th epsiode of The Handstand Factory Handstandcast - a Podcast where Mikael Kristiansen and Emmet Louis talk all things handbalancing. Q&A from Emmet and Mikael using questions submitted by our Handstand Factory followers on instagram regarding training from home, given the obvious state of the world. Including tips on staying motivated, keeping your sanity and a theoretical framework for programming your training, if handbalancing is your focus...

In this third episode of our Handstandcast, Emmet and Mikael focus on not only coaching handbalancing but also the key elements that are important to being an effective coach in general…

Hi and welcome to our second episode of The Handstand Factory Handstandcast - a Podcast where Mikael Kristiansen and Emmet Louis talk all things handbalancing. This is the first of our minisodes, a quick Q&A from Emmet and Mikael using questions submitted by our Handstand Factory followers on instagram! This one really sets the tone with some interesting questions about basic anatomical functions in a handstand, questions about hip extension stretching, and a whole lot else...