We all need a balanced lifestyle. Plenty training - yes, but other relaxations are important. For today's guys, however, their lifestyle IS balance, and training for the strength and agility which that requires. Mainly, but not exclusively, hand balancing.

A long while back we found a webpage called "The Lost Art of the Handstand" - it no longer exists, so don't bother looking! Every gymnast and many circus performers need handstands, which come in many forms: one two hands, on one arm only, high on top of another performer... count the ways! In this bonus post - and don't miss today's EARLIER ONE - we include training tips as well as artistic hand-balance examples (and sometmes less artistic one but good tries!). All in the interests of promoting the fitness and training needed to perform them properly. New resolution to get stuck in for 2024?  We cover many positions in these examples including planche - anything where all the weight is mantained on the hands in balance and during movements. Let's go. But wait: some training tips: Yes, shape matters a lot. More... When you are skilled in acrobatic gymnastics, all things are possible and there is fun to be had too: Obviously muscle strength is required as well...

Moving on only slightly from yesterday's shoulder-show post , we take a look under the arms, because so many fit boys like to pose with the armpits well to the fore! Today's selection features boys exposing their armpits in various ways, but we are of course here to admire the whole setup and the training that has gone into it. Enjoy. Ah! The 'arms around each-other's shoulders' pose! Buddies at their best! And I suppose the next question is 'to shave or not to shave?' Models usually do, along with some performers: we don't. INTERESTING FACT: there are more microbes living in your armpit than there are people on the planet - and don't worry when you wash, they'll soon multiply and build up the population again!! The bridge. A good effort but we need arms and legs all straight. That's the place to be!   Always a great view of the armpits if the boy is hanging from something! There's our fave diver! Climbing the Hendon monument - US naval ...