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The dirty little secret about upper body strength ...

"BENCH PRESSING SUCKS!!!"

If you want a blown rotator cuff, torn pecs and strength that is virtually worthless - keep doing this exercise. But if you want world-class functional strength - keep reading.

Dear Friend,

Back when I was a runt teenage kid growing up in Iowa, I desperately wanted to pack some major beef onto my frame. Each day when I went to the gym I watched what the "big guys" did - then imitated them.

One of the "big guys" I learned from was Joe, a man 7 years my senior, who often cracked 1,000 pushups per day and ran for 8-10 miles without fatigue.

Joe was not often impressed with other people's training routines - but one day he pointed out another gentleman in the gym, named Dave - who only weighed about 190 pounds but had incredibly powerful and broad shoulders.

Dave's shoulders were not just broad though - they were strong, too. In fact, Dave could lift more weight in the military press than anyone in the gym. It was no contest either.

Naturally I wanted to know the secret of Dave's power. Being that Joe was a good friend of Dave's, he had the inside scoop.

"Not that long ago Dave was really weak in the overhead press," said Joe.

"But he learned that he could improve his pressing strength if he did handstand pushups. So he started working on them. And within a couple months his military press took off like a rocket."

Well, being that I also wanted to have big, strong, powerful shoulders, I found out from Dave how to do handstand pushups - and began a program. The program I followed was crude, nothing like what I know and teach today - but the results were dramatic. Like Dave, within a short period of time my pressing strength exploded.

Now, whether or not you train with weights or simply do bodyweight calisthenics, Handstand pushups are one of the "missing links" to overall strength development. They are a must for any truly serious trainee.

Here's why: Did you know that more than 90% of all men who train with weights cannot do a single handstand pushup? And doesn't this fact help explain why so many 'weight trained' athletes don't have much strength when it comes to overhead lifts?

Don't know about you, but when I first found this out I was stunned. The good news is that you can easily put yourself at the top of the heap, cranking handstand pushups with ease and improving your overhead lifts in record time (if you so desire), once you have the right information on how to do them.

When you watch the DVD and read the instructions contained in "The Secret Power of Handstand Training" that former Olympic weight lifter Ed Baran and I put together for you, your jaw will truly drop. You'll wonder "How the hell are they doing thaaaat?" when you see some of the exercises we demonstrate for you. Exercises that you can excel in as well.

In The Secret Power of Handstand Training, Ed and I cover 21 different handstand training exercises. We literally do take you from rank beginner to advanced trainee. Our DVD and manual shows each exercise in action and gives you crystal clear guidelines to follow, ensuring that you turn into a supreme butt-kicker.

A Marine's Testimonial on The Secret Power of Handstand Training

"I have to hand it to you on your course, Secret Power of Handstand Training. I was excited when I saw it on your web site, but I had no idea how much it would help. I'm a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps, and am always looking for the next thing that'll give me an edge over my comrades. I've been taking Taekwondo for over a year now, and that coupled with the running and calisthenics I do with the platoon in the mornings has given me the thin, lean, "Bruce Lee" physique that I work for, so it was almost a blow to my ego when I found out how most of my almost 3 years of training wasn't very useful when I turned myself upside down and tried handstands.

For those that don't know, Marines pride themselves on their ability to do pullups. I've been working for years now to get to 20 pullups, which would add 100 points to my Physical Fitness Test score, instead of the 15 and 16 that I've been stuck at for as long as I can remember. I started your "Secret Power..." course almost two months ago. Through a period of 4 weeks, I built myself from 3 sets of 1 rep at 30 seconds to 3 sets of 1 rep at 180 seconds, with time to spare. To my delight, I'm doing 18 pullups now, and getting closer to 20 all the time.

Besides that, I've noticed some rather siginificant results:

I've gained almost an entire inch on my arms, measuring around my biceps and triceps, in just under 4 weeks.
My delts and traps now actually have size and definition.

My lats and all the muscles of my back have grown in size and definition far more than they ever had even when I was doing over 60 pullups a day. I can actually feel a layer of muscle on my back. As a side note, all my back pain has vanished -- all of it! And I thought my back was healthy before...

My chest and pecs have gotten a great work out, even though I didn't think I was working them.

My wrists and forearms are a lot stronger. When I was a kid, I dreamed about being "Popeye", and beating the tar out of Bluto and making off with Olive Oil, and I'm getting the forearms to make my dream come true!

I know you're a busy guy, but I've been so pleased with your handstand course that I had to tell you. Handstand training truly is a "Secret Power", because if everyone knew what kind of results it delivered, they'd all be using it. Thanks for putting this product on the market, it's changed the way I build strength."

James Oliver Buhls, Cpl, USMC
2nd Marine Expeditionary Force, 2nd Radio Battalion
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina

Take a look at just some of what you'll learn from this incredible course on Handstand Training:

How to Rocket Launch your upper body strength!

How to Instantly double your balance and coordination!

Amazing handstand variations that will build a vise-like grip even when you don't think you're training your hands!

How to Kick up into a handstand within five minutes - even if you failed every time you tried it in the past!

Ways to quickly eliminate any fear of being upside down or of falling!

Three simple changes in hand placement that will build bigger traps, shoulders, and arms!

How handstands condition your "core" (abdominals, lower back) and why this is important for improvement in sports and all types of strength training!

The amazing technique that will have you doing handstand pushups within no time, even if you can't budge right now!

Why handstand pushups are better than military presses - and why they will dramatically improve your overhead weightlifting strength if you want to keep lifting weights!

An incredible handstand step-up exercise that doubles your strength almost instantly!

Secret techniques that teaches you how to go from a handstand on your palms to a closed fist and back again!

Why your legs are three times stronger than your arms and how to correct this ratio!

How a small tweak in mental focus while doing handstands will triple both internal and external power.

And much, much more.

Now, just in case you have never believed in the power of bodyweight exercises before, then drop your knife and fork, put your protein shake down and take a look at what our customers have to say about this amazing Handstand course:

"If you are interested in taking the already high level strength,conditioning and functional fitness you've gained from Combat Conditioning to a level that is 'off the charts' by comparison to all other strength and conditioning programs out there,this is your ticket!"
John Peterson
Minneapolis,MN

"This handstand course is great stuff. Not only is the instruction valuable but to me the true value is the motivation it gave me. I never truly knew how weak my shoulders were until I started doing these exercises. Keep it coming."
Adam Hirsch
Brooklyn,NY

"I believe that Matt's Combat Conditioning is the best and most comprehensive physical culture system I've ever seen. Anywhere. So when I heard that Matt was producing a Handstand course with Ed Baran I ordered a copy in advance. I've been wanting to learn more acrobatic and gymnastic movements for years. I'm 36 and not too many gymnastic studios take old folks. This course is perfect. Age doesn't matter and you don't need a gym. I made improvements in my very first workout."
Brian Nesmith
Oakland, CA

"This course gets a double thumbs up. As a retired glider pilot, it reminds me of things I learned many,many years ago."
Tom McGrath
Omaha,NE

"My name is Pablo Cruz. I'm a SGT in the US ARMY and I am currently in Iraq. I've got to say, man that handstand course is great - Awesome training tool! That and a pull up bar is the only training tool I have here. I've gained incredible strength in my upper body with your program. I love it. "
Pablo Cruz, SGT
U.S. Army

"I've been doing or trying to do handstand work for years with varying degrees of success. Until now any instruction I found has been vague to put it mildly! You guys are showing me things that I never even considered in your approach to the subject.I got going right away with a whole new attitude! Thanks again, Matt, for all these priceless secrets you are bringing to our attention."
Nigel Stewart
Bermuda

"Your handstand course is so awesome! I learned so much new stuff, when I am training I don't know which exercise to do since there are so many good ones. Thanks a lot for making this."
Mark Cleveland

"Matt, I recieved your handstand course, and I've only got this to say: You are the man! This is a GREAT course! I am 16, and have been lifting for about 2 years. This stuff though, blows lifting away. No comparison. I haven't been able to overhead press because I messed up my shoulder a while back, but these handstands feel great. Yesterday, I tried to do a handstand push up, and got my head about 3 inches from the floor, and came all the way back up. This is a big improvement over just a week ago, when I couldn't even lower myself at all. Thanks very much, both to you and Ed, for putting this course out. I'm really looking forward to being able to do full-range handstand push-ups. I'll let you know when I accomplish that goal! Oh, BTW, at first I kind of balked at the price, thought it was kind of steep. But now that I have the course, I have to say that it is worth every penny."
Matt Fleming

"Matt,
Just want to thank you for writing Combat Conditioning and The Secret Power of Handstand Training. As a lifelong weightlifter, I used to scoff at calisthenics. Until I tried some of the exercises in the books. I now regularly do Hindu pushups, fingertip pushups, front and back bridges, handstand pushups and handstands, and the neck stretches. I also use the superwheel to walk on my hands. I still lift weights, but I mix in the bodyweight exercises. Since incorporating the bodyweight exercises, I have never felt better. At 38 years of age, I have never been stronger. Those handstand pushups are incredible and very humbling, but my shoulders have never felt better. No more rotator cuff problems. Anyway, the point I want to make is that if I had not read your books I would probably still be wallowing in my ignorance. Thanks again.
Sincerely,"
Jim Jensen
U.S. Army

"Hi Matt,
"I wanted to let you that the picture of you doing a full-range Handstand Pushups between two chairs was a true inspiration to me. I wanted to be able to do that! I ordered your course a couple months ago; at that time I could only push out 1/2 range pushups from the floor. Today, I easily pushed out 4 consecutive full-range handstand pushups on tall stools! I am shooting for 10 consecutive before Christmas. Not bad for a 40-year old woman!

"Thank you again for the course and the inspiration!"

Kelly Moore
Oregon, WI

Well, my friend, after reading all of these testimonials, the decision should be an easy one. The Secret Power of Handstand Training should sell for as much as $299.00 - but right now, as part of a special marketing test, we have dropped the price to an unbelievably low $79.00 plus S&H. I cannot say how long this test will last, so jump on this offer right away.

If you think $79.00 is expensive, then think again. You can spend years in a gym, paying big bucks to pump iron, slug down protein shakes, "ripped fuel" and over-priced whey protein bars - and you still won't have the power that this course gives you.

Once you master handstand pushups, you'll be the envy of all the "flexers and strutters" - all the "pretty boys" and "mirror gazers." Your mere presence will make THEM, not you, feel inadequate and weak.

Click the order button below and you'll soon feel the results that so many people are raving about.

Best,

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