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What here is "bro science"? It's a standard handstand progression. Basically what you'd teach a kid starting gymnastics. The only things I might change are: -

by dymk 4y ago

What here is "bro science"? It's a standard handstand progression. Basically what you'd teach a kid starting gymnastics. The only things I might change are: - practice methods of bailing out from the start - after wall-walk, rather than taking both legs off the wall with your body facing the wall, kick up so you're facing away from the wall and try to achieve balance

2muchcoffeeman 4y ago
It's bro science because this page shows a bunch of already quite fit looking dudes - so already at an advantage - do handstand progressions with the headline "How to Do a Handstand: Get Your First Handstand in 30 Days". And then they try and sell you something at the bottom. I have seen a lot of gym going adults attempt to learn handstands. Vast majority will give up. Teaching even the gym population to hand balance is not easy.
- smohare 4y ago
  The response to your message is just further proof of the bro science component.
  - dymk 4y ago
    Lmao let me go get you a peer reviewed meta study of hand stand progressions
    - taneq 4y ago
      Make sure the studies they use are all double-blind, just to be sure.
- trentgreene 4y ago
  As someone who majored in broscience with a minor in broceanography, this is def not broscience (henceforth “bs”). There’s none of the hallmark bs features like rigid adherence to a simplified / half true physiology or an assumed idea of what “fitness” is. This is really something I think of as “fitness fluff”. It’s not really science, it’s a simple training plan that’ll probably work for >50% of the reasonably fit population. It’s also a training plan to accomplish a specific thing, do a handstand. It doesn’t really feel like a discussion on whether handstands are good and what regressions to apply where; why judge it so. The bs and “real” science on nutrition and exercise both face a replicability crisis. The salt you take with all this bs (or studies, advice) will also help you achieve bigger pumps during hypertrophy training. p.s. Don’t take the “bro” in bs too literally. It comes from all genders and identities equally. Anecdotally the biggest purveyor of bs in my life was a woman who went to med school. I still hear and say plenty of bs in my circle of crunchy climbers. You apply it moderately and trust your gut on what’s reasonable in the face of _massive_ complexity.
test1235 4y ago
I think the comment about bro science was about the other comments here on HN, rather than about the article.

by dymk 4y ago

2muchcoffeeman 4y ago

It's bro science because this page shows a bunch of already quite fit looking dudes - so already at an advantage - do handstand progressions with the headline "How to Do a Handstand: Get Your First Handstand in 30 Days". And then they try and sell you something at the bottom. I have seen a lot of gym going adults attempt to learn handstands. Vast majority will give up. Teaching even the gym population to hand balance is not easy.

smohare 4y ago
The response to your message is just further proof of the bro science component.
- dymk 4y ago
  Lmao let me go get you a peer reviewed meta study of hand stand progressions
  - taneq 4y ago
    Make sure the studies they use are all double-blind, just to be sure.
trentgreene 4y ago
As someone who majored in broscience with a minor in broceanography, this is def not broscience (henceforth “bs”). There’s none of the hallmark bs features like rigid adherence to a simplified / half true physiology or an assumed idea of what “fitness” is. This is really something I think of as “fitness fluff”. It’s not really science, it’s a simple training plan that’ll probably work for >50% of the reasonably fit population. It’s also a training plan to accomplish a specific thing, do a handstand. It doesn’t really feel like a discussion on whether handstands are good and what regressions to apply where; why judge it so. The bs and “real” science on nutrition and exercise both face a replicability crisis. The salt you take with all this bs (or studies, advice) will also help you achieve bigger pumps during hypertrophy training. p.s. Don’t take the “bro” in bs too literally. It comes from all genders and identities equally. Anecdotally the biggest purveyor of bs in my life was a woman who went to med school. I still hear and say plenty of bs in my circle of crunchy climbers. You apply it moderately and trust your gut on what’s reasonable in the face of _massive_ complexity.

test1235 4y ago

I think the comment about bro science was about the other comments here on HN, rather than about the article.