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@twins4heaven I'd recommend gymnastics. Ballet is primarily an art form- physically demanding, yes, but that is secondary. Do you like classical music, and ballet, as a means of artistic expression? Or do you just admire the physical skill involved? If the latter- definitely gymnastics. (Also...

@roemknz If you google 'online metronome', a metronome comes up, and you then just adjust to 5 BMP. The best way to count it out (seems to me) to be to count 200, counting on each down and up ("1-2"). Of course, you could also not count at all, and just have a stop watch handy. I've just tried...

@cece_lee16 Try fingertip push ups with curved, not straight fingers. This makes the muscles work harder, but also won't give you tendon inflammation. You might have to go to doing them on your knees, though, as they are harder. It's more relevant to hanging from your fingertips on a door...

@rvgirl42 I'm 6'3" and weigh 174lbs, and can do straddle planches easily. I disagree with the idea that being of a slimmer build if your are tall is a bad look. Most tall people are ectomorphs, and you can be fit and strong looking while still retaining natural body shape. Which means there's...

@amacias21 Wow! That sounds like a really, really cool course to do- but extremely demanding.

@amacias21 Just curious about a 'circus degree'. Could a person major in something like juggling, tightrope walking, ventriloquism, etc.? Or does everyone basically do the gymnastic type things?

@married1988 Yes, but I wonder if this change in preference of back position just a matter of fashion, really? The arched back handstand can look very good (if viewed without prejudice), especially if done deliberately.

W.H. Hunt's booklet on handbalancing "The A to Z of Balancing" is now available for free, at archive.org: https://archive.org/details/AToZOfBalancingW.J.Hunt Great, easy to follow steps, on mastering handbalancing! Also Court Saldo's "Advanced Non-Apparatus Training", featuring very early...