Hello All,
After lurking on the boards since before BtGB was published, I've finally decided to officially join the community.
I'm 37, 5'9" 200-210 lbs, and for the longest time, I simply wanted to be able to hold a handstand and planche. In the pursuit of those goals, I watched a lot of videos on youtube, checked out a few hand balancing websites, a few yoga websites, and even had a training session with Mr. Beast Skills himself(was cool to find out he's local. 
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The videos, websites and training session were all good. I always learned something but after a while I would always get stuck. I'd known about BtGB for a while and actually wanted the book before it was published. After the book was published I was hesitant to buy it, not really sure why. I even stopped lurking on the board for a while.
After reaffirming to myself that I really do want to accomplish my hand balancing goals, I started looking for local adult gymnastic classes and started lurking on the forum again. Seeing all of the positive posts, the amazing videos from forum members and comments about the book, added to my enthusiasm. I'm still looking for a class to attend in the DC metro area, but I'm the happy owner of BtGB and know that I still make progress either way. Just learning that an L-Sit is needed to help my planche work has been very helpful. Explains why I could hold a 60s frog stand but my tuck planche was such a flop.
I wish much success to everyone as they pursue whatever their goals may be. I thank you all for sharing your knowledge and experiences, it's been very helpful to me.
It seems the way with BtGB to lurk for a long time before getting involved, I know that's what I did