The ONLY Calisthenics Guide You'll Ever Need! | (Entire Framework Explained)

0:00My name is Accel. I'm a full-time online

0:02calisthenics coach and athlete and I

0:04specialize in helping people learn

0:06advanced pushing skills like the

0:07planche, the handstand push-up, the

0:0990-degree handstand push-up, the one-arm

0:12handstand, you name it. I've dedicated 4

0:14years learning calisthenics and have

0:16personally achieved insane skills such

0:19as the one-arm handstand, handstand

0:20combos, variations, full planche, front

0:23lever, and even more. At the same time,

0:27I've coached over 50 people to learn

0:28these exact skills and in this video I'm

0:31going to break down the complete system

0:33I used to make that progress for myself

0:36and with every single client I take on.

0:38This is the most detailed breakdown I've

0:41ever put out and what I'm about to show

0:43you over the next 50 minutes is going to

0:45[music] completely change the way you

0:46think about training calisthenics. No

0:48genetic tips, no secrets, not another

0:51three cues for your handstand video. It

0:53is the actual architecture behind every

0:55single skill you've ever attempted and

0:57failed to learn whether it was your lack

0:59of understanding, structure, or

1:00execution. [music] Now, before we go any

1:02further, this video is specifically for

1:05those who have been training or have

1:07started and seem to struggle. The guy

1:09who's watched dozens of tutorials, tried

1:11a hundred different progressions,

1:13tutorials, training programs, followed

1:15every cue he could find, and is still

1:18stuck. It can be that you still can't

1:20hold the shadow planche past 3 seconds,

1:22still collapsing on the 90-degree

1:24handstand push-up, still can't kick up

1:26into a free-standing handstand without

1:28immediately bailing. And here's what the

1:30actual problem is with almost everything

1:33you ever consumed about calisthenics.

1:35It's all exercises. Do this progression,

1:38try this drill, but nobody explains the

1:40mechanism underneath it. Nobody explains

1:44why your body adapts the way it does,

1:46why some training sessions make you

1:47stronger, and some sessions just make

1:50you tired. Why the exact same exercise

1:52can either build a skill or completely

1:54waste 6 months of your life depending on

1:57how it's structured. That's the gap.

2:00That's the missing piece this entire

2:02time. Do not skip a single part of this

2:05video because everything builds up on

2:06each other, which means missing [music]

2:08a section can ruin your entire

2:10understanding of this entirety. I

2:12genuinely cannot tell you how much this

2:14video will help you. So, without wasting

2:16any more time, let's get into it.

2:19Every single ounce of progress you'll

2:21ever make in calisthenics comes to one

2:23word,

2:25adaptation. What is adaptation?

2:28Adaptation is a process where your body

2:30increases its capacity to handle a

2:32physical stress. You being exposed to

2:35this specific stress is a result of you

2:37getting stronger or building muscle.

2:39That's it. You're not chasing a skill,

2:41you're simply in the process of

2:43adaptation, and the skill is simply the

2:45visible proof that that adaptation

2:47happened. Once you understand that,

2:49everything else I'm about to say will

2:51click into place because every mistake

2:53you ever made in your training is really

2:56just a mistake in how you manage

2:58adaptation. Now, there isn't just one

3:00type of adaptation, there are three, and

3:02they happen on completely different

3:04timelines, which is exactly why your

3:06training feels inconsistent and

3:08unpredictable right now. The first is

3:10neural adaptation. This is your brain

3:12literally trying to fire signals faster

3:15and to recruit more muscle fibers at

3:17once for a given movement. This takes a

3:20few weeks to properly adapt, but it's

3:22the fastest out of the three.

3:24The second is muscular adaptation. Your

3:27muscles physically grow bigger and

3:29thicker. This happens when you

3:31specifically stress bodyweight exercises

3:33over time with proper progressive

3:35overload. It's just as if you were

3:37building muscles in the gym, and this

3:39takes several weeks to months. The

3:41third, and this is the one that will

3:43explain almost every plateau and every

3:45injury you've ever had. It is connective

3:47tissue adaptation. Your tendons and

3:50ligaments get stiffer and stronger over

3:52time, And that is what allows your

3:54joints to actually handle the force that

3:56heavy weight body skills put on them

3:58such as the planche. This takes several

4:01months and sometimes even years. And

4:03that is why most injury in the sport

4:06happen because someone's muscles and

4:08nervous system adapted fast while the

4:10tendons were still months behind. You

4:13felt strong and were progressing fast,

4:16but your tendons weren't ready yet. That

4:18is why fast progress and intense

4:20sessions back-to-back or pushing your

4:22limits way above will usually lead to

4:24injuries.

4:25With this, you can understand why

4:27building raw muscle mass alone does not

4:29automatically convert to calisthenic

4:31skills. Skills are largely a

4:33neurological adaptation, not a product

4:35of muscle size. If your central nervous

4:37system cannot coordinate a complex

4:39movement pattern, cannot balance your

4:41center of gravity, cannot fire the right

4:44muscle fibers with precision, extra

4:46muscle bulk does not do anything. It is

4:49absolutely nothing for you. That is

4:51exactly why a bodybuilder with twice the

4:54size of your muscles cannot simply step

4:56up and hit a planche or human flag.

4:59Their muscles are ready, their nervous

5:01system was never trained for the

5:02specific position. Without the specific

5:06adaptation, which I'll get into later,

5:08you won't be able to teach your body how

5:10to activate and leverage itself through

5:12these complex movements, which leads to

5:14your progress stalling. So, how do we

5:16actually control adaptation? Well, we do

5:18it through these three variables:

5:20volume, intensity, and frequency.

5:23Everything, and I mean everything you'll

5:25ever do in a training session, is really

5:27just you manipulating one of these three

5:30variables. And I'm going to break each

5:32one down individually in a minute, but

5:34first of all, I need you to understand

5:36fatigue because fatigue is the thing

5:38that determines how much of these three

5:41variables you can actually handle before

5:43you start progressing.

5:46So, there are two distinctive types of a

5:47T, and if you keep confusing them, you

5:50will keep sabotaging your own progress

5:52without realizing it. The first is local

5:54muscular fatigue. This is the specific

5:56muscles and muscle fibers you just

5:58trained, and it usually recovers within

6:0024 to 72 hours for that specific muscle

6:03group. This is that exact fatigue you

6:05feel after a soreness, for example, like

6:08the breast, front delts, and triceps

6:10after doing some push-ups. The second is

6:12systemic fatigue, which most of you

6:14don't know, and this affects your

6:15central nervous system and your entire

6:17body's ability to produce force, not

6:20just one muscle group. It is caused by

6:22high-intensity efforts, maximal

6:24strength, skill work, high accumulated

6:27volume, and other small factors like

6:29poor sleep and life stress. And here's

6:31the important part. This type of fatigue

6:34can take up to an entire week of reduced

6:36intensity to actually recover.

6:39You cannot feel this fatigue the way you

6:40feel sore muscles. You can feel this by

6:43doing your skill, like the handstand

6:45push-up that felt effortless repping the

6:48last session, but now harder. Don't get

6:50it wrong, that's not you getting worse

6:52at the skill, that's your nervous system

6:54telling you it's still fatigued. To

6:56manage your fatigue properly and recover

6:59from both simultaneously, we split our

7:01training into two distinctive blocks.

7:04Skills,

7:05then hypertrophy. And the order of these

7:07blocks matters a lot. Skill works come

7:10first because it demands quality sets

7:12over just quantity. Your central nervous

7:14system learns through perfect

7:16high-quality repetitions, and that is

7:18why you stop the set the moment you form

7:21starts to break. Well, why can't we just

7:23train to failure? Well, training a skill

7:25to failure is actually counterproductive

7:27because you're teaching your brain poor

7:29mechanics, and every single failed rep

7:32with bad form is a rep your nervous

7:34system is being set as a baseline, which

7:37leads to that being the bad form and

7:40becoming a habit. Hypertrophy training

7:42is the opposite. The focus is metabolic

7:44stress and mechanical tension through a

7:46simple progressive overload. So, simply

7:48said, building and growing muscles. And

7:51here, the fatigue management is also

7:52different. You train close to failure to

7:55accumulate more stress, which builds up

7:58more fatigue. And this is also why the

8:01order matters inside a single session.

8:03Skill works always come before

8:05hypertrophy work.

8:08Now, coming into the key thing that

8:09would determine if you're progressing

8:11correctly. Your nervous system doesn't

8:14recruit muscle fibers randomly. It

8:16recruits based on the specific stress

8:18you're demanding on your body, and there

8:20are two categories of these fibers you

8:22need to understand. First is type one

8:24fibers, which produce slow force, but

8:27can resist extremely good against

8:29fatigue. So, as an example, tuck

8:32planches for over 15 seconds, that is

8:34exactly when type one fibers are

8:36actually introduced. Now, type two

8:38fibers on the other side produces very

8:41high force output, but fatigue very

8:44quickly. These are essential for

8:46explosive power and maximum static

8:48tension, like a planche. Now, why would

8:50this actually help you to understand how

8:52to train correctly? Well, here's why

8:54this actually matters practically. Let's

8:56use the straddle planche as an example.

8:59If your intent is to build raw strength

9:01required for the next progression, which

9:02would be your full, you need a session

9:04dedicated to 90 to 100% effort, aka

9:08intense sessions. You will therefore

9:10proceed to do a band assisted full

9:13planche or a genuine max effort straddle

9:16planche. That way, you can target type

9:18two fibers specifically, which are meant

9:21for high force output, as I said before.

9:23But if you instead spend your entire

9:25session doing 60 to 80% effort max, in

9:30this case, a 15 seconds plus or more

9:33advanced tuck planche or band assisted

9:35straddle holds, you're training a

9:37completely different fiber, which is the

9:39type one fiber. You're building

9:41endurance in that specific hold, not

9:43maximal force. That is why I'm tired of

9:46seeing people constantly say, "Once you

9:49unlock a 50-second tuck planche, you're

9:51able to have the advanced tuck." This

9:52just makes absolutely no sense and

9:54everyone is fooled by this. If someone

9:57wants to unlock or progress to the next

9:59skill level progression, but in sense

10:02spends their entirety of their sessions

10:03increasing the hold time of their

10:05current progression, it will not

10:07transfer to the maximal force output

10:10required for the next level. It will

10:12only strengthen your endurance in the

10:14position you're already comfortable in.

10:16Over time, your fast-twitch fibers

10:18actually start behaving more like

10:19slow-twitch fibers because that's what

10:21you keep demanding them. You've

10:23successfully trained yourself into a

10:25plateau that you didn't even know about

10:27because you were technically getting

10:29better, just at the wrong thing. So, it

10:31doesn't matter if you have a 15, 20, 25,

10:3420-second tuck planche or advanced tuck,

10:37it will never get you the shadow planche

10:39or full planche.

10:42Finally, let's get into the three

10:43variables properly now, one at a time,

10:46because this is where almost everyone

10:47gets it wrong. And this is the part

10:49where I want you to pay the closest

10:51attention to. Intensity in calisthenics

10:53is dictated by the leverage, mass

10:55distribution, and joint angles. Simply

10:58put, how hard the position is. Take a

11:00pushing skill like the planche or a

11:01handstand push-up. Moving your center of

11:03mass further away from your base in the

11:06planche, that means your shoulders

11:07shifting forwards over your hands,

11:10increases the torque and tension on your

11:12anterior deltoids, your chest, and your

11:14bicep tendons, even though your actual

11:17body weight hasn't changed. You didn't

11:19get heavier, you just changed the

11:21leverage, and the leverage changed the

11:23intensity. This matters because high

11:25intensity in a skill forces maximum

11:27motor unit recruitment, those type two

11:30fast-twitch fibers we just talked about,

11:33and drives the majority of your systemic

11:35central nervous system fatigue. And

11:37because you cannot simply strap a weight

11:39plates to your back in calisthenics,

11:41small shifts in your body lean can take

11:44you from a 70% effort straight up to a

11:4790% effort, increasing the intensity.

11:50That is a massive jump from what looks

11:52like a tiny change position. So, how do

11:55we actually apply intensity correctly?

11:57You train at the level where you can

11:59actually maintain 100% rigid technical

12:01execution, such as full scapula

12:03protraction, a locked posterior pelvic

12:07tilt, fully locked elbow, and that's

12:09your genuine submaximal training zone.

12:12And you can use a resistance band to

12:14precisely manage intensity level while

12:17you build up to it.

12:19And here's where you make the mistake.

12:21You pick a progression that's simply too

12:23hard for you, which forces

12:25compensations, such as bent arms, a

12:27sagging scapula, and instead of building

12:30maximal force, you just end up building

12:32endurance in a broken position. And on

12:34top of that, chronically overdoing

12:36high-intensity work leads to direct

12:39central nervous system burnout, fatigue,

12:42joint damage, and permanently making

12:45that movement pattern your habit.

12:49Second is volume. It is the total

12:51workload you impose on your body in a

12:53session or in a week. In calisthenics,

12:55we measure this as total time under

12:57tension or total repetitions. Simply

13:00said, sets multiplied by hold duration

13:03or sets multiplied by reps. To train

13:05volume, you want to perform a high

13:07number of total reps to accumulate a

13:09large amount of hold time, and it is

13:11what builds muscle size, improves

13:14muscular endurance, and improves

13:16movement efficiency. To apply it

13:18correctly, you train near failure, never

13:21completely to failure, because it drives

13:23nearly the same strength and muscle

13:25gains as training all the way to failure

13:27while still being able to maintain your

13:29form without major compensations. And

13:32slight form deviations here are actually

13:34acceptable to a specific point. Now, how

13:37do we actually manage the skill block?

13:39You increase your total weekly and

13:41monthly workload progressively over

13:43time, progressive overload. For skills

13:46that can only be held for a few seconds

13:48or performed for a handful of reps, we

13:50use a method called EMOM, every minute

13:53on the minute, which we'll also get into

13:55later. And this lets you accumulate more

13:57volume without destroying quality.

13:59Now, the mistake with volume is really

14:01simple. It is that you grind through a

14:04shaky 15-second hold all the way to

14:06complete failure. That literally

14:08destroys your neural precision. You are

14:11accumulating time under tension, yes,

14:13but with a cost and price of having a

14:16genuinely bad form, which compounds. And

14:19that normalizing that bad habit you just

14:22repeated won't build up to the skill.

14:27The last and final variable is

14:28frequency. It is simply how many days a

14:31week you train for a specific skill or

14:33exercise. Higher frequency exposure

14:35helps your nervous system to learn a

14:37movement pattern faster, and it can also

14:39spread your total weekly workload across

14:42more sessions, giving your connective

14:44tissue and joints more time to actually

14:46heal. This way you can decrease the

14:48total load per individual set, which

14:51helps you avoid extreme central nervous

14:52system burnout. A hard, high-leverage

14:54straight-arm skill like the planche

14:56should be trained two to three times a

14:58week maximum. This lets your joints to

15:00actually heal and recover for the next

15:03session. On the other side, a lighter,

15:05coordination-dependent

15:07balance skill like the handstand or a

15:08one-arm handstand can and should be

15:10practiced five to even six times a week

15:13because it simply doesn't place the same

15:15heavy joint stress and creates far less

15:17local fatigue. So, the simple mistake

15:19you do in frequency is training a

15:22high-level skill like the planche four

15:24to five times a week, which overworks

15:26the connective tissue long before your

15:28muscles or nervous system gives you the

15:30signs to actually stop. That is why

15:32believing in a no pain, no gain

15:34mentality is actually going to ruin your

15:36progress.

15:38Now, these three variables are so

15:40important because they tie this entire

15:42system together. Starting with the first

15:44two, as you can see in this graph,

15:46volume and intensity have completely

15:49opposite relationships. When volume is

15:51high, intensity is low. When intensity

15:54is high, volume has to be low. You

15:57cannot have both max out at the same

15:59time. This is the mistake almost every

16:01single person makes without realizing,

16:03especially for those who are actually

16:05thinking about the no pain, no gain

16:07mentality. You think training extremely

16:09hard for a lot of sets for a long time

16:11is best because it feels productive and

16:14feels like your muscles are burning. The

16:16truth is, you've just given yourself 20%

16:19good, high-quality neural work and 80%

16:22junk volume. Now, to understand this

16:24entire relationship with these three

16:26variables, you can understand it and

16:28visualize it as this triangular system.

16:31If a session demands high intensity

16:32combined with high volume, so heavy sets

16:35and heavy hold, your recovery window has

16:38to be long, which you simply should not

16:40be doing after seeing the first graph of

16:42the volume and intensity relationship.

16:45This is something I would never

16:46recommend someone to actually follow,

16:47especially when your main focus is skill

16:49mastery. The second is if a session

16:51demands high intensity and high

16:53frequency, so training hard multiple

16:56times a week, then the volume per

16:58session has to be minimal. Two to three

17:01short, pristine holds, nothing more. And

17:04finally, if a session demands high

17:06volume and high frequency, so training a

17:08lot multiple times a week, your exercise

17:11selection, so your intensity, has to

17:13drop down to a lower leverage. So,

17:15working with easier progressions. In

17:17conclusion, every single training

17:19decision you make lives somewhere inside

17:21of this triangle, and once you can

17:23actually look at your own week and say,

17:25"Oh, I'm demanding too much of these

17:26three at once or two." Then you can

17:29already know why you're either

17:31plateauing or injured. Now, before you

17:33get confused about not knowing how to

17:35apply this into your own training, I'll

17:37be sharing how to structure your workout

17:39plan with this exact understanding at

17:41the end of this video, so stay along.

17:44Now, as I mentioned earlier in the

17:46beginning, most injuries come from a

17:48lack of connective tissue adaptation,

17:51and this deserves its own moment because

17:53it is genuinely the number one cause of

17:55injury I see in this sport, especially

17:58in the static straight arm strength

18:00skills. Usually comes from repetitive

18:02intense sessions, overexposure and hard

18:05progressions too early, or simply

18:07progressing too fast for your tendons to

18:10actually keep up.

18:12The fix is not complicated in concept.

18:14[snorts] You just have to condition,

18:16strengthen, and stretch your connective

18:18tissue. As an example of the planche,

18:20you would use sanity flies, so placing

18:22weights on your hands and strengthening

18:24the straight arm, or banded protraction

18:27to condition and strengthen, and do

18:30seated bicep and anterior shoulder

18:32stretch, which is top notch. For

18:34handstand, you would do wrist circles or

18:36palm lift offs and shoulder flexion. It

18:40does require patience most people don't

18:42have, which makes ego training

18:43dangerous. Additionally, you want to

18:45expose our body as much as possible to

18:47that specific strength at a lower

18:50intensity to also strengthen our

18:51connective tissue. Simply meaning making

18:54the movement feel normal so that

18:55gradually you don't have to even do

18:57these stuff. Bands and regressions are

18:59therefore the goat because you can

19:01expose your body to that exact stimulus

19:03applied onto your body that doesn't

19:05overstress your tendons or joints. In

19:08this case, you would do a banded

19:10planche, so exposing your body to that

19:12specific position, or a planch lean hold

19:15where you can actually leverage the

19:16intensity, so the actual lean.

19:20Now, let's talk about proprioception, an

19:23underrated topic that doesn't really

19:25come up. Think of proprioception as your

19:27body's internal GPS, your brain's

19:30ability to actually know exactly where

19:32your arms, legs, joints position without

19:36having to look at them. And spatial

19:38positioning is simply knowing where your

19:40entire body is at. This matters

19:42enormously because in calisthenics, form

19:45dictates strength output. If your body

19:48is even 2 in

19:49out of alignment, for example, in the

19:51handstand or the planch, your muscles

19:53have to work almost twice as hard just

19:56to stop you from failing. And I'm not

19:58even exaggerating this. Take the

20:00handstand as an example, since almost

20:02everyone watching this has fought with

20:04it. We spend our entire lives right side

20:06up. The moment you therefore flip upside

20:09down, your brain is confused. It loses

20:11track of gravity and the coordination

20:14and it starts panicking. That's not just

20:16a weakness, that's simply an unadapted

20:18nervous system. So, how do we actually

20:20train for this? First, we use correct

20:23assistance, such as a chest-to-wall

20:25handstand, or if you want it easier, a

20:27pike hold, which removes the fear of

20:29falling entirely, so your brain can

20:31finally focus on feeling the proper

20:33alignment and activation. Second is

20:36visual feedback. I talk about this the

20:39entire time, but so many people just

20:40miss out on this. Your brain needs

20:42instant concrete feedback to rewrite its

20:45bad habits. That's why I'll have my

20:47client take a video of their own set,

20:49and I will point out exactly where the

20:52alignment breaks down or provide mental

20:54cues, such as a point between the hands

20:56to focus on while holding the handstand.

20:59Because one tiny mistake, like letting

21:01the chin creep out, is the simple reason

21:04of you having an arched back in a

21:05handstand, and soon that would also

21:08compound extremely quick.

21:11Coming to the actual tools for the

21:13system, calisthenics requires

21:15specialized [snorts]

21:16training because you cannot simply add

21:18weight to a barbell. That is why it is

21:20essential to systematically manage

21:23stress, teach complete movement patterns

21:25to the nervous system, protect the

21:27slow-healing connective tissue, and

21:29force targeted specific strength

21:32adaptation to the right way. So, let me

21:34quickly give you these practical tools

21:36that let you actually apply all of this.

21:41First is regression and resistance

21:43bands. It exists to help your brain

21:46understand a target position before your

21:48strength is fully ready for it. A

21:50regression lets you execute the exact

21:52neurological pattern and joint angles of

21:55a skill at an easier level by reducing

21:58the leverage and intensity. It is good

22:00for the volume days, as I mentioned

22:02before.

22:03A resistance band lets you mimic the

22:05exact neurological pattern and joint

22:08angle of the full skill without

22:10regressing the position itself. The band

22:12simply moves a portion of your body

22:14weight, so you can genuinely learn the

22:16correct activation and form required for

22:19the target skill while assisted. So, if

22:21you're currently stuck with an advanced

22:22tuck and you want to get a super

22:24advanced tuck or a straddle planche,

22:26then you would specifically use the band

22:28around your waist to remove a portion of

22:30the weight that you have, and

22:32specifically expose your body to that

22:35new next progression.

22:38Second is specificity, and oh my gosh, I

22:40cannot explain how important this is.

22:43And that is also why I keep repeating

22:45the words specifically, specific in this

22:48entirety of the video. Body adapts

22:50precisely to the exact stress, joint

22:52angles, and coordination that is placed

22:54on it. Nothing more and nothing less.

22:57So, if you're specifically training for

23:00a static straddle planche hold, doing a

23:03dynamic pseudo planche push-up is nearly

23:06irrelevant. It is just absolute

23:07nonsense. The pseudo planche push-up is

23:09just a dynamic movement using the range

23:12of motion here, up and down. It is a

23:14pushing motion and is completely

23:16different type of pushing than you would

23:18actually do it in a static hold. It's

23:20not a wasted exercise, don't get me

23:22wrong. It's just the wrong tool for the

23:23specific target. You would rather do a

23:26planche lean, which specifically exposes

23:28you to the straight arm static strength.

23:31And for the pseudo planche push-ups, you

23:32would do it only when you want to learn

23:34the planche push-ups.

23:37Then there's the deload, a planned

23:39period of reduced intensity or volume

23:41done every 4 to 8 weeks where you cut

23:44your total sets and reps roughly in half

23:46and avoid training to failure while

23:48regressing your skills down to about 50

23:51to 60% effort. This clears out any

23:54accumulated fatigue in both your muscles

23:56and your nervous system and it gives

23:58your connective tissue actual time to

24:00actually catch up and heal. After this

24:02deload week, 99% of the people usually

24:05feels a strength gain even though

24:07they're reducing their whole entire

24:08training session.

24:11And underneath all of it sits

24:13progressive overload and this is

24:15probably what you know, the baseline

24:16principle that you must have heard. You

24:19increase the stress on your body over

24:21time to keep forcing adaptation. You

24:24would therefore manipulate leverage and

24:26range of motion. As an example, you will

24:28start with wall push-up. When you get

24:30used to that, you then get into incline

24:31push-up, then to standard push-up or

24:34maybe tuck planche to advance tuck to

24:36straddle to full planche. Once the

24:38movement feels easy and controlled, you

24:41step up to the next harder variation. It

24:44is that simple.

24:47All right, let's talk about grease the

24:49groove because this is one of my

24:50favorite of all time and it is the most

24:53highest leverage versatile tool that you

24:56can ever use and you're probably not

24:58using it correctly. For those who don't

25:00know what grease the groove means, it

25:01means executing a single high-quality

25:04set of a skill several times throughout

25:06your day. Instead of grinding it out in

25:08one long session, you take roughly half

25:11of your current maximum reps or hold

25:13time, and you perform several easy

25:15submaximal sets of that number spaced

25:18hours apart throughout the day. The

25:20entire goal is to never build up

25:22fatigue, so your nervous system stays

25:24fresh and can execute movement with

25:26pristine form and activation every

25:29single time you do it. And [snorts] it

25:31is the goat when done with high

25:33frequency. It is especially great for

25:35coordination-balance-dependent skills

25:37like the handstand and one-arm handstand

25:39because it avoids burnout. And if it's

25:41still hard to understand practically,

25:43then think about a baby trying to learn

25:45how to walk. A baby won't do squats or

25:48build leg strength for walking. It just

25:50attempts to walk over and over dozens of

25:53times a day at a low intensity until the

25:56baby understands how to coordinate and

25:58balance their body. That's exactly what

26:01grease the groove is doing for your

26:02handstand, one-arm handstand, or any

26:05coordination-balance-dependent

26:06skill. The more you're able to expose

26:09your body to that specific skill, more

26:11time under tension, your brain can

26:13understand it without burning out. And

26:15there you got it. Now you have just got

26:18yourself way more total volume

26:20accumulated, so TUT, time under tension,

26:22and of course you can apply to any other

26:24strength skill such as the planche or

26:26front lever because gradually you will

26:28see a spike in your strength, and the

26:30next time you actually retest your

26:32maximum after applying that, it's going

26:34to change absolutely everything. That's

26:36just weeks of clean neural exposure

26:38finally showing up on a single hard

26:40attempt or a long attempt.

26:44Finally, let's talk about EMOM, which we

26:46mentioned at the volume section, because

26:48this solves a sort of different problem

26:50than the grease the groove does. This

26:52one is about volume, not frequency. EMOM

26:55stands for every minute on the minute.

26:57You perform a designated number of

26:59repetitions at start of every single

27:02minute, and you rest for whatever time

27:04is left in that single minute. It's a

27:06time-efficient method that lets you

27:08accumulate large amounts of volume while

27:10staying far from failure on every single

27:13set, which is exactly what separates it

27:15from classic training to failure sets.

27:18This lets you stack up significantly

27:20more total high-quality reps, and it

27:23builds real actual work capacity and

27:25muscular stamina without ever

27:27sacrificing rep quality. And you're

27:29probably asking yourself, "When should I

27:32start applying this and why?" Well,

27:35let's take the handstand push-ups as an

27:36example, or pike push-ups. Imagine

27:39you're only capable of doing three reps

27:42max. If you try to accumulate volume

27:45with normal straight sets, here's

27:47roughly what would happen. Set one, you

27:49would get three reps. Good. Set two, you

27:52would still get three reps, but it

27:53starts to get shaky. In set two, you

27:56barely get two reps, or maybe if you

27:58push as hard as possible, even with bad

28:00form, you get three reps. The total work

28:03volume is eight reps before your body

28:05completely gives out.

28:07Now, let's compare that to EMOM. Two

28:08reps at the top of every single minute

28:11for eight to 10 minutes straight. The

28:13total is 16 to 20, which is double the

28:17usable volume at the exact same

28:19intensity. You didn't change anything

28:21about exercise, you just split it up

28:23into 10 whole minutes. And even if you

28:26manage to only do one rep every minute,

28:29in the worst-case scenario, you would

28:30have eight to 10 reps. That is the exact

28:33same reps amount you're actually doing,

28:35but having it with high quality instead

28:38of burning out. By doing this, every

28:40single rep looks and feels identical to

28:43your best rep, and is best for volume

28:46sessions.

28:48Now let's get into the last final piece

28:50and this one ties directly back to

28:53everything I just explained because your

28:55rest period is an active part of the

28:58stimulus. There are two distinctive

29:00methods here and which one you use has

29:03to match what you're actually training

29:05for that day. If you remember, it's the

29:07skill and hypertrophy block. The first

29:10is repetition method and this is what

29:12you use for skills. We can use this

29:14graph to understand this process. You

29:16apply a stress stimulus, let's say a

29:195-second planche hold, which can be seen

29:22by exponential spike up. Your training

29:24capacity is low, meaning you have to

29:27rest, which is the downwards curve. As

29:29mentioned, this will be a minimum of 5

29:32minutes. The full rest ensures your very

29:34next set gets executed fresh with near

29:37zero accumulated fatigue and zero

29:40compensations in your form. So now you

29:42can understand every upcoming sharp

29:44spike is your next set with full effort

29:47followed by a long complete recovery

29:49back close to the baseline before the

29:52next spike.

29:53That's the shape you want for skill

29:55work. The second is interval method and

29:57this is what you use for hypertrophy.

29:59The goal here is completely different,

30:01metabolic stress, mechanical tension and

30:04building actual muscles as we already

30:06spoken. You perform exercises with

30:08incomplete rest, 60 to 90 seconds and

30:11you're deliberately forcing fatigue to

30:14stack up set after set. It is the exact

30:17opposite of the repetition method. By

30:20taking shorter rests on purpose, you

30:22allow fatigue to accumulate and that

30:25accumulated fatigue creates the

30:27metabolic stress that forces your body

30:29to recruit more muscle fibers as you

30:31approach failure. That's exactly what

30:33triggers real muscle growth and on the

30:35graph, this looks like a series of waves

30:39that never quite make it down to the

30:41full recovery baseline and the pressure

30:43stays on the muscles continuously

30:45building toward maximum fatigue by the

30:48end of the block. So, here's the entire

30:50point in conclusion. If you're training

30:52a skill and you're only resting 90

30:54seconds between attempts, you're not

30:56training for maximal strength. You've

30:58accidentally turned it into an endurance

31:00session. If you're actually wanting to

31:03train hypertrophy and you're resting

31:05five full minutes between sets, you're

31:07not accumulating enough metabolic stress

31:09to actually grow. Therefore, match the

31:12exact rest period to the actual goal of

31:14the session.

31:16Now, let's get into the part you guys

31:18have been waiting for, a structured

31:20workout plan around everything I just

31:22explained. Keep in mind, this is purely

31:25just an example. It's not going to be

31:27about the exact reps or sets amount, so

31:29don't try to copy this entirety. Now,

31:31coming back, in this example, we're

31:33going to train for the planche. The core

31:35architecture for a push-focused skill is

31:38at least one high [snorts] intensity and

31:41spreading the volume accumulation days

31:43to two days to avoid stacking extreme

31:45fatigue in one. The other days will then

31:48be non-planche training or rest days

31:50with the exception of using grease the

31:52groove on those days and taking a deload

31:54week every four to eight weeks.

31:57The core principle here is high

31:58frequency with spreaded load rather than

32:01destroying your joints and nervous

32:02system in just two brutal sessions a

32:05week and exposing your body to specific

32:07stimulus. So, the intensity session will

32:10be maximum force production, meaning

32:11type two fast-twitch fibers. High

32:14intensity, low volume. You test and

32:16train your genuine best progression,

32:18keeping your total hold time or reps

32:21low, so approximately three to five

32:23second hold times or one to six reps per

32:26set. With long rest periods, five

32:29minutes minimum, and you stop the moment

32:32your form or activation drops. Then

32:34comes your two volume accumulation

32:36sessions, which will target sub maximal

32:38skill practice and [snorts] time under

32:40tension. Moderate to low intensity, high

32:43accumulated volume. You use a regression

32:45where the skill is manageable for reps

32:48and time. For planche push-ups, working

32:50to rep at least six to eight, and for

32:53the planche hold, at least six to 12

32:56seconds, and you can accumulate clean

32:58volume through techniques like EMOMs,

33:00and keep in mind, we mentioned this also

33:02in the volume, we can allow slight form

33:05customizations like partials or easier

33:08angles like the height of the legs or

33:11the leverage in the planche. So, having

33:13a high planche or low planche, but never

33:15until you lose the activation such as

33:17bent arm, lack of protraction, or the

33:20depression. And on rest days, you can

33:22occasionally layer in greasing the

33:24groove sets purely to maximize time

33:26under tension without adding any real

33:29fatigue and focusing on conditioning

33:31with planche leans, banded protraction,

33:34and planche leans. Now, within the

33:36session, the order matters just as much

33:38as the week. So, we start off with 10 to

33:4115 minutes of dynamic warm-up and neuro

33:44activation. So, joint preparation like

33:47wrist circles, [snorts]

33:48shoulder dislocates, followed by

33:50specific activations. So, low load

33:53movements that mimic the actual skill

33:56like planche leans where you can change

33:58the leverage and intensity of it. The

34:00goal here is to simply wake up the

34:02nervous system and lubricate the joints

34:04without accumulating any sort of

34:06fatigue.

34:07Then, we proceed with the most important

34:1030 to 60 minutes of skill work. And

34:12finally, ending it with 15 to 30 minutes

34:15of hypertrophy work. So, you would do

34:17two or three compound or isolation

34:20exercises targeting the primary movers

34:22used in that session of your skill like

34:25dips or pseudo planche push-ups, etc.

34:29Now, this all connects directly back to

34:31the two rest methods I mentioned

34:33earlier. The repetition method used for

34:35skills to apply a stress then take full

34:38rest to rest with zero cumulative

34:40fatigue or compensation. The interval

34:43method used for hypertrophy to

34:44deliberately take incomplete rest

34:48forcing fatigue to stack set after set.

34:51That is the entire system. Adaptation as

34:54a goal, three variables, volume,

34:56intensity, frequency as the controls,

34:58two types of fatigue and two types of

35:00motor unit recruitment determining how

35:03much you can actually handle in a weekly

35:06and daily structure using the matching

35:09training methods.

35:10This is not just a random collection of

35:12tips. This is the exact framework I use

35:15with myself and every single person I

35:17coach which gave them the results that

35:20speak for themselves.

35:23Now, I've applied this exact framework

35:25with countless people and this one

35:28single client in particular that stands

35:30out and I want to actually showcase you

35:32what this looked like applied into a

35:34real person, not just talked about in

35:37theory. Introducing William. He came to

35:40me stuck at one handsome push-up and he

35:42top planched for nearly 3 months. I

35:44noticed directly that his training

35:46structure was out of the place, was

35:48guessing every single exercise and was

35:50just overdoing everything. So, we

35:52strictly put him onto a plan while

35:55intuitively changing depending on the

35:57performance. In just 2 months, he was

36:00able to get his first 90° handsome

36:03push-up. At the same time, his planch

36:05was progressing gradually but was still

36:07stuck. So, we started prioritizing the

36:09planch specifically. Quickly realized

36:12that the high amount of total volume and

36:14frequency was doing at a quite high

36:16intensity was frying his nervous system

36:19which as a byproduct led him to

36:21overtraining. So, we spread his total

36:23load and separated into two clear

36:25intensity and volume days with specific

36:28exposure towards the skill. In just a

36:31matter of a few months, we were able to

36:33get him into a straddle and in under a

36:36full year, I mean literally a full year,

36:39he managed to unlock a bad form full

36:41planche. I then continued to refine his

36:43form with continuous technical feedback,

36:47especially his high planche, because

36:49that was his number one issue to the

36:51point where he actually finally achieved

36:54a clean planche and even doing presses

36:57right now. And I bet you not, the

36:59craziest thing is he was also struggling

37:01with achieving the one-arm handstand,

37:03not because of a programming issue, but

37:05rather an understanding issue of the

37:07skill, so that technical insights. So I

37:10simultaneously gave him constant cues

37:13through visual feedback as well, such as

37:16the lean and the proper alignment. And

37:18after a year, he's spamming over

37:2012-second one-arm hand holds. So in

37:23conclusion, he was able to learn

37:25handstand combos, one-arm handstand, and

37:28the planche in just a bit over a year,

37:32which was only possible through the

37:33constant feedback and application of the

37:36system. You only see the quick timeline,

37:39but I see the repetitive questions I

37:42received from him that made his progress

37:44exceptional. What I want you to take

37:46from this isn't just wow, sick

37:48transformation. I want you to notice

37:51that nothing I did with him was

37:53improvised. Every single decision, how

37:55often he trained, how hard, how much,

37:58and how specifically all came down to

38:00this exact framework. That's the

38:03difference between a program and a

38:04system. A program is what worked for one

38:07person. A system is what lets you to

38:10build the right program for any person,

38:12including you when applied the correct

38:14way. That is why it is absolute nonsense

38:16when you try to copy someone else's

38:18routine or program just because he's an

38:20elite athlete.

38:23Now, I need to be completely honest with

38:25you. You've been watching calisthenics

38:27tutorials a long time. You've been

38:30sitting here right now watching another

38:32one. I just handed you my entire

38:34framework, the exact architecture I use

38:36for over 50 people, and maybe 1% of you

38:39guys who are watching this are actually

38:41going to apply it. And maybe that 1% of

38:44the entire 1% may be able to stick with

38:47it for longer than a month. I'm not

38:49saying this to insult you. I'm saying it

38:50because it's true and because it

38:52explains something you already know deep

38:54down but haven't wanted to admit it.

38:57Your problem was never a lack of

38:59information. You just watched 40 entire

39:02minutes of the most detailed information

39:04available anywhere on this topic for

39:07free. Your problem is that you don't

39:09know how to apply information like this

39:12is to your specific situation, with

39:14specific weaknesses, your specific

39:16training history, or your specific body.

39:19That is exactly why nothing has changed

39:22for you yet. If you close this video

39:24right now and do nothing, you'll be back

39:26here in just 3 months watching the next

39:28one. And that was also my situation. I

39:30was in your shoes. So, ask yourself

39:33honestly, why is it that every single

39:35piece of information you come across,

39:37you understand it and you agree with it,

39:40and still nothing moves?

39:42Everyone has different bottlenecks.

39:43Everyone has different strengths and

39:45different weaknesses. The more you try

39:48to directly copy someone else's program,

39:50even mine, the more you're going to

39:52struggle because copying someone's exact

39:55program assumes you share the exact

39:57strengths and the exact weaknesses. That

40:00is precisely what my coaching is for. My

40:02coaching takes the system I just

40:04explained and tailors it to every single

40:06variable around your actual body, your

40:08actual life, your actual bottlenecks,

40:11which is important. So, if that's you,

40:13if you're serious, if you're done

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40:30time is valuable and my coaching is not

40:32cheap. Now, if you're telling yourself,

40:34"Oh, now isn't the right time or I need

40:36to think about it. I'll find this

40:38information for free somewhere else."

40:40Then, don't come to my coaching. I am

40:42genuinely not interested in filling some

40:43random slots. I only take on people who

40:46are actually ready to go all in cuz I

40:48mean, let's be honest, when is the right

40:50timing? You've already been stuck on

40:52this for a long time waiting for some

40:54perfect moment to appear which isn't

40:57coming. Or what do you have to think

40:59about? You've likely already been

41:01thinking about this in some form for

41:03months, maybe years, and thinking about

41:05it has produced you exactly the results

41:08you currently have. And if you're

41:10actually telling yourself you'll find

41:11this information somewhere else,

41:14you're right. You you can. You just did.

41:17And I just gave it to you in full in

41:19this video for free. The information was

41:21never the constraint holding you back.

41:23The application is the constraint. And

41:26don't get me wrong, I'm not asking you

41:27to make an impulsive decision. It is up

41:30to you to choose whether you would work

41:32and actually apply this to your own

41:33system or if you need help. If you made

41:35it all the way to the end of this video,

41:37genuinely, thank you. I love you from

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41:45the fact that you stayed for the entire

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