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@majordadsage Quality reps is certainly an important factor to keep in mind, as is having a diverse arsenal of exercises to perform.

OH I neglected to read the bottom of your post! I would also suggest a rest of 2-3 minutes in between pull ups/chin ups. This allows you to perform more reps overall and honestly, the longer you rest between sets for pull ups, the more you’re likely to do in a set. I also superset my pull...

@barlowgirl Personally, I think you’d benefit from a different split. Either push/pull/legs or upper/lower have allowed me the best balance between volume, rest and subsequently, results. Your training volume imo could probably stand to increase. For instance, you can definitely do 4-5 sets of...

@cjegan2014 Got back into calisthenics in a big way these past two months. I myself returned from a hiatus of not working out due to being busy and working all the time but before that, I did weighted calisthenics and barbell movements. Body weight volume is currently my preferred method of...

@jah138 Thank you for taking the time to explore this topic with me! Very useful advice.

@jah138 I’m 160 lbs so intensity limit probably won’t be an issue. If you’re referring to what I replied with above regarding fiber types, truthfully I just didn’t have any better way to explain the tension brought on by fatigue that is championed by this training style. I wonder how long before...

@hkra Will do, thank you.

@power1 Nice to hear from you again, friend! I’m subscribed to him now and that’s definitely the impression I got from him as well.

@bacsb00 Thanks for the recommendation. Upon inspection, Kboges has a solid, shredded physique, a unique source of knowledge and the backyard of my dreams.

@sarangapani No doubt about lower reps for strength gains, only a fool would argue against that. I suppose the overall thought process behind training in such a high rep range is that not only does it provide conditioning, it could potentially provide the stimulus to both types of muscle fibers...

@dawn16 Time under tension is a great rule of thumb and historically one of my most utilized method of mechanical tension. It is however not the only way to train or to improve one’s physique. I have done periodization training and one could argue that’s the entire goal of what I’m proposing.

@akdk1210 Hm.. well in that case I take back what I said. Your experience may be something to learn from. I suppose also at the end of the day, we are all different people with different bodies and what is optimal for one person is not as much so for another. I’m going to give it a try at least...

@akdk1210 Seems your training was actually a little more different than you initially lead me to believe. I suppose I see the similarity in simplicity. The level of volume you did is not quite to the same extreme extent.

@akdk1210 Could you elaborate on how you trained instead and what your goals are/were? I haven’t been training skill moves at all up until now, I’ve only been putting on mass.

Recently, I’ve become fascinated with extremely high rep training after watching some YouTube and researching the topic. Plenty of world class athletes like Mike Tyson, David Goggins and Herschel Walker, guys in the street workout scene, convicts and eastern block fellas have subscribed to this...