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@layla Here's a nice callisthenics and KB idea.

@joellemarie197 I've done mostly S&S for the past 7 months as my first go with KB. I certainly recommend it. Prior to this, I did 6 months bodyweight and a few years of yoga and random pushups and dumbell work. I've definitely gotten a lot stronger and have built the lats and forearms that my...

@olliegen That looks to me like something just under 15% body fat and a bit of muscle. If I had my 1st year over, I'd start with shedding the fat. Building muscle under a bit too much fat is just not that motivating.

@stmitche74 How did you end up tearing a bicep doing swings? Was it a technique issue?

@bmag Did you test your max reps push-ups & pull-ups as well?

@kampell I don't have particularly long arms and also tend to get a shoulder thing when I do a lot of pressing or pull-ups. Turkish Get Ups has been great for building shoulders without the pain.

@belovedsone I reckon that's why Pavel has the goblet squat/bicep curl combo in the warm-up. I've just increased the volume of curls to 3x8 and will work up to 3x10 before swapping it out the 24 for 32kg.

@mr_loevinger I see a lot of people are very dismissive of S&S, very often in the context of hypertrophy, which would be right. S&S is not a hypertrophy program - its General Physical Preparedness. So it all depends on what you want out of your training. If you are super new to fitness, it may...

@imsome Swings and C&P both works roughly the same posterior chain muscles, with swings just doing more grip and C&P shoulders/upper chest and triceps. I'm not convinced they pair that well. I've run S&S exclusively for the past 6 months and am pretty happy with shoulder gains, not...

@weesa What would be the gain to doing the RDs? I thought swings would cover the same muscle groups.

@hunter101 Thanks for the info. It's all very relavent.

@climpah I try to do S&S 4-5 times a week. I can definitely feel the longer recovery helps me when I do maybe 3 a week. I probably just need more recovery time. Anyway, I'd try the recommended progression anyway. You will know if you're not ready once you've done the first practice. Then, just...

@redwhd The 100 per set just seems like an aweful lot, especially if you plan to do it a number of times per week. I guess it depends on your goals, but generally, a more difficult variation at lower reps is effective from a strength and hypertrophy 6 reducing that particular injury risk...

@redwhd Not concerned about repetitive strain injuries?

@wolfshield Would it make sense to have, let's say, 3 sessions a week, where one each focuses on a specific attribute? I've heard of studies where strength and endurance were mixed with at least the endurance not being affected by the strength training.