Brief musings on a haphazard path to physical fitness.
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Progression stacking for increased skill acquisition
When I first got serious about calisthenics, I kept my routine as simple as possible: a dragon flag progression and a back lever progression. As I build my habit, and found a little more time in each day to spend on fitness, I felt the urge to expand my workouts. Your body is a finite…
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Skin the cat
I was worried about this exercise due to my history of left shoulder instability, but it seemed like the best progression toward a back lever (and probably a front lever too), so I wanted to try it out. I started with the rings at chest height and walking through them. This allowed me to stretch…
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Handstand
I had handstand training in my exercise routines for about 10 years. But when I decided to get truly consistent with my calisthenics training, I didn’t make room for the handstand. That lasted about two weeks, until two tutorials changed my mind: #1 – I found this video from @pigmie, my interest was piqued: The…
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Bodyweight Bridge
I had some concerns about my glutes firing, so I decided to add in some Bridge training to help isolate that booty. I decided on a very linear progression from this video by @HybridCalisthenics: I really like Hampton’s approach. Small progressions with a fairly high number of reps required before moving on makes each step…
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Insert a starting point
Don’t get stuck in analysis paralysis. Don’t worry about the “best” way. Just get started.