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📅 Daily Theme Ideas For The Week
I want to try something new in the community and see what you all think 👀 The idea is to have a simple theme for each weekday so posting feels easier, gives people ideas, and helps build more momentum in the group 💪 This is not something you have to follow ❌ There is no pressure and no rule around it. It would just mean I make a simple post each day around that theme, and if it helps you share your training, progress, questions, or thoughts more easily, then awesome 🙌 Here’s the weekly lineup I’m thinking about: 🏃 Movement Monday Share the movement, skill, drill, or mobility focus you’re working on. 🎯 Technique Tuesday Share what you’re refining, cleaning up, or trying to understand better. 🏆 Win Wednesday Share a win, breakthrough, or something you’re proud of this week. 🧪 Test Thursday Share something you tested. That could be strength, endurance, skill, control, confidence, or a personal record. 🎉 Fun Friday Share something playful, creative, new, curious, or just fun in your training. What I like about this is that it has a really nice flow through the week 🔁 Monday is about practicing 💥 Tuesday is about refining 🎯 Wednesday is about celebrating 🏆 Thursday is about testing 🧪 Friday is about exploring 🎉 It gives each day a different purpose without making the community feel repetitive. I also want to make it clear that Test Thursday does not mean it has to be some crazy max effort or one rep max 😅 A “test” can be something really simple like: • First pull-up attempt • Longest hang • Max push-ups • A mobility retest • Trying a skill again • A benchmark workout • A confidence challenge • Seeing if something feels smoother than last week The goal is really just to make posting easier, make the culture more fun, and give people more chances to share what they’re doing 🤝🔥 So the lineup would be: 🏃 Movement Monday 🎯 Technique Tuesday 🏆 Win Wednesday 🧪 Test Thursday 🎉 Fun Friday I think it’s clean, simple, and easy to remember 💯 What do you think? Would this make posting more fun or easier for you? 👇
3 likes • Mar 8
I really like this idea! It’s something everyone can participate and at any level 👍
What's the HARDEST part about building muscle for you?
Write below what the hardest bit of training is for you, and if you see someone you can help, give them a piece of advice! Let's make some knowledge gains bros!
0 likes • Jan 24
I have the body type which does not gain muscle easily at all no matter what I eat… Kind of resembling a twig at the moment 🤣. I have seen multiple dietitians but I’m lucky if I can gain 200g in a month. And then if I get sick, I lose six months of muscle in a week 😂 The only way I can gain muscle is by lifting heavy weights, but I’m finding this difficult at the moment working around a couple of injuries. Any tips from people in the same boat would be appreciated!!
Dragon flags
I did Dragon flags for the first time today. 3 sets x 10 reps I looked at different videos, I think I did ok?
Dragon flags
1 like • Jan 24
Nice, I’m at a similar level. Thanks for posting - I am more confident with some progressions now 👍
🛑 Why You NEED Parallettes & Rings (Most Ignore This)
If you only invest in TWO pieces of equipment for calisthenics… these are the ones that will help you get stronger and learn skills faster than almost anything else. And the good news? They’re cheap, portable, and ridiculously effective. — 🤸‍♂️ 1) Parallettes (Push-Up Handles / Mini Dip Bars) These little bars do WAY more than people think. First, they give you extra range of motion. That means deeper push-ups, deeper pike push-ups, deeper dips, and more muscle stretch = more strength gains. Example: On the floor, your push-up stops when your chest hits the ground. On parallettes, your chest can go past your hands → more strength → faster progress. They also make skills easier to learn. L-sit: The extra height makes tucked L-sits and compression work way more realistic. Elbow lever: They let you stay slightly bent and “banana-shaped” while you figure out balance and positioning. Handstands: Much easier on the wrists. Neutral grip = less pain, more practice time. They’re often easier to balance on for beginners too. Bottom line: Parallettes make strength work stronger and skill work easier. — 💍 2) Gymnastics Rings (Way Better Than a Pull-Up Bar) If I had to pick only ONE piece of equipment forever… it would be rings. Why? They scale every pulling exercise. Inverted rows → easier or harder just by moving your feet. Pull-ups → assisted, strict, or false-grip. Dips → deeper range of motion and more stability work. They build insane joint strength. All those tiny stabilizer muscles you never hit with normal bars? Rings force them to wake up. They unlock skills. Muscle-ups: Rings are the BEST way to build real muscle-up strength. Assisted reps, negatives, false grip work, transition drills. Skin-the-cat, back lever prep, front lever rows, L-sits on rings, support holds. This is gymnastics-level strength with $40 equipment. They’re portable. Tree branch. Playground. Garage beam. Boom. Full gym. — 🧠 Why These Two Matter So Much They give you…
🛑 Why You NEED Parallettes & Rings (Most Ignore This)
2 likes • Jan 22
I have both, I should use them more! 😊 I find it so much harder to handstand balance on the paralettes though 😬
🔥 January Skill Focus Challenge — Week 3 Momentum Check
First things first… 👏 Huge respect to everyone who kept showing up through Week 2. At this point, you are no longer “just trying a challenge.” You are becoming someone who trains with intention and consistency. Week 1 was about starting. Week 2 was about sustaining. Now Week 3 is about building confidence through momentum. Let’s lock that in. — 🧠 Quick Reflection (Post This 👇) Before choosing your next focus, take a moment and comment below with: One thing that felt easier this week compared to last One thing you noticed improving (control, confidence, strength, balance, awareness, etc.) One thing that surprised you about your training No perfection. No pressure. Just awareness — because awareness is how progress compounds. — 🔁 Week 3: Refine or Expand You’ve got two powerful options this week: Option 1️⃣ — Refine your current skill Stay with the same skill Clean it up Slow it down Make it smoother Own your technique Option 2️⃣ — Expand your skill set Apply your new consistency to something different Explore a new challenge Build confidence in a new pattern Both are wins. The best choice is the one that keeps you showing up. — 🔥 What You’ve Already Proven as a Community Look at what’s already happening because of this challenge 👇 Look at what’s already happening because of this challenge 👇 @Jailene Cisneros → First crow hold + officially joined the upside-down club 🐦🙃 @Luciana Rennó → Cartwheels + chest-to-wall handstands to build confidence @Val Mercier → From fear… to nose-to-wall handstands and flutter kicks 😱➡️🤸 @Gabriela Lavista → Headstands clicked in just 5 days and balanced off the wall @Tye Kirk → Longer muscle-up negatives + breaking skills into strength + technique @Aya Wingate → Ring L-sit improving and quad cramps easing (real adaptation!)
🔥 January Skill Focus Challenge — Week 3 Momentum Check
6 likes • Jan 19
I managed to go from a five second L sit hold last week to a 13 second hold this week. I am surprised with how much I have improved in such a short amount of time. I don’t think my strength has necessarily improved much but my balance, stability and ability to get into a good position has definitely improved. I am still working on my right wrist pain under load therefore knuckle L sits it is for now 😁 I am going to keep working on this skill next week and my goal is to get a 30 second hold over the next few weeks.
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Danielle Hatzimihail
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