I was telling my partner how I couldn't pull myself through the rings without my feet, and I did it! So here's a little celebration flow.

This is such a good question because a lot of people either: • never deload • deload too late • or overthink it so much they do nothing 😂 A deload week is just a week where you intentionally reduce stress so your body and brain can recover, while still keeping the habit of training. It is not quitting. It is not being lazy. It is not losing progress. A good deload often helps you come back stronger, fresher, and more motivated. 🔍 How often should you do a deload? A simple rule for most people is: • every 4 to 8 weeks • or anytime your body clearly feels run down If you are newer, sometimes you can go longer because your total training stress is lower. If you are training hard, pushing skills, doing lots of volume, or life is stressful outside training, you may need one sooner. 🚩 Signs you probably need a deload Usually it is a mix of things like: • you feel more tired than normal • workouts feel heavier even though nothing changed • motivation drops hard • joints feel more irritated • nagging pain starts building • your reps or skill quality go down • you feel mentally flat or burnt out Sometimes your body is not asking for more effort. Sometimes it is asking for a break from the effort. ✅ What should a deload actually look like? The easiest way is to keep training, but reduce the challenge. That usually means doing one or more of these: • fewer sets • fewer reps • easier progressions • less intensity • less total workout time For example: If you normally do 4 hard sets, maybe you do 2. If you normally push close to failure, maybe you stop with 3 to 4 reps left in the tank. If you normally do harder skill work, maybe you go back to easier clean practice. 🏋️ How I would think of it in hybrid calisthenics If your normal training is: • strength first • skill second • mobility third Then your deload might look like: • strength gets cut down the most • skill stays in, but easier and shorter • mobility can stay the same or even go up slightly

Hi, can you guys give me some improvements for my workout? I mainly do push and pull and I just rotate them every day. I aim to do around 4-5 sets for 3-4 reps because I’m more focused on strength. For my push day, I do weighted dip, band assisted HSPU, and band assisted one arm push up. For my pull day I do pull ups (I do as much as I can unassisted then switch to assisted) weighted rows and band assisted pelican curls. Any advice on how to progress faster? Also I’ve been training for around 6 months now and I’m wondering if I’m even progressing enough or if I’m actually behind based on the time I’ve spent on calisthenics

After seeing the post on minimalist training, I realized it would be good fur me to do a deload week next @Brandon Beauchesne-Hebert Can you explain more on how to properly do a deload week? I have lots of questions and I'm probably overthinking it 😂 How often should we do a deload? How to know if we do enough or not enough? I don't think I've ever done a proper deload! 🎉🎉🎉EMOM CHIN UPS!🎉🎉🎉 I'm on a roll this week😂 After my smaller upper body, I tried EMOM chin ups for the first time I do more chin ups then pull ups so I was aiming for a higher number I did a total of 21 chin ups in 10 minutes🎉 It was: 3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2 The 9th minutes i went to 1 cause I felt I wasn't going as high as I should and I wanted to finish strong at the 10th. I did 2 but I think I could've squeezed in a 3rd 💪 Video 1 is minute 1 Video 2 is minute 10

When I hang from a bar in an L for building leg strength, it is much more difficult with straight arms vs bent elbows like a beginning pull up. Which way is the preferred way to hang, straight or bent arms?