I cant believe this channel has only 43K subscribers! You should be in the top 5 fitness channels easy!! but i guess everybody wants the quick and easy way to get fit which is the trendy con every body is buying into
Incredibly valueable content. I have seen this essential hint every now and then somewhere out there. But this puts it together so well, in an understandable and practical way. Thanks!
Excellent information. People just go through the motions, then complain. If you are not building tension and have time under that tension to make your muscles work, you won't go far. I like the idea of not changing anything in your exercise routine for a few weeks, then progressing. Good stuff.
Thanks for all the quality info you put out there man. I could only max at 5 pull ups a couple months ago, but now I broke 10 reps in a row. I feel a great difference by doing all my exercises the right way with the right form instead of shooting for the highest reps possible. I can feel more and more control over all the muscles in my body and that is encouraging.
Great video Matt ! After watching some off your videos and some on isometrics and dynamic tension, I've been doing push-ups and pull ups like you say ramping up the tension. OMG it is tiring ! Mentally as well as physically . Keep up the great work 👍😀
Great advice as always. I would prefer changing tension while keeping the time factor constant though as it will force proper form and stronger mind muscle.
Good advice! It’s so easy to spin your wheels by changing too many things at once. Right now I’m locking in my technique and tempo. I just started using a metronome to keep my tempo consistent during each exercise. I am using a 2121 tempo x 10 reps = 60s TUT. It is amazing the amount of tension I get using this tempo. I have to regress my movements considerably to do this, but I’m leaning more toward quality reps over quantity at this point.
I'm kind of confused and could use an example of how to progress both time and tension gradually. Shouldn't it be enough to simply keep the time variables static, while progressing the tension variables?
You can do either. It's fun to give both variations a try so you can give your nervous system something new to think about while still working to improve your functional ability.
When I time my T.u.T. and rest between working sets . . . I had so far the "mindset" I must prep for the exercise 5-15sec before the timer of my rest period finishes, so when my [T.u.T. Main Set] Starts I go 100% from the second "zero". but this approach directed me "unconsciously" into your so-called "young and dumb" approach of "rushing hard" into every training and working set...and this was very, very stressful + irritating for mind and body. so the insight of this topic over the last couple of weeks got me to try out a different approach this week. so what's my target? Don't stress about "100% true T.uT." and instead just plan 10 seconds more for my working set. #1 When the timer goes up: I will try to go smoothly and deliberate into setting up the movement, putting in the tension and focus on executing high-quality reps. #2 Embrace fully the rest periods and REST. #3 Repeat.
Only following the advice you gave me in your book, pdf(s) and many of your videos. Again . . . lesson with focus more and more resources on only the big stones that cause the most of effect and less and less resources on the small stones and sand pilles. Slowly I am getting it. :)
What you forgot in this Video Is the warm up! 3 weeks ago I stopped progressing on the big 6 & after adopting your approach of just jump into a few warm up sets from the same move...I started progressing again! Before I would do long warm ups and always different variables with warm ups but now my body gets used to it to jump straight into the work set after ~ 3 build up sets
Hello! Recently I was forced (time) to do my workouts early in the morning ( 6:00 ). I like it, its hard and fast but performance is bad. Specially "morning" pull-ups are hard, even I warm them up seriously. Do you have any experience with early morning routines?
yea, I hate morning workouts. I always find I need to workout later in the day to get a good workout in. before that I'm just surviving. I certainly like trying to get a workout when you feel your best if possible.
I see. Well I feel great, but its harder. Maybe its really about cold muscles, I practise pull ups first, than chin-ups, rows... I can try warm up with rows and practise my big pulls after it... Its interesting, because my push (and leg) exercises are strong no matter what. In the and I feel really strong even with decreased reps.
Just consider time and reps as one and the same. They are interchangeable. Basically the "time" element is just how much you can do an exercise before needing to rest
Not sure, to be honest we aren't entirely sure why muscles get bigger. At this point, we just understand that there are a number of factors including cellular damage, hormones, and so on. At this point aiming for more total work capacity is the best way I know of to cover as many bases as possible.
I have a problem, i can only pistol squat on my right foot. When i try to do it with my left foot i keep falling backwards. Any advice to what i can do to prevent this? Thanks!
There's probably just some weakness or mobility issue on the left leg that you don't have on your right leg. My guess is you're not quite pulling in as much with your left as your right. Try pulling your hips down and forward with as you squat on your left side.
Does calisthenics strength and bodybuilding strength correlate? Like if I eventually progress to weighted one arm push-ups will I be able to bench alot too? Or is it different?
Andrew Coster from what I’ve gathered, a bigger muscle always has potential to be a stronger muscle. Therefore, if you build a certain amount of muscle and strength from one exercise, it is translatable to another. In your scenario, your strength will carry over, however, you need to learn efficiency and learn the bench press movement pattern, and once you have, you’re bench would be higher than someone who hasn’t done the previous amount of work, if that makes sense?
One arm push-up technique differs quite much from typical bench press. If you are already advanced, chances are you'll improve one at the cost of the other. But in general the correlation is positive. If all you do is calisthenics and test your gym strength one a month, improved bodyweight performance will usually give you better results at the gym. The only time it may not work is when you improve your performance because you got leaner. That usually results in lower absolute strength.
No, they don't correlate exactly. In typical "bodybuilding" the focus is on muscle only as an end in itself, at the expense of joint health. The question is what type of "strength" would you want for the long term. Do you want the biggest legs but chronic knee pain as opposed to pretty damn nice looking legs and very healthy knees ? Do you want to "isolate the abs" as much as possible or develop a complete midsection strength ? Do you want to cry from back pain after all these deadlifts or still develop a strong,healthy and nice looking back with exercises that will not put it your spine in vulnerable position ?
For sure, it can help with recovery too. Just keep the resistance light and the reps moderate to get the blood flowing through the muscles and speed up recovery.
If the technique is exactly the same, more resistance equals more tension. In calisthenics you often adjust the technique to a more difficult variant when the exercise becomes too easy instead of adding more weight. The problem is when people concentrate on "performance numbers". It's quite easy to gain a few reps by relaxing your technique just a little bit. That's false progress, because your muscles don't care how many reps you did, only how hard you contracted them for how long. That's why he emphasizes tension and time instead of rep-set routines. At least, I think so.
Rest between sets is your recovery time.... the heavier the weight the more recovery time.... you cannot do 40 seconds of rest consistently.... what looks good on paper is not reality!
Can you do two sets of 25 in five minutes 😜 keep practicing you will get stronger add another set in a few years you will discover hey I am doing 100 pushups in five minutes and I haven't even broken a sweat 🤔the pushups don't get easier you simply get stronger!!!!!!
Horrible metaphor. Down-voting because of it. It's not "jello leaking" but star systems!! _"The more you tighten your grip Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."_ Jello.... tsk..
I cant believe this channel has only 43K subscribers! You should be in the top 5 fitness channels easy!! but i guess everybody wants the quick and easy way to get fit which is the trendy con every body is buying into
Totally agreed.
This is how everyone talks about every fitness channel i follow lol. ''I can not believe you are so good and the best and nobody watch you;'' etc etc
This guy is the best I've seen on TH-cam . He talks the everyday language for the everyday person. Brilliant
Appreciate that very much! Thank you for dropping by.
Red delta project and the bioneer are the legends of fitness industry
Even they dont have millions of subscribers!
Best advice ever. Found this channel and I love it. Thanks for your videos :)
Thank you and welcome!
The Jeff Cavaliere of calisthenics
lol
He talks simple better and more practical than Jeff... and this is for all normal average Joe type of people ... Thanks!
@@Dmytroboyco facts he builds ppl from the bottom
He is more than jeff
He doesn't lift fake weights like jeff
Incredibly valueable content. I have seen this essential hint every now and then somewhere out there. But this puts it together so well, in an understandable and practical way. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful, and thank you so much for watching!
Excellent information. People just go through the motions, then complain. If you are not building tension and have time under that tension to make your muscles work, you won't go far. I like the idea of not changing anything in your exercise routine for a few weeks, then progressing. Good stuff.
Thas was what i really needed. Thanks for the content as always coach!
Thanks for all the quality info you put out there man. I could only max at 5 pull ups a couple months ago, but now I broke 10 reps in a row. I feel a great difference by doing all my exercises the right way with the right form instead of shooting for the highest reps possible. I can feel more and more control over all the muscles in my body and that is encouraging.
Great video Matt ! After watching some off your videos and some on isometrics and dynamic tension, I've been doing push-ups and pull ups like you say ramping up the tension. OMG it is tiring ! Mentally as well as physically . Keep up the great work 👍😀
good piece of information ! thanks !!
The best, most pratical advice on youtube. Thanks
Thank you Roger! Plenty more to come!
this is great stuff, thanks Matt!
Great advice as always. I would changing tension though.
Liked before I even watched. I know this is going to be legit
this is easily one of the best youtube channels in existence
Thank you Adam, much appreciated man!
Great advice as always. I would prefer changing tension while keeping the time factor constant though as it will force proper form and stronger mind muscle.
nice video matt thank you
Good advice! It’s so easy to spin your wheels by changing too many things at once. Right now I’m locking in my technique and tempo. I just started using a metronome to keep my tempo consistent during each exercise. I am using a 2121 tempo x 10 reps = 60s TUT. It is amazing the amount of tension I get using this tempo. I have to regress my movements considerably to do this, but I’m leaning more toward quality reps over quantity at this point.
Nice idea, I like the idea of the metronome, at least for a bit to get used to using a consistent pace.
I'm kind of confused and could use an example of how to progress both time and tension gradually.
Shouldn't it be enough to simply keep the time variables static, while progressing the tension variables?
You can do either. It's fun to give both variations a try so you can give your nervous system something new to think about while still working to improve your functional ability.
When I time my T.u.T. and rest between working sets . . . I had so far the "mindset" I must prep for the exercise 5-15sec before the timer of my rest period finishes, so when my [T.u.T. Main Set] Starts I go 100% from the second "zero".
but this approach directed me "unconsciously" into your so-called "young and dumb" approach of "rushing hard" into every training and working set...and this was very, very stressful + irritating for mind and body.
so the insight of this topic over the last couple of weeks got me to try out a different approach this week.
so what's my target?
Don't stress about "100% true T.uT." and instead just plan 10 seconds more for my working set.
#1 When the timer goes up: I will try to go smoothly and deliberate into setting up the movement, putting in the tension and focus on executing high-quality reps.
#2 Embrace fully the rest periods and REST.
#3 Repeat.
Very nice, you're certainly listening to your own experience and making adjustments as you see fit. Keep up the great work!
Only following the advice you gave me in your book, pdf(s) and many of your videos. Again . . . lesson with focus more and more resources on only the big stones that cause the most of effect and less and less resources on the small stones and sand pilles.
Slowly I am getting it. :)
Awesome information!
What you forgot in this Video
Is the warm up!
3 weeks ago I stopped progressing on the big 6 & after adopting your approach of just jump into a few warm up sets from the same move...I started progressing again!
Before I would do long warm ups and always different variables with warm ups but now my body gets used to it to jump straight into the work set after ~ 3 build up sets
Doesnt reducing rest time translate more to improvement of endurance?
Yes, especially as the rest times get shorter for less than a minute
very interesting, thanks!
Do you have a video about calories? Like... build muscle in caloric deficit.
Search his channel
Pisquila 99 I think he has a video on how he gained muscle when eating less.
How do explosive movments like 1 arm dumbell snatches fit in to this equation? As there is little tension and time
This is exactly what i needed, thank you
Glad I could help Nat!
Best fitness channel out their, bar none
Thanks as always Reg :)
very good video!
Hello! Recently I was forced (time) to do my workouts early in the morning ( 6:00 ). I like it, its hard and fast but performance is bad. Specially "morning" pull-ups are hard, even I warm them up seriously. Do you have any experience with early morning routines?
yea, I hate morning workouts. I always find I need to workout later in the day to get a good workout in. before that I'm just surviving.
I certainly like trying to get a workout when you feel your best if possible.
I see. Well I feel great, but its harder. Maybe its really about cold muscles, I practise pull ups first, than chin-ups, rows... I can try warm up with rows and practise my big pulls after it... Its interesting, because my push (and leg) exercises are strong no matter what. In the and I feel really strong even with decreased reps.
Now i exactly figure out how to progress thanks a lot
What if i am doing overcoming isometrics how can i use this technique
Just consider time and reps as one and the same. They are interchangeable. Basically the "time" element is just how much you can do an exercise before needing to rest
How does muscle fatigue build muscle???
Not sure, to be honest we aren't entirely sure why muscles get bigger. At this point, we just understand that there are a number of factors including cellular damage, hormones, and so on.
At this point aiming for more total work capacity is the best way I know of to cover as many bases as possible.
RedDeltaProject got it tnx man keep up the good content
151 likes 0 dislikes good fan base :)
I swear The Red Delta Project is actually a Cult.
Matt is our leader haha.
Many of us watch his videos religiously lol
Hells yea, you guys are the best!
I have a problem, i can only pistol squat on my right foot. When i try to do it with my left foot i keep falling backwards. Any advice to what i can do to prevent this? Thanks!
There's probably just some weakness or mobility issue on the left leg that you don't have on your right leg. My guess is you're not quite pulling in as much with your left as your right. Try pulling your hips down and forward with as you squat on your left side.
Does calisthenics strength and bodybuilding strength correlate? Like if I eventually progress to weighted one arm push-ups will I be able to bench alot too? Or is it different?
Different technique but strength will always go up with such a difficult exercise
Andrew Coster I asked myself today the same question. I believe yes
Andrew Coster from what I’ve gathered, a bigger muscle always has potential to be a stronger muscle. Therefore, if you build a certain amount of muscle and strength from one exercise, it is translatable to another. In your scenario, your strength will carry over, however, you need to learn efficiency and learn the bench press movement pattern, and once you have, you’re bench would be higher than someone who hasn’t done the previous amount of work, if that makes sense?
One arm push-up technique differs quite much from typical bench press. If you are already advanced, chances are you'll improve one at the cost of the other.
But in general the correlation is positive. If all you do is calisthenics and test your gym strength one a month, improved bodyweight performance will usually give you better results at the gym. The only time it may not work is when you improve your performance because you got leaner. That usually results in lower absolute strength.
No, they don't correlate exactly. In typical "bodybuilding" the focus is on muscle only as an end in itself, at the expense of joint health. The question is what type of "strength" would you want for the long term. Do you want the biggest legs but chronic knee pain as opposed to pretty damn nice looking legs and very healthy knees ? Do you want to "isolate the abs" as much as possible or develop a complete midsection strength ? Do you want to cry from back pain after all these deadlifts or still develop a strong,healthy and nice looking back with exercises that will not put it your spine in vulnerable position ?
Woooow!!
Can I do push-ups while feeling sore
For sure, it can help with recovery too. Just keep the resistance light and the reps moderate to get the blood flowing through the muscles and speed up recovery.
When you talk about time and tension can you do the workout to show us rookies exactly what you mean? Thanks. Keep up the good work.
If the technique is exactly the same, more resistance equals more tension. In calisthenics you often adjust the technique to a more difficult variant when the exercise becomes too easy instead of adding more weight.
The problem is when people concentrate on "performance numbers". It's quite easy to gain a few reps by relaxing your technique just a little bit. That's false progress, because your muscles don't care how many reps you did, only how hard you contracted them for how long.
That's why he emphasizes tension and time instead of rep-set routines. At least, I think so.
Rest between sets is your recovery time.... the heavier the weight the more recovery time.... you cannot do 40 seconds of rest consistently.... what looks good on paper is not reality!
I like his advice but if you ever watch impractical jokers he’s like a buff murr
Murr really hit gym hard
One variable at a time
This was a big one ...
i have died everyday waiting for your new book..
patience, working on it every day.
liked shared suscribed, keep it up
Thanks and welcome!
Easiest way is to add more weight while keeping everything the same. It's hard to do with calisthenics though.
The more you tighten your grip, Tarkin, the more gains will slip through your fingers.
You're far too trusting, but don't worry we'll soon deal with your weaknesses soon enough
To logical for most.
Dude have you ever thought about going live during your workouts?
Not really, good idea though.
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So struggling is because you just do training without rest and not follow a time day
Old man pushups!!!!!!!!!!!!! AwGo is willing to bet you can't do ten🙃
How many pushups can you do in 5minutes🤔
Can you do two sets of 25 in five minutes 😜 keep practicing you will get stronger add another set in a few years you will discover hey I am doing 100 pushups in five minutes and I haven't even broken a sweat 🤔the pushups don't get easier you simply get stronger!!!!!!
Horrible metaphor. Down-voting because of it.
It's not "jello leaking" but star systems!!
_"The more you tighten your grip Tarkin, the more star systems will slip through your fingers."_
Jello.... tsk..
DOH! How the heck did I miss that one!?
I hang my head in eternal shame
@@RedDeltaProject Forever. It will never wash off. Great opportunity wasted...
Go vegan
Never.
Veganism is a brilliant diet to combine with calisthenics, they work very well together!
Funny how clueless this whole channel actually is.