This channel is truly a hidden gem. I love how clear and concise all the information is. It makes it really easy for beginners like me to start training effectively without overthinking it. Thanks K Boges!
Thanks! Interacting with people is my favorite part. It has become harder since the channel has grown, but I'm still trying to get to as many people as possible.
I discovered your channel about 3 months ago. It changed my life big time. I lost 10 kgs. I eat One Meal A Day, clean whole food. I’m doing 3 sets of Pushups/squats/Pullups every other day. I started with 5 pushups on my knees, a few air squats and few rows my TRX. Each workout I added ONE rep. I tracked every workout with the App “Strong”. Today, I can do standard pushups and diamond pushups clean and slow for 8 reps. A dozen of clean Air squats and 3 clean Pullups (and 4 chinups) with a pullup bar on my door frame. I do 15 minutes of jump rope on my rest day (Active recovery) and I make sure that I walked 7000 steps daily. That’s it, I’m making slow progress but it works well for me. It works guys and it is an awesome way to train. Once again, thank you, your content is life changing. Keep it up.
WOW! This is an amazing story! I'm so happy the content has had a positive impact. You can be truly proud of yourself for this. Keep up the good work, and plan to train for life! Well done! 🙏
You're the man! I'm almost done done with my second custom program by Kyle: I've gained 13lbs so far and I've gotten stronger, more conditioned and I'm also looking better than ever, finally filling out my shirts. By the way, congratulations Kyle! The channel is finally blowing up, it was about time. 🙏🏻
Thanks for the kind words, Kevin! I't has been so awesome to watch your progress over the last few months! You can be super proud of your progress. It's a testament to your outstanding work ethic. Thank you for the opportunity, brother!🙏
@@KbogesHow many days I have to train If I want to bulk in calisthenics Do you think days enough ? What about the sets , how many sets should I train per exercise ?
This is the best calisthenics channel and source of information out there anywhere. Thanks again, Kyle, for a very professional and intelligent message. So glad your channel is beginning to get the attention it so very much deserves.
TH-cam algorithm did a great job again, i discovered your channel about a week ago, im watching each and every video and all the comments . keep up the good work, im doing calisthenics the past 5 years(3 x per week full body some times weighted, sometimes skills) now that im almost 40 i realize that im getting more often injured and cant seem to recover as fast as i used to. so im exploring your method and i will come back with results and questions!
@@YUNGKOI im almost 2 months in this system, i exercise 5-6 times per week,. as far my body i think i look more or less the same as when i was doing the 3 x full body per week.which is a bonus considering that i feel much less tired after a workout now,also my shoulders and generally my old injuries doesn't get worst because i dont press too much my body. still my body is adjusting to this new style, i cant do 3 sets per movement per day, as kevin does, some days i do 3, some days i do just 1. other positives is that i dont skip a workout easily the only negative that i can find is that with this system is difficult to erase the mentality of obsession for progression.and that sometimes especially if you are feeling stressed and you need to give all you got till failure to your workout, it will affect a lot the next workouts
Bro your channel has been doing some pretty hardcore bulking haha. I'm so happy for you, it's amazing to see it grow daily and the content is top notch as always.
Seriously, I have always been thinking that the community lacks a channel which manages to provide quality content that is summarized in short, yet well collected videos. I feel motivated to start one in Bulgarian. Thanks man!
Heck yeah man every day I check for a new video and he has a couple thousand more subscribers. Definitely deserves it. Awesome content and information.
Top 1 channel to understand basic concepts. And more importantly, to value basic concepts, which will get you further than the current state of most of the viewers. Thanks from a lanky hardgainer
Hey Kyle, thanks a lot for these videos, I'm an absolute beginner in the scheme of things and have tried to get into working out and failed a few times. Feels like you're the only person who's advice I really trust any more and you've actually got me training every day even though it's only little. Would be really interested in seeing you expand on body recomposition like you brushed over in this video. Have a great one and keep it up, big things coming for this channel for sure.
Thank so much Drivan! That's awesome you enjoy the content and find it useful. I will definitely get a recommendation video out. I have a few more in the lineup, but I will get to it.
Appreciate the simple tips so many other channels make these long complicated videos with so much information that it makes me just want to get fat and not care lol
Found your channel yesterday and I have now watched every video on your channel! I'm on youtube every day browsing fitness/calisthenics content creators and I have yet to see a style as efficient and clean as yours. I love the quick to the point and easy to understand vibe and I can't wait to use all of this newfound knowledge when I am working out. I'm debating whether or not to go for the 12 week program, but I know I HAVE to get the consultation at least. Being able to ask personal questions according to my needs/wants and absorbing that knowledge will send me into the exact direction of mind and body improvement I wanted to see for myself in 2022. Can't wait to watch more of your videos man thank you for putting this FREE CONTENT out there for people.
Thank you for these kind words! It's my pleasure! I'm working on another free program, but I've been super busy. I look forward to chatting with you one day! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
As a hard-gainer, I sometimes feel nauseous from trying to eat so much (upwards of 4000 calories per day). Do you think it’s productive to push the body in this way? When should you ‘listen’ to your body and when should you ignore what it’s telling you? I can never figure out what the right answer to that question is.
Oh boy... this is a tough question. It really depends on your goals and the tradeoffs. If you are really really under muscled, you will likely benefit from eating more even if its tough. If you are already a pretty good weight, young, still growing, and your body just doesn't want a huge dump of calories at once, you could be better off just not forcing the issue. This is highly individual so it's really hard to say without knowing you, your size, your goals, etc. but that's my general take on it.
Drink raw milk, raw butter, all high calories easy fillers, no pasteurised dairy products tho otherwise your basically consuming poison, must be grass fed finished to
I followed your exercise guidelines and gained around 8 pounds in 2 and a half months. Although I lost progress due to a heavy injury, knowing I made progress gives me motivation to continue once again. Thank you
just discovered your channel and really like it :). having been an overweight child i struggle with eating enough for bulking up and end up kind of falling between two stools but i'm going to give it another go .
Best fitness channel. Short videos straight to the point. Amazing intelligent advice heard nowhere else. And what takes the cake....NO CORNY ASS STUPID INTRO MUSIC
I really struggle with getting calories in throughout the day, and even when I do, I can’t seem to gain much size… I’m currently 37Kg and 169cm tall my goal is to get to 40Kg at least to be at a healthier range I’m doing callisthenics + weights at the moment hopefully I’ll manage to get some size in 💪🏼 Thanks for the tips and keep up the amazing work man! Good luck everyone, if you’re curing or bulking. You’ll reach your goals with consistency!
Smoothies! That was key for me when I was trying to gain weight. For example, banana, coconut milk, peanut butter, yogurt, and some blueberries. Calorie bomb and very tasty.
reducing the ammount of sugar in diet usually increases appetite, it really helped me to start eating properly. I gained almost 20 kg during this year.
Hey Kyle! Could you make a video on guidelines on how to maximize muscle growth with calisthenics? In terms of the optimal training frequency, total weekly volume, general training principles and important things to consider. A full video packed with that information. Thanks and i love your channel!
Hey Breno! This is a DEEP topic. I've been figuring out how to lay all this out for a while. Stay tuned, and I'll see what I can come up with. I want to make it good, so I'll need to take my time to get it right.
@@Kboges It really is kind of a big video to make, and i think it's going to be a very successful one since it's a topic A LOT of people are interested in. But glad to see you've been already wanting to make it, you're gonna crush it like always
I'm not particularly intestinal in buking myself, but this will greatly help one of my friend ! I'll share your tips with him. Thank you so much for the content Kyle.
Honestly, I don't cut down so when I workout, I always am in a progressive overload. Specially on pullups, pistols, lsits, body rows and pushups. I've always been at 23-24% body fat and around 26BMI but I've been progressing still.
your videos are a true gem because you keep it as informative as they are simple no need to filter through the video to get what you need.. i'm sure you will attract more customers to your programmes this way for sure you seem like a great mentor.. no bullshit ;) anyways i have a question, could you make a video on your personal best or recommended no equipment home workouts? and maybe explain why?
Brother I think you are quite literally the Charles Atlas of today's Era (which is basically saying you are a genius) and I would also like to talk about what I think about how a calisthenics bulking/ calisthenics hypertrophy program should look like over the long term. It has to do with the simple fact that human beings have a limit to their relative strength, the contractile protein percentage of per unit weight of our muscle tissue is predetermined genetically for our whole species, which quite literally is the reason. This is also why guys like Brian shaw, despite typically maxing out at 8-10 pull ups and 20-25 dips (which is a low number for an elite strength athlete) are one of the strongest presses and pullers in the whole world, the best of the very best. Because he is south of 380lbs even when off season. So what I am saying is, in the absence of a gym, we can use this limit of human relative strength to our advantage for the rest of our natural lives.... essentially gaining muscle forever, without ever having to use external weights.... Here is how I adviced my little cousins to do it in my little village of impoverished India.... they grew big and strong in front of my eyes following my logical advice and I didn't (I am short on training and resting time). You pick up the upper body pressing and pulling variations that make you lift the largest possible percentage of your bodyweight, and you aim to get to a freakishly high max rep number on that. While following a basic surplus diet used for powerbuilding routines like 5/5. The idea for my brothers was to build up to 35 strict sternum pull ups, 35 strict one arm push ups (feet shoulder width and elevated to knee height), they got up to 40 reps, while also doing 100 squats for time 3 times a week. They did it, by eating in a 15 percent caloric surplus, adjusted for each week, for 4 years. Now after 4 years they can do 40 reps, and they are 225-235lbs with visible 4 pack abs, and jacked. All of them bench over 405lbs, whenever they want, without actually training the bench. The basic idea is to use select bodyweight movements and build up to freakish high max rep number on each of those, which ENSURES elite level relative strength, and then bulking your way to a heavier and heavier bodyweight, WHILE MAINTAINING THAT RELATIVE STRENGTH (which in this case would be the max rep numbers). Just doing this alone makes sure that your absolute strength keeps going up because your bodyweight is ever growing while your relative strength remains the same. Absolute strength being the key determiner of hypertrophy. And to go along with it, You can also do Bronson style isometric training if you really wanna peak your maximum force production capabilities. Isolated isometric for each body part. Now God knows what gave them the faith in me to do as I say or how they got the motivation to stay on track for 4 years straight (cuz I don't find it myself)..... but it worked beyond my greatest expectations. Makes me wanna spend more time training. Which I will, after 20th December.
I’m glad I somehow stumbled upon your channel. I’m almost 48, 6’6”, and around 200#. I have been doing mainly bodyweight calisthenics for the last 1.5-2 years. I completely ruptured my left distal bicep tendon in October while working on my truck. Your channel is helping me get through the long recovery and while I can’t get on the pull-up bar yet I have implemented the push-pull-legs that you talk about. You have also made me realize that mastering the moves is more important than trying to planche or do levers. I am looking forward to mastering these movements like you say. Thanks for the content and keep it up! Even though you are younger than me your physique is an inspiration and something I feel I can still attain.
Hey Bilbo! I'm so happy the content is helping you. Just stay at it and as you heal, you will be capable of more and more. Pursuing mastery of the basics is a powerful approach, and the easiest way to use calisthenics to build fitness and aesthetics. 💪💪
Great video as always! Like you mentioned here, i feel a body recomp video would be beneficial and iam curious to know your insights on it as iam undergoing it right now. Cant wait for it, cheers!
I just want to say that this video fits perfect for me. I weight 60kg and been underweight my entire life. 1. The point about meal frequency is right, it spreads my appetice so that I feel hungry throughout the day and I consume more. 2. I take the calisthenics approach for my training because I'm too insecure to go to a gym, and it is also super convinient to me to just train at home (saves time). I basically do pullups, pushups and squats/lunges. I do small variations of those movements. I'll see how I end up in the future but man, this channel is amazing. Thank you
1. So how long should a person bulk for? 2. What's the best workout split for someone on a bulk? 3. How many reps/sets should be done if I am aiming to maximise muscle and strength?
1- 3-6 months. 2- personal preference, minimum 3 times a week. 3- 10-20 weekly sets to failure or close to per muscle group. You probably have the answer considering it's been 2 years but it's for anyone just now reading this.
Hi! I am into calisthenics for 6 months now. Yesterday I started with pull-ups and pushups which are done slowly in the eccentric phase. Jesus… what a changer. When doing pull-ups my forearms had such a pump… and even doing 20 pushups with good form is really challenging … gains incoming 😂😅
Hey Boges Quick question, I´ve recently startede doing calisthenics, focusing on your primary points such as training to near failure, controlling the movement, not divebombing the negative and so on. One of the issues im facing, is doing the pull ups. I´ve been using bands, as a way to allow my self to focus more on the actual movement, both activating the scapula and initiating the pull. Do you have any other tips for helping me getting my strength to a point where im capable of doing the pull up entirely on my own? I have previously tried jumping up and focusing on the negative, but without any noticable change in strength or perfomance in the pull. Which is why Im trying with bands, as i feel i can better focus on doing the exercise properly. Thanks
Great question! There is nothing wrong with using bands. However, you can also use the row. Get really good at ring rows, keep leaning out (if you have some extra body fat to lose), keep doing band pull ups, and this is as sure of a path as any to the pull up.
Thank you for your knowledge Kyle! I think I am doing a "recomp" in the sense that my body weight is staying consistent, yet I am eating more calories and my workout performance feels better in every way. Do you think this is sustainable enough to eventually recomp to get more visible abs, or would you recommend dedicating efforts to a cut eventually?
Great question. It really depends on your level- how much muscle you have to gain and how much fat you have to lose. In general, keep recomping for as long as you can and then you can always diet down a bit to shred up.
@@Kboges that's true but the issue is how the intensity scales for certain exercises. it's put pushups, pull-ups, and inverted rows in an effective rep range but it's driven the intensity up too much for other exercises like wall handstand push-ups and RTO dips
What are your thoughts on calorie cycling. Workout days increased vs Rest days decreased. Less energy expenditure on rest days thus less calorie intake to prevent excess energy storage (fat) Counter side is the body is recovering and thus extra building blocks may be helpful on rest days.
Hey I'd like to know your thoughts on breathing. How to use it to your advantage and maybe common mistakes? I'm sure there's more to cover but I think it would be interesting to cover or even just mention where to look in your opinion.. Love the channel and somehow your content not only informs, but also inspires me. You make it seem more attainable.
Kyle I’d like to say I really appreciate your work and channel. I’m three weeks in of training everyday and now have no soreness which is always my biggest issue slowing my progress and making me feel like shit most of the week in general. I think you’ve given enough info here to train easily for 6months and beyond but I’ll happily share my progress and will book a consultation sometime this year when I need it. One question I have is about breathing and how best to breath for best effort during reps. Thanks again.
Yes I would say six hard days a week I still don’t get any muscle soreness but sometimes have a day where my body feels fatigued so I’ll have a bike ride that day or just do a couple of sets. I’m up to 4 hard sets of pulls push and legs per day. Reps are going up. I’m up to 21 push ups 8 pull ups and 40 to 50 squats per set. I think like he says you’ll get bigger doing weights but this method allows great consistency and it’s better than being sore and overly fatigued most days like I was with weights.
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I way about 130lbs. I am 28 years old and i’m 5’9. I could probably benefit from bulking up a bit. Your physique is really what I would say is my goal. I have always had a very fast metabolism and I have been quite skinny all of my life. I don’t want to get huge or anything, but i’d like to gain about 10-15lbs of muscle.
This channel is truly a hidden gem. I love how clear and concise all the information is. It makes it really easy for beginners like me to start training effectively without overthinking it. Thanks K Boges!
Wow Daniel! Thank you for the kind words!
completely agree thumbs up
Yes indeed it is loving this channel
true
Facts dude
I love how you stay so interactive with your audience. Your channel is incredible and you will undoubtedly go so far.
Thanks! Interacting with people is my favorite part. It has become harder since the channel has grown, but I'm still trying to get to as many people as possible.
@@Kboges is this Hawaii?
I discovered your channel about 3 months ago. It changed my life big time. I lost 10 kgs. I eat One Meal A Day, clean whole food. I’m doing 3 sets of Pushups/squats/Pullups every other day. I started with 5 pushups on my knees, a few air squats and few rows my TRX. Each workout I added ONE rep. I tracked every workout with the App “Strong”. Today, I can do standard pushups and diamond pushups clean and slow for 8 reps. A dozen of clean Air squats and 3 clean Pullups (and 4 chinups) with a pullup bar on my door frame. I do 15 minutes of jump rope on my rest day (Active recovery) and I make sure that I walked 7000 steps daily. That’s it, I’m making slow progress but it works well for me. It works guys and it is an awesome way to train. Once again, thank you, your content is life changing. Keep it up.
WOW! This is an amazing story! I'm so happy the content has had a positive impact. You can be truly proud of yourself for this. Keep up the good work, and plan to train for life!
Well done! 🙏
You're the man! I'm almost done done with my second custom program by Kyle: I've gained 13lbs so far and I've gotten stronger, more conditioned and I'm also looking better than ever, finally filling out my shirts.
By the way, congratulations Kyle! The channel is finally blowing up, it was about time. 🙏🏻
Thanks for the kind words, Kevin! I't has been so awesome to watch your progress over the last few months! You can be super proud of your progress. It's a testament to your outstanding work ethic.
Thank you for the opportunity, brother!🙏
Congrats Kevin!
Thank you all for your support!
@@Kboges please do on triceps size how to gain 1 .5 inches with push up bars
Best calisthenics athlete on TH-cam.
Thank you!🙏
@@KbogesHow many days I have to train If I want to bulk in calisthenics
Do you think days enough ?
What about the sets , how many sets should I train per exercise ?
This is the best calisthenics channel and source of information out there anywhere. Thanks again, Kyle, for a very professional and intelligent message. So glad your channel is beginning to get the attention it so very much deserves.
Steve, thank you, Brother! I appreciate that very much.
The best thing about your videos, I felt, is the fact that they are not painfully long. They are painfully gainful!! Thank you!
Thank you, Ravi!
Straight to the point, no waffling- enjoying the content!
TH-cam algorithm did a great job again, i discovered your channel about a week ago, im watching each and every video and all the comments . keep up the good work, im doing calisthenics the past 5 years(3 x per week full body some times weighted, sometimes skills) now that im almost 40 i realize that im getting more often injured and cant seem to recover as fast as i used to. so im exploring your method and i will come back with results and questions!
Awesome, Nikos! Good to gear you are enjoying the content!
How ist it goin Nikos?
@@YUNGKOI im almost 2 months in this system, i exercise 5-6 times per week,.
as far my body i think i look more or less the same as when i was doing the 3 x full body per week.which is a bonus considering that i feel much less tired after a workout now,also my shoulders and generally my old injuries doesn't get worst because i dont press too much my body. still my body is adjusting to this new style, i cant do 3 sets per movement per day, as kevin does, some days i do 3, some days i do just 1.
other positives is that i dont skip a workout easily
the only negative that i can find is that with this system is difficult to erase the mentality of obsession for progression.and that sometimes especially if you are feeling stressed and you need to give all you got till failure to your workout, it will affect a lot the next workouts
Please keep your videos simple this. We love it.
Don't worry! Will do! Thank you for the support!
Bro your channel has been doing some pretty hardcore bulking haha. I'm so happy for you, it's amazing to see it grow daily and the content is top notch as always.
Hahaha! Thanks Marcus! I appreciate that brother! Thank you for the support during the journey!
I discovered this channel about a week ago and am blown away by how concise and informationally dense the video are. Keep it up k boges!
thank you, Brazy. Glad you enjoy!
As always, your insights are ever appreciated, Kyle! Thank you : )
My pleasure, Garrett!
Seriously, I have always been thinking that the community lacks a channel which manages to provide quality content that is summarized in short, yet well collected videos. I feel motivated to start one in Bulgarian. Thanks man!
I love this guy’s videos. He has legit got 30k subs in 2 weeks
Thanks, Neo! Yeah the subs came super fast! I'm very grateful for the support!
Great video man! Good to see the subscriber count jumping up aswell, the channel’s really taking off and it’s well deserved!
Thank you! It has been really interesting to see it jump up. I'm happy the content has been pretty well received. Thank you for the support!
Daaamn your channel has grown so much man! So happy for you, keep posting man😁
Heck yeah man every day I check for a new video and he has a couple thousand more subscribers. Definitely deserves it. Awesome content and information.
I saw his first video when he was at 21k....now he is having double the subs within a couple of weeks....well deserved 👍
@@mohamedghousepasha9623 i saw his channel at 5k and it is growing so fricking fast!!
Thank you, Steffen.
Thanks so much!! You're doing such an important work and making the world a better and healthier place :)
Thank you! I truly appreciate this!🙏
Good to see people in great shape. Don't push yourself too hard, be gentle to your body, you only got one.
Great advice!
Outstanding channel! A gazillion times better than the rest fitness channels I've found on TH-cam
Thank you so much!
Congrats on the 40k subs Kyle. Great work.
Thank you brother! Great hearing from you!
Remember being here 900 subs like a year ago. I love to see all the growth.
Thank Chazz. Me too!
Top 1 channel to understand basic concepts. And more importantly, to value basic concepts, which will get you further than the current state of most of the viewers.
Thanks from a lanky hardgainer
Thank you, Benet! I appreciate that so much!
Came across your channel randomly and IM HERE FOR IT! Subscribed and liked!
Thank you so much for the support!
This content would make the perfect fitness book
I would love to do that in the future!
Recently discovered this channel and it is an absolute goldmine cheers bro
Thank you!
Very good breakdown. Simple and straight to the point.
Thank you!
Can't wait for a body recomp video.
Great content man. Thanks.
Thank you, Mark!
This is inexplicably brilliant and valuable information. It's well thought out and accurate. Thank you.
Thank you so much. That is very kind feedback, FS! I appreciate that.
Just found this channel today. The information you provide is mind blowing. That's man!
Hey Kyle, thanks a lot for these videos, I'm an absolute beginner in the scheme of things and have tried to get into working out and failed a few times. Feels like you're the only person who's advice I really trust any more and you've actually got me training every day even though it's only little. Would be really interested in seeing you expand on body recomposition like you brushed over in this video. Have a great one and keep it up, big things coming for this channel for sure.
Thank so much Drivan! That's awesome you enjoy the content and find it useful. I will definitely get a recommendation video out. I have a few more in the lineup, but I will get to it.
Same here, the channel is clear and concise,
Thank you
Appreciate the simple tips so many other channels make these long complicated videos with so much information that it makes me just want to get fat and not care lol
Hahahah glad these connect with you! 🙏
The subscriber growth is solid. Wishing you more success!
I appreciate that! Yeah it was gown quickly. Very exciting stuff. 🙏
Awesome channel, really happy i found this. Have a Nice day brother!
Thank you, you as well!
Found your channel yesterday and I have now watched every video on your channel! I'm on youtube every day browsing fitness/calisthenics content creators and I have yet to see a style as efficient and clean as yours. I love the quick to the point and easy to understand vibe and I can't wait to use all of this newfound knowledge when I am working out. I'm debating whether or not to go for the 12 week program, but I know I HAVE to get the consultation at least. Being able to ask personal questions according to my needs/wants and absorbing that knowledge will send me into the exact direction of mind and body improvement I wanted to see for myself in 2022. Can't wait to watch more of your videos man thank you for putting this FREE CONTENT out there for people.
Thank you for these kind words! It's my pleasure! I'm working on another free program, but I've been super busy. I look forward to chatting with you one day! Feel free to reach out if you have any questions.
Never thought of it this way, I didn't think you could bulk with calisthenics either. Thanks for the info 💪❤🙏
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Sheesh boges blew up! Good for you bud. Keep working hard. I enjoy your vids
Thank you! I appreciate the support!
Amazing channel, I just found it today. Love the video about the horse stance 👌
As a hard-gainer, I sometimes feel nauseous from trying to eat so much (upwards of 4000 calories per day). Do you think it’s productive to push the body in this way? When should you ‘listen’ to your body and when should you ignore what it’s telling you? I can never figure out what the right answer to that question is.
Oh boy... this is a tough question. It really depends on your goals and the tradeoffs. If you are really really under muscled, you will likely benefit from eating more even if its tough. If you are already a pretty good weight, young, still growing, and your body just doesn't want a huge dump of calories at once, you could be better off just not forcing the issue. This is highly individual so it's really hard to say without knowing you, your size, your goals, etc. but that's my general take on it.
Drink raw milk, raw butter, all high calories easy fillers, no pasteurised dairy products tho otherwise your basically consuming poison, must be grass fed finished to
Bro U Got my with your demon Back and Horse stand......your Channel is gold
Hi, Kyle! As many people mentioned before, your channel is truly amazing and inspirational.Thank you for the amazing content!
Thank you very much! I appreciate that!
Thank you for your content my friend. I am happy to have connected with you, I’m doing good on my journey so far.
Thank you!
I followed your exercise guidelines and gained around 8 pounds in 2 and a half months. Although I lost progress due to a heavy injury, knowing I made progress gives me motivation to continue once again. Thank you
WOW ACE! Serious gains, my friend! Get that injury squared away and get back to training! Keep mwmpsoted on the gains.
@@Kboges Will do 🙂
I just subscribed. You have a great channel. Clear and concise no bs. Keep up the great work.
Thank you, Jason. I appreciate the support!
I truly hope your channel grows really fast. Your content is amazing.
Thank you!
@@Kboges No man thankyou for Sharing great content. Only the part with the food helped à LOT.
This channel is finally blowing up
Super excited about it. Thanks for your support, GP!
This channel has grown soo fast!!! Congrats Kyle keep it up!!
Thank you, Ali!
Good job buddy !! Another subscriber !! DOF tuned in !!
Thank you DoF!
Ok the recomp video now 👌
Coming up in a few videos!
Your channel is growing finally.
Congratulations!
Thank you! It's super exciting 😁
I’ve been waiting for this video !!!!
Awesome! Glad it got to you!
Its the video I was waiting for. Great content. Great to have such useful info available.
Thanks! Glad you found it useful!
can't wait to hear you talking about body recomposition. Thanks Kyle. By the way... badass pushups on this video.
Hey thank you! I've got a few more videos to get done but that one is HIGH on the list.
Dude you have the dream outdoor gym setup, jealous
Thanks, John. Yeah I love it.
just discovered your channel and really like it :). having been an overweight child i struggle with eating enough for bulking up and end up kind of falling between two stools but i'm going to give it another go .
Hey James, maybe just keep your bulk slow and small so you don't end up accumulating too much fat.
@@Kboges Thanks. I'll Give It a try :)
real solid tips as usual!! thanks, sir!
My pleasure, Miles! Thank you!
This is exactly what I'm trying to do, informative as always!!
Best fitness channel. Short videos straight to the point. Amazing intelligent advice heard nowhere else. And what takes the cake....NO CORNY ASS STUPID INTRO MUSIC
As always... Beautiful form!
And great advises
Thank you!
Horse stance brought me to this channel. Great channel. Subbed.
I really struggle with getting calories in throughout the day, and even when I do, I can’t seem to gain much size…
I’m currently 37Kg and 169cm tall my goal is to get to 40Kg at least to be at a healthier range
I’m doing callisthenics + weights at the moment hopefully I’ll manage to get some size in 💪🏼
Thanks for the tips and keep up the amazing work man!
Good luck everyone, if you’re curing or bulking. You’ll reach your goals with consistency!
Smoothies! That was key for me when I was trying to gain weight. For example, banana, coconut milk, peanut butter, yogurt, and some blueberries. Calorie bomb and very tasty.
reducing the ammount of sugar in diet usually increases appetite, it really helped me to start eating properly. I gained almost 20 kg during this year.
This is just great & very informative. You should consider patreon. This really helps not just to keep my life healthy, but also the mental status.
Thank you, Matej! I appreciate that and I am so happy you enjoy the content. Feel free to reach out any time you have questions!
Hey Kyle! Could you make a video on guidelines on how to maximize muscle growth with calisthenics? In terms of the optimal training frequency, total weekly volume, general training principles and important things to consider. A full video packed with that information. Thanks and i love your channel!
Hey Breno! This is a DEEP topic. I've been figuring out how to lay all this out for a while. Stay tuned, and I'll see what I can come up with. I want to make it good, so I'll need to take my time to get it right.
@@Kboges It really is kind of a big video to make, and i think it's going to be a very successful one since it's a topic A LOT of people are interested in. But glad to see you've been already wanting to make it, you're gonna crush it like always
Great info man! Enjoying the channel!
Thank you!
I'm not particularly intestinal in buking myself, but this will greatly help one of my friend ! I'll share your tips with him.
Thank you so much for the content Kyle.
Really helpful! Always missed your videos, keep it up man!
Thank you, brother! Will do!
I’m happy to see you upload , also great to see your channel growing I learned a lot from this channel , keep up the good work brother !!
Thank you, Anthony!
really love the channel. Solid information in short template.
Wow last video I watched you had around 5k subs. Now over 40k. Awesome work. Keep up the great content.
Thanks, Josh!
Found this channel when it was just at over 4000 subs only a few months back, insane to see it blow up so much, truely deserved! Congrats Kyle!
Thanks so much, Conor! I'm grateful for the support!
Great thoughts, really gave me some good ideas. Thanks!
My pleasure!
Your physique is GOALS!!!
Thank you!
Honestly, I don't cut down so when I workout, I always am in a progressive overload. Specially on pullups, pistols, lsits, body rows and pushups. I've always been at 23-24% body fat and around 26BMI but I've been progressing still.
This will build muscle for sure!
Respect if you can pull up with volume with that body fat %
Thanks for the video!
My pleasure, William!
your videos are a true gem because you keep it as informative as they are simple no need to filter through the video to get what you need.. i'm sure you will attract more customers to your programmes this way for sure you seem like a great mentor.. no bullshit ;) anyways i have a question, could you make a video on your personal best or recommended no equipment home workouts? and maybe explain why?
I am wondering where he has all his knowledge from!
Love the content man! Would appreciate a full day of eating if possible🙏 Keep up the great work!!
Thank you! I'm defiantly considering that video. It comes up a lot.
Brother I think you are quite literally the Charles Atlas of today's Era (which is basically saying you are a genius) and I would also like to talk about what I think about how a calisthenics bulking/ calisthenics hypertrophy program should look like over the long term.
It has to do with the simple fact that human beings have a limit to their relative strength, the contractile protein percentage of per unit weight of our muscle tissue is predetermined genetically for our whole species, which quite literally is the reason.
This is also why guys like Brian shaw, despite typically maxing out at 8-10 pull ups and 20-25 dips (which is a low number for an elite strength athlete) are one of the strongest presses and pullers in the whole world, the best of the very best. Because he is south of 380lbs even when off season.
So what I am saying is, in the absence of a gym, we can use this limit of human relative strength to our advantage for the rest of our natural lives.... essentially gaining muscle forever, without ever having to use external weights....
Here is how I adviced my little cousins to do it in my little village of impoverished India.... they grew big and strong in front of my eyes following my logical advice and I didn't (I am short on training and resting time).
You pick up the upper body pressing and pulling variations that make you lift the largest possible percentage of your bodyweight, and you aim to get to a freakishly high max rep number on that. While following a basic surplus diet used for powerbuilding routines like 5/5.
The idea for my brothers was to build up to 35 strict sternum pull ups, 35 strict one arm push ups (feet shoulder width and elevated to knee height), they got up to 40 reps, while also doing 100 squats for time 3 times a week. They did it, by eating in a 15 percent caloric surplus, adjusted for each week, for 4 years.
Now after 4 years they can do 40 reps, and they are 225-235lbs with visible 4 pack abs, and jacked. All of them bench over 405lbs, whenever they want, without actually training the bench.
The basic idea is to use select bodyweight movements and build up to freakish high max rep number on each of those, which ENSURES elite level relative strength, and then bulking your way to a heavier and heavier bodyweight, WHILE MAINTAINING THAT RELATIVE STRENGTH (which in this case would be the max rep numbers).
Just doing this alone makes sure that your absolute strength keeps going up because your bodyweight is ever growing while your relative strength remains the same. Absolute strength being the key determiner of hypertrophy.
And to go along with it, You can also do Bronson style isometric training if you really wanna peak your maximum force production capabilities. Isolated isometric for each body part.
Now God knows what gave them the faith in me to do as I say or how they got the motivation to stay on track for 4 years straight (cuz I don't find it myself)..... but it worked beyond my greatest expectations.
Makes me wanna spend more time training. Which I will, after 20th December.
I would love a video about Active Rest. PD: Love your channel man, keep it up!
I’m glad I somehow stumbled upon your channel. I’m almost 48, 6’6”, and around 200#. I have been doing mainly bodyweight calisthenics for the last 1.5-2 years. I completely ruptured my left distal bicep tendon in October while working on my truck. Your channel is helping me get through the long recovery and while I can’t get on the pull-up bar yet I have implemented the push-pull-legs that you talk about. You have also made me realize that mastering the moves is more important than trying to planche or do levers. I am looking forward to mastering these movements like you say. Thanks for the content and keep it up! Even though you are younger than me your physique is an inspiration and something I feel I can still attain.
Hey Bilbo! I'm so happy the content is helping you. Just stay at it and as you heal, you will be capable of more and more. Pursuing mastery of the basics is a powerful approach, and the easiest way to use calisthenics to build fitness and aesthetics. 💪💪
Great video as always! Like you mentioned here, i feel a body recomp video would be beneficial and iam curious to know your insights on it as iam undergoing it right now. Cant wait for it, cheers!
Very impressive tricep activation my friend. Especially since you seem to have healthy joints
Yess so impressive 💯
Great content!
Thank you!
your videos are so helpful !!! Cheers
Thanks for that! I appreciate the positive feedback!
After a largely successful 25 year bulk cycle I think it's time to start cutting
HAHAHAH 😂 best comment yet!
Congratulations, I see you are at 44k subs. 👍
Thanks! All the growth has been very exciting! Thanks for the support!
@@Kboges Good luck replying to every comment, lol.
I just want to say that this video fits perfect for me. I weight 60kg and been underweight my entire life.
1. The point about meal frequency is right, it spreads my appetice so that I feel hungry throughout the day and I consume more.
2. I take the calisthenics approach for my training because I'm too insecure to go to a gym, and it is also super convinient to me to just train at home (saves time). I basically do pullups, pushups and squats/lunges. I do small variations of those movements.
I'll see how I end up in the future but man, this channel is amazing. Thank you
did it work?
1. So how long should a person bulk for?
2. What's the best workout split for someone on a bulk?
3. How many reps/sets should be done if I am aiming to maximise muscle and strength?
1- 3-6 months.
2- personal preference, minimum 3 times a week.
3- 10-20 weekly sets to failure or close to per muscle group.
You probably have the answer considering it's been 2 years but it's for anyone just now reading this.
Love ur content lv this community thnk u 🍫🤞 lv frm india
So happy to hear! Thank you for the support.
Hi! I am into calisthenics for 6 months now. Yesterday I started with pull-ups and pushups which are done slowly in the eccentric phase. Jesus… what a changer. When doing pull-ups my forearms had such a pump… and even doing 20 pushups with good form is really challenging … gains incoming 😂😅
Hey Boges
Quick question, I´ve recently startede doing calisthenics, focusing on your primary points such as training to near failure, controlling the movement, not divebombing the negative and so on.
One of the issues im facing, is doing the pull ups. I´ve been using bands, as a way to allow my self to focus more on the actual movement, both activating the scapula and initiating the pull. Do you have any other tips for helping me getting my strength to a point where im capable of doing the pull up entirely on my own?
I have previously tried jumping up and focusing on the negative, but without any noticable change in strength or perfomance in the pull. Which is why Im trying with bands, as i feel i can better focus on doing the exercise properly.
Thanks
Great question! There is nothing wrong with using bands. However, you can also use the row. Get really good at ring rows, keep leaning out (if you have some extra body fat to lose), keep doing band pull ups, and this is as sure of a path as any to the pull up.
Thank you for your knowledge Kyle! I think I am doing a "recomp" in the sense that my body weight is staying consistent, yet I am eating more calories and my workout performance feels better in every way. Do you think this is sustainable enough to eventually recomp to get more visible abs, or would you recommend dedicating efforts to a cut eventually?
Great question. It really depends on your level- how much muscle you have to gain and how much fat you have to lose. In general, keep recomping for as long as you can and then you can always diet down a bit to shred up.
Accidentally overbulked and calisthenics skill progression got super difficult. Gonna cut a bit off then maintain
That can happen but that extra resistance isn’t a bad thing for strength development!
@@Kboges that's true but the issue is how the intensity scales for certain exercises. it's put pushups, pull-ups, and inverted rows in an effective rep range but it's driven the intensity up too much for other exercises like wall handstand push-ups and RTO dips
Thank you 💓 champion 💪🏆
For the informations
My pleasure!
What are your thoughts on calorie cycling.
Workout days increased vs Rest days decreased.
Less energy expenditure on rest days thus less calorie intake to prevent excess energy storage (fat)
Counter side is the body is recovering and thus extra building blocks may be helpful on rest days.
I'm a fat. Can be super useful in recomp. I like higher calories days on training days for sure, lower calorie on rest.
please do a video on how to do body recomp or losing weight while getting stronger! thanks!
Future video, for sure!
Hey I'd like to know your thoughts on breathing. How to use it to your advantage and maybe common mistakes? I'm sure there's more to cover but I think it would be interesting to cover or even just mention where to look in your opinion.. Love the channel and somehow your content not only informs, but also inspires me. You make it seem more attainable.
Would love a video about breathing! 💯
Kyle I’d like to say I really appreciate your work and channel. I’m three weeks in of training everyday and now have no soreness which is always my biggest issue slowing my progress and making me feel like shit most of the week in general. I think you’ve given enough info here to train easily for 6months and beyond but I’ll happily share my progress and will book a consultation sometime this year when I need it. One question I have is about breathing and how best to breath for best effort during reps. Thanks again.
Are you still training? 💪
Yes I would say six hard days a week I still don’t get any muscle soreness but sometimes have a day where my body feels fatigued so I’ll have a bike ride that day or just do a couple of sets. I’m up to 4 hard sets of pulls push and legs per day. Reps are going up. I’m up to 21 push ups 8 pull ups and 40 to 50 squats per set. I think like he says you’ll get bigger doing weights but this method allows great consistency and it’s better than being sore and overly fatigued most days like I was with weights.
@@Cb85191 sounds great! Wish you the best for your future journey 😄✌️
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I way about 130lbs. I am 28 years old and i’m 5’9. I could probably benefit from bulking up a bit. Your physique is really what I would say is my goal. I have always had a very fast metabolism and I have been quite skinny all of my life. I don’t want to get huge or anything, but i’d like to gain about 10-15lbs of muscle.