How Strong You Really Are?

For years I used to do weight training. I felt strong and I looked big. One day I was challenged by one of my friends to do a back lever, and miserably I couldn’t even get myself in the right position. Then, he challenged me to do a Pistol Squat…Embarrassed, I couldn’t go down much…Really? I did not have the strength for that? Me? A strong, fitness freak? Even though I trained for years I lacked simple flexibility, mobility and balance. My big muscles locked my movements and I become a prisoner of them. Few years later I joined CrossFit and just months into training I ended with a nasty shoulder injury. I pushed too hard. I still love Crossfit but I needed to find a way to train with my injury while still gaining strength. Plus I was sick of being dependent on having a box or a gym to go to. I needed a change. That was the time when I truly discovered calisthenics – a lost art of the most effective, natural strength training on earth which is just using bodyweight.

The Un-ending Power of Progressive Calisthenics.

The most effective, natural strength training on Earth

Calisthenics is the art of increasing resistance with only your bodyweight to develop insane strength. Using progressive resistance, similar to weight training, you add difficulty levels across a full range of motion, skill, position, etc And because calisthenics uses only natural movements, it not only protects and strengthens your joints, but also conditions your body into amazing shape. It builds incredible strength, balance, flexibility, and natural and extreme body control ability Well-structured progressive calisthenics can give you insane strength gains, muscle growth, and fat loss while still protecting your joints and conditioning your body—naturally

Build Strength For Life…

I absolutely fell in love. My injury healed, I felt stronger than ever before, I lost all unwanted fat I build a physique of a gymnast I always wanted. And you know what? It was actually so much fun to get out there every day, try new skills, train towards advanced moves not only towards another inch on my bicep. I loved how I become flexible, mobile, how I started developing my balance and all the things I would never even think about with my normal weight training. And I loved how my joints were getting stronger while I was growing older.

But it wasn’t always that way…

Confusion & Years of Experimentation

Although I was making progress it took me years to get to the point where stunts like human flag, planche, one arm pushup or pullups were not impossible anymore.

WHY?

I was making mistakes;

I didn’t know how should I work out

I was getting stuck and had no idea why

I didn’t have enough knowledge;

There was nobody to guide me;

I had no idea how and what to train

My progress was so slow, I was getting demotivated

I was missing a system to follow and get better every day

So I experimented… for years and it was PAINFUL…

And even with programs like Convict Conditioning coming out, it was hard. CC have a very limited number of progressions and do not pay attention to skill work, balance, flexibility and mobility which makes it impossible to progress if you are a beginner (I’ve been there). I saw on my own skin how

well structured progressive calisthenics can give you insane strength

muscle gains and fat loss while still protecting your joints and conditioning your body. All naturally. I didn’t need a gym. I Didn’t need a barbell. I don’t need a box. There was just ,me, my body and a bar…

Progressive Calisthenics is straightforward in its principles…yet…

Yet every day I get emails from all of you asking me how to get started. For years I have been teaching and perfecting the art of bodyweight strength training and although there is so much information out there its extremely confusing and unhelpful for somebody who has no previous experience with bodyweight strength training.

That’s why I have created this guide…

So you don’t need to spend years figuring it out… Instead, Just Follow the Proven System For Superhuman Strenght…

Step-By-Step, Proven System for Insane Strength, Mobility and Health

Based on a proven system to progress and improve on a daily basis

Ian Mackintosh

Insane Strength?

There is a Road to That.

From Complete Novice to Calisthenics Master. Step-by-Step.

IT All STARTS WITH FUNDAMENTALS

The 8 Fundamental Moves to Master

Being able to perform moves like the human flag and planches requires more than simply phenomenal strength, it also requires flexibility, mobility, balance and skill. It doesn’t matter how strong you are, you’re going to struggle with these moves if you lack the other necessary skills (and quite a bit of practice!) … But if you do it the right way you can achieve strength and skill unlike any other. That’s why you MUST start with the fundamental movements. Until you’re hitting them consistently you should not progress to any other advanced moves. Master the fundamentals and they’ll open up any move you want to learn in your advanced calisthenics career

8 Moves?

These 8 moves have been hand picked to build all round physique and strength so you can safely progress further.

Full Body Training

These movements are designed to target every single part of your body and develop an all-around, balanced physique of a gymnast. They will make sure you are ready for anything all over your body

Balance, Mobility & Flexibility Built in.

These fundamentals make sure that along with strength, you are developing balance, mobility, flexibility, and body control. You will need them to be able to perform more advanced moves and to avoid injury.

Pushing and Pulling

Fundamental movements condition your muscles and nervous system to be able to perform pulling and pushing moves effortlessly. This lays the necessary foundation for more advanced moves

Jeff Freader

Effective and Safe Progressions

Including All The Important Elements: Skill Work, Mobility, Flexibility and Balance

Stop guessing. We’ll tell you EXACTLY what to do so you can focus on your progress.

HOW EXACTLY DOES THE GUIDE WORK?

Follow the personalised, step-by-step system for insane strength

STEP 1. ASSESMENT.

Identifying how strong you currently are …

The book will guide you to identify exactly where you are on each of the progressions and where you need to be to get started depending on your own PERSONAL situation, history, and level of strength.

STEP 2. GAME PLAN

Create a solid action plan based on your goals

After you know how you stack up, we’ll scientifically help you establish the exact number of sets, reps and rounds of each exercise you should be doing. Everything is personalized for you.

STEP 3. Personalised Workout Routine

Putting It all Together

The system in the book is very flexible and can be adjusted to any level and goal. You will never find ready-made routines working better than a personal approach. That’s why we teach you the principles. Based on progressions you will create a personalised workout just for you including everything from warm-ups, skills work, strength work, conditioning, as well as stretching and cool down.

STEP 4. Track Your progress for success

Know where you are and where you are going with the included progression poster

You know the saying: You can’t manage what you don’t measure … The Progression poster is your road map to success. See exactly where you are and where you are going visually.

STEP 5. Follow the Mastery System

Know when and how to progress

Each step in the progressions has a mastery level you need to achieve to be able to move forward to the next level. Like a game, until you hit that point you can’t level yourself up. This takes away confusion and guides you so you know exactly when and how to progress.

STEP 6. Troubleshoot plateaus

Trouble shoot your progressions and never plateau again

There will be a time in your training that you will get stuck. It might be a mobility issue, or strength, or that you are not flexible enough. Whatever it may be this book teaches you exactly how to address it by deconstructing progressions so even when you do get stuck you can get back on track straight away

STEP 7. Access Support from Real Athletes

Progress faster with help of experienced trainers and a community

Join a community of athletes on the same journey as you. Ask questions, share your progress and celebrate successes. From time to time we also invite experienced trainers to answer your questions

STEP 8.

Be stronger, leaner and healthier, ALL naturally

Join thousands of people who are losing fat, building muscle, gaining strength and getting healthier with calisthenics

The System You Will Get Transformed over 3000+ Lives and counting…

Ian Success Story

Ian Clark

I am a neuromuscular massage therapist. And once I learned about soft tissue damage and healing, repetitive stress injuries, the foundations of muscle science, etc., I really started to get serious about fully balanced workouts that supplement pre-existing muscular imbalances and focus on form and control. But I had trouble designing them myself and being sure about what was safest and most efficient for my body. And this is when I picked up a Calisthenics Fundamentals Course. The program perfectly matched my criteria. I believe strength is a lifetime pursuit, not a few week fad. The guide to progressions met my biggest concern; getting from here to there. Since then my results have been very steady. My reps are going up, rest times are decreasing, and skill work is becoming second nature. I’ve also been packing on lean muscle as you can see in the picture. 

Antonio Success Story

Antonio Alvarado-Angmen

Since I started on a program my results have been amazing. I have lost several inches in waistline, my shoulders are broader, and I feel so much more energy now. It’s not easy, but the program is a complete guide on how to get started on improving your health and life with the vehicle of calisthenics. I was expecting the program to be just an exercises book, but it went beyond my expectations teaching everything from the mindset, to how to progress, with suggestions how it all can be incorporated according to my own fitness levels and goals. 4 months have passed and the results in my lifestyle are incredible, not just my physique, but my energy and my attitude towards fitness.

Anand Success Story

Anand.

I started calisthenics after I got inspired from various athletes practicing a lot of skills like front lever, HSPU’s etc, and I was like whoaa!! I looked through all the available training programs and picked this program as the best one. It has been 7 months since then and my results have been awesome! When a person starts with calisthenics… He/she faces a lot of problems related to progressions. There is a lot of questions: what to do, how to do things; how much to do?; When to progress?; And what frequency of practice must be included? The program answers all those questions and more so you can focus on moving forward every day.