Calisthenics Unity

Hi. I have been doing a variety of exercises trying to get the strength for the official BB program and after 3 months have made much progress but still cannot do enough chin-ups and pull-ups to begin. Chris's videos inspire me so I have started the 3 day trial.

I like the flexibility of your plan and the idea of full body training appeals to me but I have some questions I need answered before I can commit to this program.

1. As a beginner only one day off between workouts is enough to recover but as I progress the muscle stress increases so is one day off between working out the same muscles really enough to rebuild and strengthen muscle tissues? Especially as I am 45 years old.

2. I love the flexibility of number of sets and reps but how do I judge my performance as a pass? Maybe I can achieve max reps with min sets but is that enough to be ready for the next level? Should I start out at min reps and sets and move on to the next level when I can perform max reps and max sets?

Looking forward to your answer before deciding how to go forward with this program.

Hey Abrazor,
Working out at 45, nice I hope I have that much motivation.
1: If you start this program and you don't feel like your recovered enough in between workouts, I would try doing split workouts. Normally doing a split you would do push and pull one day legs and core the next, rest a day, repeat. But maybe you could try push and pull one day rest then legs and core one day rest, repeat. Just an idea hope it helps.

2: I don't think it really matters wether you do minimum or maximum. Although I would lean towards the mid range sets and reps. Also just an idea.

Ya that's what I would do. I'm recovering from a wrist injury so I haven't started training. So I don't have the experience, maybe you can't post on here in a few weeks what you think works best. Thanks

Basically I have decided to do the first session with minimum, if that is easy the second session is medium, and if that is still too easy then the third will be maximum. I don't want to rush so I guess the fastest pace for me will be one level per week, but I think by week 6 it will probably change to up to a month per level! If it is too hard on my muscles then I will break up my training thus:

Pull/Push / Legs/Core / Break / Pull/Push / Legs/Core / Break OR
Pull/Core / Push/Legs / Break / Pull/Core / Push/Legs / Break (Breaking up push and pull exercises will be even easier.

Anyway, starting from Level 3 Today. Let's see how it goes.

Looking forward to hear about your results!

Do max, my personal opinion, you won't regret it and it will take you to the next level! Listen to your body of course as well.