Short workouts are great for building muscle, especially with calisthenics or bodyweight training. Here's how you can do it without overtraining.
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Excellent as always, Matt. I used to wonder what I was doing wrong because I kept seeing that drop of reps in my third set, particularly with pushups and pullups. I see now maybe I wasn’t doing it that wrong.
Thanks.
Yes, my pullups drop about 2/3 after my first set. That set is so punishing, with my second set pretty fatiguing. The third set if I can get it is a little more than half my second set.
My old roommate works out 5-6 days a week and would do hour and half to two hour workouts. He always wondered why he wasn’t getting stronger. I have always loved bodyweight workouts and when I found Matt last year I learned about tension. I knew he was on to something. It completely changed my game and with 20 min. workouts (which I enjoy and do everyday now) I have gotten so much stronger and bigger with less work! (Less work to me is long workouts, but my INTENT is stronger). Thanks Matt, I am always watchingfor more!
Can you do a video series with Maxick’s muscular control? I’m enjoying Fitness Independence – keep up the good work!
My now only resource for real fitness advice. I have been doing a program similar to you, and the results are even better than ever before. Even with the low volume training, I find that if you actually do the target exercise with correct form, with slow and controlled movement- 2-3 sets of a specific body part, is all we need. Generally I train for no more than 20 minutes at a time, and my friends all think I lift-weights, and are astounded when I tell them I just do calisthenics, the feeling is good.
Luke do you train everything twice or once a weak?
you still follow this? 17 and kinda skinny, want to put on some weight/mass
luke hall I agree form is everything muscle tension diet sleep.
Still appreciate you sharing your knowledge …i still struggle with telling my arms to perform inverting the elbows inwards when doing pullups. They always splay outwards. My son performs pullups with your method .
Did my first muscle up a few days ago. and now I can do 5! it’s lit guys.
Congrats!
Matt is an amazing trainer, I was lucky enough to work out with him for a few years…specifically in this video, I ALWAYS decline reps on my third set (from fatigue) and thought of that as a bad thing…thanks for clearing up that issue and countless others!
Yo Andrew! Good to hear from ya man! Thanks for dropping by and chiming in. Hope you’re doing well.
Same here. I always thought something’s wrong with my training because I couldn’t do lets say 3 sets of 12 but instead had something like 12 – 10 – 6.
I did ten sets of ten push ups with thirty seconds break in between. It took me about 10 – 15 minutes.
I`m still sore two days later!
I like your simple, no-nonsense approach, Matt..I will try this, especially since i’m crunched for time in the morning before work.
Thanks, that’s the way I roll. All killer no filler.
this advice has totally changed the way I train, thank you
You’re more than welcome always here to help.
i completely agree, great video!
red delta project love the emotion at 2:08 ‘mother living piss’!
You are amazing… simply amazing energy and amazing passion for what you’re doing… Nice to see a like minded fellow talking in depth on these things!
I am listening to you while drawing muscle anatomy and i’m loving every minute of it!
Keep on what you’re doing dude, you’re a grand inspiration!
thanks for watching / listening. If you like to listen, there’s also a Red Delta Project Podcast on Apple POdcasts and Stitcher radio too!
This is really enlightening thank you so much sir
Mike Mentzer recommended short, infrequent workouts. He was ahead of his time.
You’re awesome bro ty so much for sharing your knowledge
Damn… I started watching your videos some months ago, and today I had a little crisis of changing to a “better” plan…
This changed (and blew) my mind, I will definetely look into this kind of workout!
Thank you, sir!
Awesome video. I am learning so much from you. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge.
RedDelta is seriously the best fitness channel out there. Seriously. I hope to one day meet this gentlemen in person one day. Keep up the good work! Fan for life!
Thanks Jeramiah, hit me up if you’re ever in the Colorado/ Denver area!
I run my workout as a circuit of 4 rounds. Chin ups, diamond push-ups, dips, squats, leg raise. Takes me 20 minutes and by that 4th round be I’m really pushing towards the end of those reps
I’m so glad I subscribed to this amazing channel.
Thank you and welcome Coragee! Feel free to drop questions or video requests anytime!