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In this video, I discuss one of the most powerful methods for building muscle and performance: high rep bodyweight training.

Whereas calisthenics athletes will often progress their training by switching to advanced progressions of movements, high-rep bodyweight training instead keeps the focus on simpler movements and instead increases the number of repetitions. High rep calisthenics can mean anything from 30 to 200 push ups, 15 to 50 pull ups, 50 to 300 air squats…

But what is the point? Isn’t this just an inefficient way to train? And wouldn’t it mean you could never get that strong?

While it’s true that powerlifting and weight training have a higher ceiling in terms of how strong you can get, you can still get plenty strong by doing hundreds of push ups and pull ups (and I’ll go into how and why this works in the video). More importantly, though, you’ll be building endurance at the same time as strength - which will give you a greater all round performance profile. This is similar to training with kettlebells - it sits in that happy middle ground between strength training and endurance training. Which is exactly the kind of performance we need in many situations.

PLUS you’ll be developing super strong tendons, a great physique, and explosive performance. High rep bodyweight training might not be the most efficient tool for gaining max strength… but it IS one of the most efficient tools for all around performance.

It has minimal recovery, it can be used by anyone, anywhere, and it’s perfect for complimenting an active/athletic lifestyle.

So, what do you think? Is high rep calisthenics underrated?