Bodybuilder VS Calisthenics | Mike Thurston Tries My WORKOUT
Take Your Gym Bro to Calisthenics Day! And just who is Chris bringing? None other than Mike Thurston (@mikethurston): British fitness trainer, entrepreneur, and founder of THRST, known for his insane physique and brutally effective training style.
Today, Chris and Mike are putting themselves through a full calisthenics skill day workout… and answering a question Mike’s audience has been asking: “Can you weight lift and do calisthenics together?”
Chris’ answer is simple and classic Chris: “Definitely.” And then together they go on to prove it by warming up and diving straight into planche progressions with a weight training session at the end. The goal is to achieve a full planche, but scaled progressions help in revealing your push up level which in turn will determine your working set for the day. The progression will hopefully go from Tuck Planche to Straddle Planche and finally a Full Planche.
To begin: Chris warms up with all the progressions to achieve the Tuck Planche. He starts by demonstrating the form cues for each level beginning with the Straight Arm Scapula Push-ups to the Planche Lean (Level 1), Planche Leans Scapula Push-ups (Level 2), Straight Arm Press to Pike (Level 3), L Sit to Tuck Planche Swings (Level 4), and ending with the Tuck Planche (Level 5).
For Mike, his workout set for this session will work on the Tuck Planche and Chris assigns a Planche push up workout that includes a warm up, combo, reps and sets and finisher, which will include weighted dips. He feels the difference: calisthenics involves not only bodyweight training, but also precision strength.
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