I've heard Pavel Tsatsouline's name come up so many times, but I haven't looked into his methodology yet. I clearly should do so soon. The concept of "greasing the groove" is similar to my structured workouts, especially when I am combining bodyweight with dumbbell or kettlebell movements. I'll start with a set number of burpees, push ups and/or chin ups that I will perform in between sets of kb swings, devils presses and weighted squats/curls. It's a great way for me to ensure I'm doing a very high volume of bodyweight reps for hypertrophy, and also keep things interesting overall.
A lot of it is different from what's typically preached. Stay away from failure, stick to only a handful of movements per session (or maybe even just 1), focus on high quality reps with a large number of sets instead of reps. It's good to use in combination with what you're doing it sounds like, totally worth looking into. It feels like it doesn't work well but you do anything at high frequency with good execution and you'll see the strength in that movement start to improve relatively quickly.
That premise sounds really good, and I look forward to reading more about his concepts on fitness. Especially kettlebells, which I know he's renowned for. I totally agree with these tenets, and I'm completely on board with not working till failure and high volume reps, while keeping it simple. Most of my workouts consist of two bodyweight movements, usually a burpee and a squat or lunge and two weighted movements like kb swings and squat thrusters. I will alternate the amount of pumps I do with the burpees. So one set would be one pump, the next two and finally three pumps. Sometimes I add in a plank jack after the pump for more cardio.
I've heard Pavel Tsatsouline's name come up so many times, but I haven't looked into his methodology yet. I clearly should do so soon. The concept of "greasing the groove" is similar to my structured workouts, especially when I am combining bodyweight with dumbbell or kettlebell movements. I'll start with a set number of burpees, push ups and/or chin ups that I will perform in between sets of kb swings, devils presses and weighted squats/curls. It's a great way for me to ensure I'm doing a very high volume of bodyweight reps for hypertrophy, and also keep things interesting overall.
A lot of it is different from what's typically preached. Stay away from failure, stick to only a handful of movements per session (or maybe even just 1), focus on high quality reps with a large number of sets instead of reps. It's good to use in combination with what you're doing it sounds like, totally worth looking into. It feels like it doesn't work well but you do anything at high frequency with good execution and you'll see the strength in that movement start to improve relatively quickly.
That premise sounds really good, and I look forward to reading more about his concepts on fitness. Especially kettlebells, which I know he's renowned for. I totally agree with these tenets, and I'm completely on board with not working till failure and high volume reps, while keeping it simple. Most of my workouts consist of two bodyweight movements, usually a burpee and a squat or lunge and two weighted movements like kb swings and squat thrusters. I will alternate the amount of pumps I do with the burpees. So one set would be one pump, the next two and finally three pumps. Sometimes I add in a plank jack after the pump for more cardio.