Welcome to my 4-Week Hybrid Foundations Program, designed to start you off in building a solid foundation and expose both your body and mind to the world of combining Weightlifting and Calisthenics. If you’re new to Hybrid Training (Weightlifting + Calisthenics), this is the perfect workout routine for you to start with as it targets every single muscle group at least once a week.
There’s a greater focus on weightlifting in this program as we are aiming to gain overall strength, maximise the benefits of weight training, and cut the shortcomings of bodyweight-only training. The added calisthenics exercises are designed to prepare your body for learning higher level calisthenics skills in the future (ex. Planche, Front Lever, Handstands etc.) that weight training alone cannot prepare you for.
A little warning about this program: it will not be easy. This program consists of five workouts a week with two rest days. If you need a little more flexibility, don’t hesitate to move the rest days around; just resume the program where you left off. Now for those of you that are up for the extra challenge, this program can also be done without any rest days at all. Overall, you want to auto-regulate and listen to your body. Too fatigued? Go lighter. Too easy? Go harder.
To maximise the effectiveness of the program, you want to focus on progressive overload by tracking your progress (weights and reps) and ensuring that you are pushing yourself harder than last time.
Let’s get this brah. Good luck & have fun! 🙂