Exercise Progressions

Master new skills or improve the ones you already have. In each progression the exercises go from simple to hard. Quite likely you are no longer at the very beginning, but even so, completing a progression in full can take a long time. If you want to master a skill faster, build a program around that skill.

Progressions are grouped by the nature of the movement, by muscle group or by equipment, and sorted by difficulty. Turn on automatic recording of your workout results in the progression ladders if you do the exercises they include.

⬆ Pulling

Back, biceps, grip — everything that brings the load toward you. 5 progressions

⬇ Pushing

Chest, shoulders, triceps — everything that drives the load away. 5 progressions

⭕ Rings

Straight-arm strength on an unstable base: adductors, biceps and shoulder stabilisers as much as the pressing muscles. 2 progressions

◆ Core

Whole-body tension: compression, straight-body holds, levers. 4 progressions

🦵 Legs

Squat patterns, from a chair stand to a weighted pistol. 1 progressions
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