Hypertrophy and calisthenics THE PRIO SYSTEM: A workout program backed by science that will show you how to gain muscle and build strength with bodyweight strength training. Kindle Edition

The workouts at the end of the book are organized around movements that take a long time to master as stated. There is a chapter for each movement such as the planche push-up and information on what exercises you have to progress through in order to master the final movement. However, several master movements like the planche push-up and the hand stand push-up start with the same basic exercise like the standard push-up. There is no progression weekly program for going from basics to master movements. This left me with no real feel on how to get started so I wont be using this book.

I've been training with body weight exercises for the past 3 years but always concentrated on basic stuff like dips, pull ups, push-ups, etc. Recently I became excited by the thought of learning something more complicated like the muscle up or the planche push upAll of the resources I found were too focused on a single skill or just pure strength training.What I particularly like about this book is that lays out a complete program that combines both strength and hypertrophy training with the end goal of achieving 6 really impressive skills (which is a lot!): the one arm push up, hanstand push up, one arm chin up, planche push up, front lever row and muscle up.The book gives a very flexible template that allows you to choose your own progressions and training frequency. For intermediates this is great as you can customize it to your preferences but beginners may feel a little lost what to do.There are no images for each exercise progression but I don't consider this a downside. All of this information is freely available on the internet and it would've unnecessarily increased the book size.Overall, if you're an intermediate and looking for a program you can follow for a long time that will allow you to learn more complicated exercises and still build muscle, the Prio system is something I would recommend.

The best calisthenics program so far if you want to build overall upper body strength because:*It provides a workout structure that everyone can follow*it has no time limits. You can follow this program forever and there's always a next progression to do.* easily adjustable to your current strength level.*the strength improvements are easily translatable to skills such as levers or planche.

Great book!!! The programming he lays out is very innovative and simple. Convict conditioning 2.0. Would’ve loved to see more pictures on progressions. I give it 5 stars because the programming section of the Prio System was a great idea for me.

What he said is all fine but it looks like he spent about a hour putting this together. Can find better on YouTube.

Absolutely loved this book. It's packed full of techniques and explains the logic behind it all. I could clearly see the results after 1 week of training. Amazing

The only thing that would have made it better would be a program written out for someone who needs something to follow; the template and examples were given but not a concrete program with the given e,exercises and their progressions. Good information in here though.

This is a really good book full of great content for calisthenics training. Kristoffer gives a no-nonsense approach to bodyweight training using a very simple system. The aim of the book is to have you progress to planche press-up, one-armed pullup and one-armed chin up, handstand press-up, and front lever row. It really hits home how you should always be striving to progress to these ultimate workouts.The actual Prio system is very straightforward in that you are doing a maximum of x20 sets per muscle group per week - breaking this down to push and pull exercises is actually very simple and doable.I was also impressed with the breakdown on how to control your macros and which supplements to take- creatine.The one minor issue is the lack of pictures for the progressive workouts - however, these can easily be found on YouTube and if you're like me, it's easier to follow a video rather than a description.

I came across this book about a month ago. It was recommended by a friend when I was complaining that the gyms were closed due to the coronavirus. I had already started calisthenics, but didn't know what I was doing. Even at the gym, I wouldn't say I had much results.This book was a life saver. I've been on this training program for a month (4 days a week) and my body already looks a lot more muscular. I've almost doubled my reps from the beginning.The author does not go deeply into explanations. There are still some, but it is mostly a quick read straight to the point.I recommend this book to anyone that wants a cheap, fast and effective workout. I won't be back anytime soon in a gym.

It reminds me of Mike Matthews BiggerLeanerStronger but with bodyweight.The Author seems very knowledgeable and has a body and achievments to proof his points.The program is easy to follow even as a beginner and if you should have any questions he is fast to answer these.

Great book, concentrates on the things that count (namely the programming) and abstains from any clutter like excessive explanations of exercises that anyone can look up in detail for free elsewhere.