After reading Eugen Sandow's (world's first bodybuilder) book "System of Physical Training" I noticed he gave some excellent advice he picked up from years of perfecting his training. I've been incorporating his ideas for over a year and it helped me tremendously in mastering more complex bodyweighttraining exercises/ calisthenics.
Awaken your muscles
Focus on the particular muscle, at the moment you train. This sounds easier than what it means. Create a link between your muscle and your central nerve system (CNS). 'Awaken' the muscle, i.e. flex the muscle you train on command and isolate it. If you want to someday master a muscleup or even a plance, you must learn to first control your particular muscle, before you can use them for these advanced exercises.
Personally I've noticed that isometric training -- muscle training without movement -- can be very helpful for 'awakening' muscles. Mastering the L-sit will help you to do more complex other exercises, like L-pullups or L-dips.
Diagnose your weaker parts -- and work to make them stronger
Focus on your whole body and try to find out what your weaker muscle areas are. Diagnose your weakness and then try to make them stronger. Again this sounds a LOT more simple than what it means in practice. Administrate what you do, what you're able to do and if you can do what you want to do.
Think before you train.
1) Look at a muscle map, identify which exact muscles are insufficiently developed,
2) establish how you can challenge these muscles the best way (routines) and
3) make a training scheme to improve the strength, flexibility, explosiveness, etc. of these muscle groups. Self analysis and testing are your best guide here: you know what works and what does not work for your body.
Vary your fitness goals -- not just mere kgs/lbs
Always set new, difficult, yet approachable goals. Don't just set your goals in the amount of weight you lift. Vary in a wider sense, i.e. balance, intensity, perfection of execution, duration, flexibility, sets/reps, complexity, grip and explosivity. Mere focus on weights can make training dull if you already reached your peak.
To vary your training goals you will keep challenging yourself, while also making yourself stronger. If you just focus on the dimension of weight, you can grow bored and many guys do. Boredom leads to stagnation and eventually less training.
Book downloadable here:
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/S/sspt/Sando...index.html
It's pretty old, but very good, but just remember that if you want to read it.
Eugen Sandow Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Sandow
Awaken your muscles
Focus on the particular muscle, at the moment you train. This sounds easier than what it means. Create a link between your muscle and your central nerve system (CNS). 'Awaken' the muscle, i.e. flex the muscle you train on command and isolate it. If you want to someday master a muscleup or even a plance, you must learn to first control your particular muscle, before you can use them for these advanced exercises.
Personally I've noticed that isometric training -- muscle training without movement -- can be very helpful for 'awakening' muscles. Mastering the L-sit will help you to do more complex other exercises, like L-pullups or L-dips.
Diagnose your weaker parts -- and work to make them stronger
Focus on your whole body and try to find out what your weaker muscle areas are. Diagnose your weakness and then try to make them stronger. Again this sounds a LOT more simple than what it means in practice. Administrate what you do, what you're able to do and if you can do what you want to do.
Think before you train.
1) Look at a muscle map, identify which exact muscles are insufficiently developed,
2) establish how you can challenge these muscles the best way (routines) and
3) make a training scheme to improve the strength, flexibility, explosiveness, etc. of these muscle groups. Self analysis and testing are your best guide here: you know what works and what does not work for your body.
Vary your fitness goals -- not just mere kgs/lbs
Always set new, difficult, yet approachable goals. Don't just set your goals in the amount of weight you lift. Vary in a wider sense, i.e. balance, intensity, perfection of execution, duration, flexibility, sets/reps, complexity, grip and explosivity. Mere focus on weights can make training dull if you already reached your peak.
To vary your training goals you will keep challenging yourself, while also making yourself stronger. If you just focus on the dimension of weight, you can grow bored and many guys do. Boredom leads to stagnation and eventually less training.
Book downloadable here:
http://www.sandowplus.co.uk/S/sspt/Sando...index.html
It's pretty old, but very good, but just remember that if you want to read it.
Eugen Sandow Wiki
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugen_Sandow