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weighted calisthenics · for people with a job

Fewer sets.
Heavier bar.

Two lifts. Two hard sets each. Two or three days a week. Diet does the fat loss, the bar does the muscle, and everything I actually do is on this site for free.

Max Love
Weighted dip
+205 lb
Weighted chin-up
+125 lb
Strict pull-ups
22 reps
Lost, muscle kept
70 lb
the whole method

Three rules. Nothing else changes for a year.

01 · diet

Count everything.

Calories at bodyweight × 10–12 to lean out. Protein at 0.8 g per pound, every day. The food itself is whatever you'll actually eat. This did every pound of my fat loss; the training didn't.

02 · training

Fewer sets, heavier bar.

The weighted pull-up opens pull day, the weighted dip opens push day. Two hard sets of 5–8, three to five minutes rest. Both sets hit eight, add five pounds. That's progressive overload, and it's the entire program.

03 · consistency

Never two in a row.

Missing one session costs nothing. Missing two teaches your brain the plan is optional. Twenty-four sessions is where a body visibly changes; most people quit at nine, four separate times.

Max, before
Before
Max, after
After
before and after

Seventy pounds. Same person.

No app, no six-day split, no supplements you can't pronounce. Counted food, two hard sets, a bar and a belt, and a notebook. The left is where I started. The right is a professional shoot after.

No timeline on purpose. It took as long as it took, and yours will too. The number that matters is the session count, not the calendar.

the free plan

Two days. Written out. Printable.

The exact structure I train with, with the progression rule and the first-week checklist. It's free because the plan was never the hard part.

Get the plan

Pull day

  1. Weighted pull-up — 2 × 5–8
  2. A row or pulldown — 2 sets
  3. Curls — 2 sets

Push day

  1. Weighted dip — 2 × 5–8
  2. A press — 2 sets
  3. Lateral raises, triceps — 2 sets
watch

The lifts, not a talk about them.

Short videos on YouTube and Instagram. Same method, different angles. New ones most weeks.

1-on-1 coaching

Everything here is free. This is the part that isn't.

Twelve weeks. Your numbers set for you, your two days written for your equipment, a call every week where we read the log together, and me in your DMs the rest of the time.

  • Onboarding call, 45 minutes. Numbers set live. Both AI logs built with your data before we hang up.
  • 20-minute call every week. Photos and log reviewed. If you've stalled I tell you which of the three reasons it is.
  • Same-day DMs. A form video, a meal, a bad day.
  • Before and after done properly. Same pose, same light, dated, kept for you.
Straight with you: I have no client results to show you yet. The first five people get the founding rate because they're the proof. That's the trade.
founding · first five
$149 every 4 weeks

Twelve weeks minimum, or $399 up front. Rate kept for life. After five: $199.

Guarantee. Send all twelve check-ins and if your photos show no visible change, I coach you free until they do.

Apply — nothing charged on the form
questions

The ones everyone asks first.

Is two hard sets really enough?

For the first year or two, comfortably. You don't have a volume problem, you have an intensity problem — sixteen comfortable sets lose to two you actually mean, fully rested. Add volume later, once the weight has genuinely stopped moving.

Can I do this at home or a park?

Yes. A bar, something to dip on, and a backpack with books until you buy a belt. That's the whole gym. Every accessory can be dumbbells, bands, or skipped in month one.

How long until I see something?

Strength moves first, the mirror second, other people third. Judge the session count, not the reflection: twenty-four sessions with the belt heavier than when you started means it's working.

Do you use an app?

No. I paste my sets into ChatGPT and it keeps the log, compares to last time and tells me what to lift next. The two prompts that do it are free on the start-here page.

All the questions

New tool, new prompt, new video — one email.

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