Everything You Need to Know About Building Muscle with Calisthenics
Feb 12, 2026If you think you need barbells and machines to build serious muscle, think again.
In this new video, Al Kavadlo breaks down Everything You Need to Know About Building Muscle with Calisthenics — and why bodyweight training is more than enough when done correctly.
Calisthenics builds muscle differently. It demands control, tension, leverage awareness, and progression. When you learn to manipulate angles, tempo, range of motion, and mechanical disadvantage, your own body becomes all the resistance you’ll ever need.
In the video, Al covers:
• Why progressive overload still applies (even without weights)
• How to adjust leverage to increase difficulty
• The importance of training close to failure
• Why mastery of fundamentals beats chasing flashy skills
Muscle isn’t built by equipment. It’s built by intelligent tension applied consistently over time.
If you want strength that looks good and moves well, this is required viewing.
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