The David Packer Interview (Calisthenics Skills)

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I thank the GOAT, David Packer, who enlightened me with his experience on my journey, for making this conversation and interview possible.
his youtube: / @davidpacker7
his instagram: @davidwpacker
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0:00 David roasts heavy bands
0:41 Why did David start calisthenics?
1:42 Why was David so systematic with his training?
3:26 Best way to get from zero to Front lever?
5:09 How to go front lever to front lever pullups?
7:35 isometric vs dynamic exercises?
8:26 How to increase the amount of repetitions?
10:16 Best way to get from zero to planche?
12:56 Handstand puhsups or Military press?
14:04 How often should you train skills?
16:02 Comparing short rest vs long rest intervals
18:50 How to use EMOM?
19:38 Clusters vs EMOMs
20:36 Greasing The Groove?
22:49 Strenght without Hypertrhophy?
24:00 Should you be specific or build your prerequisties first?
25:32 Can you unlock skills without specificity?
27:15 Bands vs progressions for skills?
29:27 Can you productively use heavy bands for skills?
30:49 How much training & volume do you need?
32:09 Using bands for rings
32:46 Diet & Staying light for calisthenics performance?
34:24 What is David onto right now?
35:23 Optimal RM% range for calisthenics skills?
37:11 Heavy bands: Mind muscle connection or false sense of progress
38:24 Basically random (but useful) talk: bands, drop sets, mindset..

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@minhkhoi_sw 5 ай бұрын

- If you want the front lever, first build up to 40kg pull ups 3-5 reps - If you want the full planche, first build up to 5-10 full ROM Handstand pushups - When it comes to short/long rest, it's not always about volume, you just need more volume than the previous week, but also the stamina. For example if you rest 1 minute you go from 5 reps front lever pull up to 2-1-1-1 then you need to train for stamina - Does greasing the goose better than normal set, it depends on the exercise, you don't want maltese press, victorian, but with front lever, front lever pull ups, normal pull ups, handstand push up it can be worked - Do you need hypertrophy to build strength, yes, you need muscle to build strength, you need an amount of muscle to gain strength and when you use the full strength potential of that amount of muscle mass, you need more muscle mass for greater strength - Your thought on specificity over prerequisite: why, you need to follow steps, don't do shortcut - Can you unlock skill without specificity: yes, if you can do supinate planche and back lever curl, it will transfer to maltese, maybe you just need 1-2 more months to train some specific drills - Can you use bands instead of progression: don't recommend heavy bands, only recommend light bands when you are pretty close to that skill - How to use band correctly: you hold the skill in beginning sets, then the other last sets you use band - How much volume you generally need: if you do 5-10s per set, you need 30-60s total volume - His diet advice: you want to be light before workout so take a banana instead of tons of processed food so it can affect your performance, after working out he will have big meals - How much intensity you should train: around 85-90% it's 3-5 rep max for pure strength, it can be lighter for endurance and stamina - Do you think heavy bands is good for mind muscle connection or it is false progression sense: I've seen people done it, but I wouldn't do it. When warming up with bands I can imagine something for the skill. I just do the skill as second nature, it's muscle memory. In conclusion, I wouldn't do it - If you only want Iron cross, should you do front lever, planche then train for iron cross or only train for iron cross in the beginning: I would do basics then iron cross only, but I think there's sone skill should be mastered before others. In the skill tree, you have front lever -> front lever pull up -> victorian on pbar-> vic on rings

@FJRallyz 4 ай бұрын

"When it comes to short/long rest, it's not always about volume, you just need more volume than the previous week, but also the stamina. For example if you rest 1 minute you go from 5 reps front lever pull up to 2-1-1-1 then you need to train for stamina" - can you pls explain this and how it works. Im cureently training to unlock front lever with my max being a meh form half-lay front lever. How can I use this stamina trick and how does it work it's sort of confusing for me, and should I even use it (i.e. I can only do it when I unlock full front lever?)

@peetahuynh 6 ай бұрын

wasn't even expecting this interview at all. was a nice insight

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

Thanks man

@user-us7wq6bi5c 6 ай бұрын

For me it was the most informational interview about cali i‘ve ever seen. All the explanations about the specific topics of cali just opened my eyes once again. Really appreciate it , when guys like you offer us some knowldege like this for free. You‘ve inspired me a lot in my journey and im so gratefull for all of these informations❤

@jalilnazarli13 6 ай бұрын

I love the quality of this video man, seriously. Thanks a lot bro for recording this and sharing so much valuable info with us! No interview on the internet goes into so much detail on how to learn and get stronger at skills. Learned a ton.

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

appreaciated man !🤜

@art_of_defying_gravity 6 ай бұрын

The transfer from a raise to a pull-up makes perfect sense, because it is the same extension in the shoulder. only the load arm becomes shorter for the raises and therefore the raises are easier (like a progression). Most people just don't understand the mechanic.

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

haha, you explain it better than both of us!

@damian.madyda 6 ай бұрын

I would actually hear more from you about that and also other static elements and their "untypical" connection.

@tonelo7207 23 күн бұрын

David is such an OG

@jairgh5351 6 ай бұрын

Thank you David for sharing your knowledge and giving good advice, and thank you for making this video. ❤

@manybarz5959 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this interview, and thanks to David, never had the chance to meet him but sometimes I miss our little discussions

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

Yeah, good to know he's still in the game!

@android666game 6 ай бұрын

This is gold. Thanks!

@nicolaeiorga7866 6 ай бұрын

Super informative, thank you 🫶

@ruopenforchange 6 ай бұрын

super nice interview, many great questions, thanks a lot :)

@lukasgrundler9271 6 ай бұрын

Definitely an og in calisthenics, thanks for uploading this interview🤝🤝

@acf2453 6 ай бұрын

great video! keep it up

@pablosurvivesbjj3104 6 ай бұрын

Thank you for this ! David it was a legend for me and this is really unexpected but great !

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

haha! Im full of suprises my man 😂

@tyfooods 6 ай бұрын

So sick! I would love more for these if you wanted that too! 😁🔥

@LeeDaiYing 6 ай бұрын

¡Que bonita sorpresa, este entrevista! ❤

@harsh_hybrid_thenx 6 ай бұрын

Informative stuff as I can expect from sasa❤

@Yahavogdan 6 ай бұрын

Really good questions right here! Unlike other interviews this one is really specific and answers some hot topics! Great!

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

didnt wanna talk too much about "mainstream" or stupid questions like: "whats the best exercise for planche bro"

@medrayenmathlouthi 6 ай бұрын

Nice idea man, still didn't watch the vid for now, but I am sure it is really beneficial

@Serialchiller1337 6 ай бұрын

Great video guys, tons of important information, that no one shares

@SasaVenos 5 ай бұрын

David is a G.

@maziere_sw 6 ай бұрын

thank you for this share

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

no worries my man

@deadlyalpaca8548 6 ай бұрын

What a gem guys🫶

@N_L12 6 ай бұрын

Legend

@Calisthenic_01 6 ай бұрын

sick interview bro

@pandaboy6069 6 ай бұрын

pls more content like this

@OmarOmar-jl3tp 6 ай бұрын

very helpfull

@dmay9561 6 ай бұрын

Damn, amazing video. Glad you asked him about Elias’ training. It’s almost like there are different schools of thought in calisthenics, just like in barbell strength training with all sorts of templates on how to approach training - bands, progressions and something in between.

@dmay9561 6 ай бұрын

Also wanted to ask, if you know who Simone Pozzoni is and if you registered his newly released book on still rings specialization and what your thoughts on it are.

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

@@dmay9561 never heard of the guy

@sleepyy18 6 ай бұрын

Sadly youtube didn't notified me. Happily I stumbled upon it

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

😂😂 hope you got something from it man

@ramasaputra6205 3 ай бұрын

David got me into training HSPU like its my Religion, my personal best was 15 reps Deep HSPU and 25 HSPU on the floor, but sadly i couldn't planche until this day due to my ulnar wrist injury but atleast it got me to become the BEST at HSPU in my City

@SasaVenos 3 ай бұрын

Same here man 🤣, planche carryover was hella good but unfortrunely the maltese didnt benefit from it really

@playgroundinvader 6 ай бұрын

don’t grease the grove maltese press! haha amazing video

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

thank you my man

@hw_pranay 4 ай бұрын

Haha yea lol

@pikepushup 6 ай бұрын

peak advice. was stuck at 3s straddle pl for years until i sucked it up and increased the wall hspu reps from 3 sets of 5 to 3 sets of 10 years of academy training wasted 😂

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

Building the delts is always good at that level

@nil.a 6 ай бұрын

It would be incredible to see an interview of Elias to compare the different opinion about rings

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

That would be the complete opposite of this probably haha! he's a beast

@raymakerscalisthenics660 6 ай бұрын

Can confirm that the pullup bit is true with front lever. Went to 42kg for 5 reps, and I was able to raise into a full front lever in the middle of my workout

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

awesome, makes sense why that would be the case anyway

@hyleon1999 6 ай бұрын

Whats his take on zanneti press or dumbbell planche press now tho for planche training?

@AreaTeamVlogs 6 ай бұрын

Bro why did you delete your bulletproof wrist routine?:(

@RadiantShadow13 6 ай бұрын

his methodology is very similar to yours, basically condition or build a huge foundation of strength specific for the skill and when you are close use light bands.

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

Its because he taught me a lot of the stuff, i just executed and found out its not woodo

@RadiantShadow13 6 ай бұрын

@@SasaVenos What kgs of a light band you recomend me to learn the skills?

@georgepetrou501 6 ай бұрын

@@RadiantShadow13 he's said that he only uses bands with less than 10kg

@georgepetrou501 6 ай бұрын

Hello, first of all I wanted to say that I really appreciate this interview. I have one slight disagreement with the weighted pullup->front lever part: David said that at a bodyweight of 75kg, if you are able to pull 40kg for 3-5 reps, you are guaranteed to have a 2s front lever. Those are exactly my stats, except I can pull 40 for 3 sets x 6 reps, and I can barely do a straddle lever for 1 second (you can check my pullup form on my channel). My theory is that because of my history of running, I have much bigger legs than the average calisthenics athlete, and I am also slightly taller (5'10), and those 2 factors make my lever harder. Do you have any other theory as to why I am not able to perform the FL? And what do I need to do to get it?

@Jim-rs1hn 6 ай бұрын

yeah if you have much bigger legs than yeah front lever will be massively harder, and you have another factor that you have to counter. Basically if you do personal standards, a full front lever would be advanced+, but yeah you gotta grind out front lever for alot longer, because you're at a point where getting a stronger weighted pullup will be a extremely tough grind( cuz 2.5kg a year would be big for advance puller), so you have a easy 70kg+ pullup, to a 1x bodyweight pull which is advance numbers easily. You're only chance right now is to grind out the fl, but you may not be able to get unless you do it for a long time, because adding 2.5kg is extremely hard for you since you're already super stronger in weighted pull

@georgepetrou501 6 ай бұрын

@@Jim-rs1hn I think I'll keep grinding the weighted pullup. I really love the movement and it has solved all of my problems up to this point. I think if I manage to reach 45kg for 3x6 I'll then be able to do the front lever. And I don't think it will take a very long time, I think I can do +10kg in a year if I'm very consistent and focus a lot on pullups

@Jim-rs1hn 6 ай бұрын

I see man happy training bro hope you get the front lever@@georgepetrou501

@corentinj3562 6 ай бұрын

@@georgepetrou501 same for me few years ago. 40 × 6-8 at my best. So far from having the front lever. Try to pull your own bodyweight on one rep. WE underestimate the strenght to do it

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

i checked, nice pullups bro. Yeah could be many reasons, maybe try doing them on the bar pronated so you can stop relying so much on the biceps. Other than that im sure you can do some slow FL negatives and get some good practice in at your strenght level

@pandaboy6069 6 ай бұрын

How lean forward straight bar dip hollow body gonna help me to learn the planche?

@SasaVenos 6 ай бұрын

you practice protraction, you condition your wrists, bicep tendon and most importantly, you are developing your anterior delts

@pandaboy6069 6 ай бұрын

@@SasaVenos so do you suggest to do it supinated?

@sok5555 5 ай бұрын

If I want to get up to 6-8 front lever pulls, should I decrese the number of sets when I get to lets say 4 reps per set? Kinda looks like too much volume to do 10x4 sets of pulls. Thoughts?

@SasaVenos 5 ай бұрын

Obviously, a few sets of 4 is enough

@richisw 6 ай бұрын

he didnt answer your question about the frequency of learning the planche? what would you recommend im currently stuck at adv tuck for a while and i cant get my straddle

@SasaVenos 5 ай бұрын

2-4x a week depending on your volume of course. Training in the 80-90% RM for most of the time. 3-8 reps (HSPU) or 5-10" isometrics. WORK ON YOUR DELTS.