Guides
Training guides
The skills our athletes ask about most, broken down step by step by our coaches. Gymnastics, weightlifting and strength, with video drills.
Getting your first pull-up: tips and exercises
From the hollow and the arch to the kipping pull-up: the strength you need, a 10 to 15 minute warm-up and seven drills with videos, step by step.
Read the guideMastering the toes-to-bar
The strength and technique you need for toes-to-bar, then five drills with videos: hanging knee raise, strict and dynamic leg lifts and the tuck front lever.
Read the guideHow to master the bar muscle-up
What you need before your first bar muscle-up, seven progressions with videos, the moment to pull and the basics of the ring muscle-up.
Read the guideGetting better at gymnastics
Why most athletes stall on muscle-ups and kipping: too little strength, skipped basics and no plan for mixing strength and skill. How to fix each.
Read the guide5 keys to getting double-unders
Why double-unders take so long to learn, and the five keys that fix it: frequency, success, Achilles tendon power, rhythm, and timing and coordination.
Read the guideSnatch errors and how to correct them
Two of the most common snatch mistakes, hips rising before the shoulders and the bar travelling around the knees, and how to correct each.
Read the guideShould you superset your exercises?
What a superset is, the pros and cons, and when to keep an exercise on its own: heavy squats and deadlifts alone, supersets for hypertrophy work.
Read the guideHow to import a workout from a whiteboard photo
Log the workout from your gym's whiteboard in the Relentless app: take a photo, pick a screenshot or type it as text, check the preview and save.
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