How to make progress exciting again (even if you're stuck)

[@HybridCalisthenics]

Sorry for anyone that thought the thumbnail was about crypto - I just really liked the pretty colors😅 Maybe I can add myself holding a kettlebell instead, or something. Thank you all for watching anyway! Speed paint art by Bunselle: www.bunselle.com kzbin.info/door/Z2R_XeoJ3yYsKIHJz5zisA

[@GweniswasntTaken]

@@HybridCalisthenics cyan and orange do go well together

[@SlowlyEdits1]

​@@GweniswasntTakentbh that's kinda good

[@danyal.m]

I for one would invest in hamptcoin

[@Blizz247]

4 mins and you are just repeating yourself. you gave good valid advice but you are not being specific with WHAT changes I should make.

[@HybridCalisthenics]

​@@Blizz247 are you 4 minutes in? Some specific changes you are mentioned in the video, but it really depends on where you're trying to progress. There are literally millions of things we can do across all fields, so I try to give the concept first. What are you working on?

[@anasalothman27]

He just dropped the most peaceful cheerful video ever. While being clear, concise, and considerate of us. Thank you! this was a good reset video.

[@Audrima]

I've found all of his videos to be like this ❤

[@proboanimations3767]

good video for me to watch in the morning 😊

[@DaisyG33]

I had a wonderful piano teacher who urged me to set aside a piece of music I had worked on for several weeks and come back to the piece after a break of several weeks. She said so much happens passively during the break that when you return with fresh eyes, you make discoveries of interpretation that you would otherwise miss. She was right, and so is Hampton! It's pretty much applicable to any longterm endeavor, that you benefit & grow from mixing it up.

[@Post-ModernCzechoslovakianWar]

Thanks for the anecdote. For extra info and clarification what did you do during the break? Did you work on other piano music or was it a complete break? If you continued piano, but worked on something else did you also play less, the same amount, or more? I'm having burnout with various things I want to do. While it's not piano It may help me know to how plan learning from other peoples' experience.

[@Adar618]

I feel like he is in contention for the kindest man on the internet. Thank you bro!

[@Ayverie4]

I've heard this advice for ADHD before. Just ride the wave of motivation. And when the next wave comes, ride that one. You will get back to the original task, especially if you stop laying guilt & pressure on yourself about it. And if you don't, maybe it wasn't right to begin with.

[@Zizalaonfire]

I do have adhd and unfortunatelly, it doesnt really work for us 😂 because the waves are incredibly unpredictable and they often never come in times we actually need the thing or the motovation suddenly stops just as we are about to finish something. So the only thing that works for me is being very consistent and being very strict with myself. I am currently in med school and of i were to follow this advice, id drop out in first semester

[@jackgude3969]

Gonna send this video to every single language learning app. They all insist on daily streak tracking as like THE MAIN FEATURE and every single time it just says to me, "If you're going to take one day off you may as well just quit"

[@genericplantlife]

So true. I try to tell myself that breaking the streak doesn't matter, but something inside me feels like if I break the streak I'll never go back because the count resets to zero days. Then when I have no motivation to do learning that day, I just go through the motions so as not to break the streak, but I'm not actually learning or retaining anything.

[@yvrelna]

Been there done that. You can break your streaks though. There's been times where I just let the streaks break, take a few months for a break from the app, and come back. That's perfectly fine. Sometimes I don't completely stop learning the language when I break from the app. Often, I was just switching to a different activity, e.g. working on reading a book or game on the language. It's fine to break your streak and continue again later on; you still did that streak and you won't be losing progress with just a few weeks break. Keeping streaks are good to help maintain consistency, but you just need to know how to make good use of them for yourself.

[@AdamBechtol]

@@genericplantlife Mmmm

[@NilZed1]

Every app that pushes a streak eventually leads me to click-thru days where I am not doing the things, just clicking through to maintain the streak. (Or I redefine what the habit I’m skipping means: did I make my to do list tomorrow? Sure, I did. It’s one mental item: go to work. Done. ) Esp with fitness or other self improvement/habit building apps: weekends vs weekdays and holidays and illness happen. You can’t do the thing every day. And skipping should be fine so long as you come back to your program. Apps should track your skipped days and push maintaining a ratio of skipped to active. A 1:2 ratio is a big improvement from 0:0. Maintaining a 1:7 ratio is fabulous. 1:14 is better and 1:21 would be super impressive. Learning how to come back is as important as learning to be consistent.

[@therealHaml0rd]

Just hit a 300 pound benchpress yesterday after a year of training and I'm learning to love exercise, which is something I NEVER thought I would say! Almost everything you mentioned in your video is something that I've encountered while training and working to get in shape. Thank you for your channel, you're a great inspiration to those of us trying to learn how to love exercise and our bodies! Have a beautiful day!

[@person_with_opinions]

I'm so jealous, but I just reached 180 yesterday!!!

[@jasons408]

Wrong outro

[@therealHaml0rd]

​@person_with_opinions every new mountain peak is a mountain climbed my friend! 💪💪

[@person_with_opinions]

@@therealHaml0rd bros a true uncle iroh🙂

[@Damiancontursi]

I was never able to do a strict pushup and since I started doing your program now I can do up to 5, I always recommend people follow you for the progressions you teach and they really work and make you excited when you are able to do things you couldn't do before. Thank you!

[@cahunger]

Man, this is so good. I've been feeling pure guilt when I procrastinate and never thought about it as an indication that something needs to change. Thank you for sharing your words of wisdom with us, Hampton!

[@GeeGe.]

I have very low zero interest in Calisthenics (which I'm assuming is the main theme of this channel), but this video alone sold me on that sub button around the halfway mark. I've learned (by banging my head against the wall time and time again - figuratively of course!) that negative feedback and self-talk has done virtually nothing for me. It's pretty much the definition of counter-productive behavior. I still do *some* of it, very occasionally, because I do think a small amount of tough love helps me keep going every now and again. But the biggest game changer in terms of improving my life and getting to a place I want to be, I've found, has been positive self-talk and acceptance. Couple that with some useful productivity tips like note taking or periodization at the gym (as mentioned in this video), with no guilt and hard lines, and it's frankly amazing to me how far I've come. Now, I'm still very far from being one of those IG coaches that seem to have everything figured out. Especially coming off of a deep well of depression, I know I'm not exactly near the productivity standard that social media seems to praise. But part of that self-talk and acceptance is realizing the only person I should be comparing myself with is my past self. And in comparison to my past self, today me is doing fucking amazing. I can see this video follows that same path - productivity tips where you can and where it works for you + acceptance and kindness towards your own process. Younger me would've loved to find this video many years ago. And even today, the realization that I could try an "objective periodization", where I switch gears and priorities in a revolving cycle to ride that motivation, feels like one hell of an eureka moment. Thanks! Edit: I also find it interesting how this video goes into detail with examples specifically about weight lifting and learning an instrument, which are essentially my two main objectives today outside of a career. And who really knows? If things work out well enough, maybe, just maybe, those can become career options too one day (as someone who's struggled with finding work I can do and enjoy my whole life).

[@GweniswasntTaken]

I feel like what you're saying also hints at trying to find the bigger picture in one's life. What do they want to become, what do they want to do etc. Gaining that insight on oneself makes life easier and ultimately more fulfilling

[@gamerdweebentertainment1616]

brain can't fathom it :) GG

[@aaronpeters3505]

Please don't ever stop your videos you make understanding so easy

[@xydo4art]

I like the way you transform educational material into a friendly, supportive, and overall positive thing

[@dorothyball6003]

Good health is paramount. Don’t use it, you lose it! That ALWAYS motivates me. At 68, I know. You have learned young. Thanks for sharing

[@HybridCalisthenics]

Thank you for being here and sharing your wisdom too, Dorothy!

[@NadineDemetri]

I've just realized why I'm so drawn to your videos, it's about the gesticulation! And of course the very good content. Thanks for your videos! Cheers from an Italian 🇮🇹

[@dangerouslycaffeinated6688]

You've given me ability to be the most consistent I've ever been with exercise. I'm so erratic and disorganized sometimes, but when I am my own equipment, I can take 15 minutes to do *something* even if it's at 10pm. I've never had this much muscle mass before. It's been 3 years, and I'm not always making progress, but I'm always doing *something* and that always leads to some kind of progress eventually. It's just faster or slower depending on how much brain space I can invest into it.

[@burgerhero9380]

Just wanted to write to you to say how stressed I've been today doing warmups in the garden and having that feeling of just thinking, "What's the point." So I went to your video because I know you like to help fitness people reach their goals, and man did it help, yes. I was journalling and doodling to remember whats been said and use that as the other side of the puzzle piece, so just other hobbies to work on. Thanks Hampton

[@ActituddeGratitud]

It's all about balance🧘🏾‍♀️Mental, physical, and spiritual. Balance=peace. Off balance=time for a new journey...new balance.

[@nerdycatstudios4740]

How did i manage to catch this so early?? Thank you for everything you share with us!

[@toriwolf5978]

Omg I love this guy so much he has helped me so much , I could listen to him talk all day such a soothing voice lol ❤❤❤please keep these exercises coming !!!

[@subjecttochange2069]

You are seriously one of the wisest people I've ever come across! Thank you for sharing yourself with all of us 😊

[@josephm2817]

Hampton, you are the most wonderful and inspiring creator!

[@fifoux082]

you are a blessing for fitness channels on youtube t, thank you for every thing

[@that_chera]

Amazing video! I was starting to feel the burnout of weighted calisthenics and recently started learning freestyle. There is such a big sense of accomplishment in learning a new skill

[@getsmart3701]

The ability to change and the knowledge to know if or when to change and what to change to is the absolute key to being the best person you can be. Great video as always mate. Thank you for the reminders.

[@shamrock141]

Was just looking for some inspiration for my exercises today, perfect timing

[@xydo4art]

I watch your videos while working out. They are a good way to count the time while not feeling too alone at home with dumbbells

[@chunkychangos1618]

I always enjoy listening to Hampton and his advice. It always is exactly what I need to hear and has actually helped me a lot with finding my own faith!

[@sanxi34]

Regarding the motivation part of it; there is an effect called the backwards law (TM by Mark Manson) and that is that we wait (or dread) for something to happen before we do something, instead we should do it the other way 'round. Example; we can be waiting for "the right moment" to start a project, and we will wait forever. However, what we should do is to start with the smallest simple step that will allow a bit of progress, and eventually, half way through the process, the right opportunity will show up at the right time, and that's when it will bear fruit. Motivation doesn't spark your movement, putting your shoes on and showing up to the gym, will motivate you to actually exercise. Just show up, and if at the door you're not feeling like it, turn around and go home. Try again tomorrow.

[@Joseph0862]

I know it might not be exactly the same, but I finally became a flight instructor after years of flight training this year, however I got so burnt out I’m actually to the point I hate flying now even though it should be the coolest job ever. I’ve been feeling really stuck lately and feeling pretty down over it. I think I need to take your advice and make a change with something. I wish I could be even a fraction of how happy you are haha!

[@minstrelgirl451]

The perfect video for my week at music camp! (And someone whose life contains a *lot* of unfinished side-quests. 😂) One recent change I made as I try to balance fitness and violin (both of which I wanted to do in the morning) finally feels like it *fits* me. Warming up twice seemed to take a lot of time, doing the routine first made me want to rest instead of play my instrument, and violin *is* a physical activity so only warming up between practice and excercise wasn't a good option either. The present solution? Warmup (focused on wrists, with some whole-body movement) - violin - hybrid calisthenics! 🎉 (Although for the week at string camp I'm just exercising in the morning, then stretching a bit again before the sessions begin)

[@CryptoRoast_0]

Love the way you get your points across 🙌

[@tbloembergen]

Thanks for this great metaphor of the puzzle, works for me. Got me motivated and feel better about my progress now.

[@foshcat1885]

Thank you, for always helping me reignite my passion and teaching me how to progress in both my fitness and life.

[@Smiggsss]

I support any and everything you do

[@RubenCurbelo]

"procrastination is a sign to change something" so true

[@MonsterGamerGuy1]

This video hit at the perfect time for me I’m experiencing burnout in several areas of my life, namely in a part of my training that I do every week. It is a form of intense cardio primarily targeting my mental fortitude, not physical strength As you’d expect it is easy to burnout because of this. While I have not made a decision yet how I will address this, it has been weighing on my mind. On one hand, forgoing consistency could lead to less mental strength, but it could also lead to more passion when correct substitutions/modulations are made, as the video correctly pointed out. It’s a tough choice that I will have to weigh on my own, but I am thankful to have the information this video provided to assist in that decision. Thanks

[@HybridCalisthenics]

That's great! Best of luck to you. Your training sounds intense.

[@ode_to_joy_and_you]

Love this video - really changed how I think about not only my exercise routine and progress, but also just any progress in general. I really, really like your channel :’) Side note: I love the background bug noises

[@JennyNobody]

Thank you for more excellent actionable advice.

[@seanwieland4071]

This video in mind I will start your hybrid callisthenics 2.0 workout tomorrow! Just needed a change and there it was! :D Thank you so very much for your great content!

[@barstidius3363]

You are a wonderful human being, please keep doing what you are doing :)

[@kevinberniebarron7548]

Incredible information and great clarity! Thank you for inspiration! Blessings to you and your family!

[@greg7371]

About breaks, as we know stops exercice and building muscle can lead to a lose of strength/progress, Butii I want to underline that if we want to regain the athletic level we had before, it will take x8 less time because of muscle memory. I've just seen a video with a part about this with Dr Mike Israetel in a Diary of a CEO. I recommand.

[@gacoslavad5545]

Mr. Hampton. Great video. Thank you for your work.

[@Kaizuu_]

Hi Hampton! Really love listening to videos like these. Looking forward to see more long form videos of these type!

[@racheljenn1628]

Love the idea of strategic change, great video!

[@乐文玉]

Hi Hampton! Thank you for your always precious advice! And I would love to watch a video about: "The types of changes we make within a routine" 10:43 ! Have a beautiful day!

[@misteranderson3589]

Glad I found this channel. There is so much content I find here!

[@linastartupian609]

This is supposed to be a fitness channel, but I put it on life motivational category and thank you for all those videos.

[@sarahdjinn593]

I like you 🙂 Very thoughtful, helpful, and zero showboating

[@danspinkguitar]

Great stuff. Very wise analogies with real life, nature and concepts that transfer into other skills. Love your videos man!

[@partysnax1984]

I need to save this video and watch it every few weeks

[@alanwilliams3415]

I love the sound of the cicadas in the background.

[@atalantak9205]

wow thanks, that's what I needed!

[@bluerab5041]

The timing of this video is insane!

[@COCO.halloween]

I really loved the drawings, it was the cherry on top!

[@Samboy64]

Are the drawings a new feature of his videos? I don’t remember seeing them before. I like them.

[@HybridCalisthenics]

Yes! I've worked with this artist a lot and we recently started incorporating her artwork in videos. Her info is linked in the description. She's been doing it for a little while, but in this video we tried to do specific points of the video or drawing me (and other familiar faces) so people know they're customized for the video.

[@tyesplechter1631]

I got a pull up bar a few months ago and used it for two months and saw a little bit of progress like doing more in a set but I haven't touched it in over a month now. Now I just walk under it every day

[@solitary1110]

I needed this today. Thanks, Hampton. 😊

[@jsbgm6249]

Have a beautiful day u too ❤

[@kailarlidge3733]

I think taking the break has been a huge thing for me I do consistently play sports so it hasn’t effected me quite as much in a bad way but with a back injury it allowed me to heal and still stay fit in the meantime

[@HansDerWeise]

Great video with beautiful visuals

[@DRakeTRofKBam]

A video Brookes Eggleston made about making progress in art comes to my mind. Its arguing with a sissyphean metaphor the opposite. That one should stick to one boulder to make progress and push it all the way to the top, and then go down to work on the next boulder. "Shiny object syndrome" is basically going from boulder to boulder and letting the boulders slip back down. I think in the end, this advice applies to different levels of progress. Ive seen as an artist that people doing both have progressed. That single focus applies more to building up fundamentals first. The advice here i think applies more to people who are stuck making progress or plateuau at some point in their progress.

[@aaronpeters3505]

A change in routine video? Yes please

[@annanaspurreepp6285]

After getting the basics, it's normal to chance, what you're doing: Learning an instrument means, start learning the music theory and your sight-reading and hearing and at the end your playing will change a lot. And then, you start an second instrument - if you want to study music, you have to play two or more instruments at the same time (and university): Violine and piano (piano at a lower level, violine very, very high). Or flute and piano oder guitar. And so on. And I heared, that soccer-player startet ballet for coordination and a better control over the body. Or in winter: go swimming and in the summer, running (outside). Have fun and love what you do! And try something new some time ...

[@doriswlongAgoandfarAway]

Powerful. I always learn something - even though I start listening just to hear the last little bit. Sorta fits right?

[@EuSka1789]

Great video as always. Hampton, I'm trying to follow your program. I had to start with the easiest exercises but I did my first "normal" push ups this week! I was wondering, if you could talk more about alternative ways to engage similar muscles to the ones that pullups engage, like back widow for example (I don't know if it's actually an alternative but this came up while I was trying to search for alternatives). I don't have any pullup bars available near me and every other way to do them in my home feels too unsafe for me so I'm not consistent with them unfortunately

[@biblio550]

10:47 very much interested, I’ve followed your routine off and on, though I struggle with consistency, partly because of boredom and I’ve been wanting to change it up

[@QuesadillaSlam]

So I shouldn’t feel bad about editing multiple videos at the same time cause I got stuck? This really affirms I’ve been doing the right thing all along

[@HybridCalisthenics]

As long as you need to get all of them done at some point! On the other hand, I relate to this sort of "artist's perfectionism" and it's something we have to try to moderate. If we recognize there's nothing we can reasonably change, sometimes we just need to publish it and move on. That avoids having an endless pile of growing "work in progress" projects. Our perfectionism is sometimes just a guise for insecurity - for some things anyway! So it can be good to find a balance.

[@QuesadillaSlam]

@@HybridCalisthenics I try my best man, you sure have found a balance it seems. Hopefully I will be able to say the same for myself someday. Thankfully I have come very far compared to where I started, seeing stagnant growth is just a little boring or demotivating at times. Either way I hope you have a good day Hampton :)

[@pdxoregon1]

Love this ❤❤🎉🎉!!!

[@imameyyubov3183]

hello, hybrid calisthenics, i started calisthenics and im just a beginner. can you make a video about a calisthenics diet? what to eat, how to cook some protein foods, which foods to avoid and etc. your videos are excellent for me, thank you and have a good day! (sorry for bad english)

[@Kayumari]

love this video.

[@googleisevil4115]

For us in school trying to make studying more efficient, consider reading the book make it stick. It is a book that uses science to make learning as efficient as possible, however, I’m not sure how fun the methods are

[@rusty6365]

Thank you, oh great wise Confucious Buddha for sharing your wisdom with us humble townsfolk

[@itsmedicus]

what i do I came up with three main goals then I made two sub goals steeping stone if you well I log my progress in a notebook so I can see my progress over time to me this is very encouraging and feels good to look back. one day I can only say 10 pushups next time I can do 13. my sets have what I want like 15 push ups in reps of three but I go till fail 15 is the goal. hopes this make sense and helps

[@arnavv_69]

Can you make a series on calisthenics for beginners....😔🙏🏻

[@mastle313]

Hampton's the man!

[@zakilegend4398]

damn, this video came in at the right time i realy neaded this. thnx for sharing !

[@360chris88]

Thanks Hampton

[@HappyAbbyDunnivan]

How is your mind so beautiful? Thank you!

[@starbright1256]

Im off track & feel it

[@briza_md]

Periodization mentioned! Dr Mike Israetel just sneezed for sure

[@be419]

I see that new thumbnail style!

[@rakshithkakunje621]

I love your content.

[@cxa011500]

When did you get 4 million subscribers?! 😮

[@KayFabe87]

Where (general area) are you located? Your backgrounds appear to be somewhere in the Virginia / WV/ southwestern PA area, or possibly Tennessee. Just curious. Great content.

[@ChrisWAnim]

How would you apply this to weight loss? If you are bored of walking all day and eating at calorie deficit, where do you go?

[@bob-omb1217]

Not sure about the calorie area since I'm not too knowledgeable in that field, but I like sprinting and jogging quite a bit :) Although it is more intense, since you're moving at a much faster pace, you gain more steps in a fraction of the time. I would recommend installing a step counter on your phone if you haven't, I've had one for about 1-2 years now, and it helps me a lot :)

[@rodionsilenkov4311]

I would like to know, since most likely many or someone else has a similar problem. I’m not sure how true this is or where did I get this from, but in psychology it is believed that human emotions strive for stability. Not too sad (depression) and not too happy (I don’t know if there is a term) for a long time. In my case, I return to stability too quickly. As soon, as something bad or good stops, I am already in a neutral mood, which is why motivation sounds like a ridiculous joke for me. Motivation lasts no more than a minute, and then it’s my attempts to convince myself that this is fun or interesting. And taking a break from something means that I will never return to it(in most cases).

[@HybridCalisthenics]

Interesting! I'll bet some people share in your story. Not sure how many either, but I'll comment to see if anyone else chimes in. Thank you for being here!

[@smileorgobyebye6330]

2:21 Brother I swear I was talking to myself about this I came up with the same solution because i left calisthenics for a year and got weaker but started working again and boom! Im stronger Didn't know I was a genius ahah!

[@DRakeTRofKBam]

Well, what is said here applies psychologically right. Your brain will naturally pick things up faster if you learned something and relearn that stuff after a while. What about physical muscles? I dont think they have preestablished muscle fibers that reactivate after getting weak for a while right. Thats why we need to put in the same amount of work regardless of how much expirience we might have with calesthenics. All in all im glad you are back in shape, but I would also like to hear what you have to say for what mightve helped you spring back.

[@yarealdad]

Whoa Nellie!

[@PapaFlorez]

Working towards the planche is the hardest thing ever

[@densedecisions4568]

1:39 5:01 5:54 5:58 7:02 7:08

[@Rakuten4i]

Hybrid calisthenics - rain edit think about it

[@COU51N.Kyle.]

hey I saw that Jedi wave at the beginning. You're trying to trick me into believing in myself aren't you?

[@goodgogovernors]

Ily ❤❤❤

[@Juzcuzlo-fi]

💚💚💚

[@thomaswood9353]

Nice

[@dogsfromthecity]

I pushed pass the wish to eat after 8pm. Gotta say I am super proud of it. Feels lile battling a dragon. But I picture myself defeating that dragon in an awesome combat every night. 😂

[@HybridCalisthenics]

That's an awesome visual haha

[@leemccready9717]

What about work? How do I make work fun again? I'm a programmer, and I got into it because I like having to do creative problem solving. I also like learning about new things, but lately, it's gotten boring and monotonous. Like the same thing every day. My team lead is trying to get me into another project to spice things up a bit, but we don't really have projects for me to move to, so chamge can't happen there... so what can I do to help myself in this situation?

[@ErenBaltal-ce4lq]

Bro got a masters degree in yapology