Today impressive feats of bodyweight strength are common on urban playgrounds. 25 years ago, you could not find a decent muscle-up, not to mention front levers and more advanced skills. Gymnasts were the only ones who built strength using their bodyweight, while the unsuspecting public wasted their time on high-rep calisthenics and had no idea what mastery of muscle tension could do for them.

Then Pavel wrote a disruptive book, The Naked Warrior. The era of bodyweight strength began…

In the decades that followed, Pavel and his team have refined the one-arm pushup and pistol squat progressions and cues to the nth degree. Behold The Naked Warrior 2.0 online course. Delivered with an iron fist in a velvet glove by Karen Smith, StrongFirst Certified Master Instructor.