Hey, I'm Rhys and I'm the Coach at MoreThanLifting
I am a Personal Trainer, Gymnast & Calisthenics Coach from London.
I help people get into great shape with bodyweight strength and skill training.
When I started Calisthenics Training, I had no idea about liquid chalk. I used to just get up on the bar, moan about how much my hands hurt, and often start slipping off the bar the longer into my session I got. When my old training partner introduced me to liquid chalk, I thought… Continue reading Liquid Chalk – The One Thing You Need For Bar Training
Legs day, the dreaded day of everyone’s week that will turn even the strongest man into a little girl when it comes to tackling stairs in the morning. Getting my Pistol Squats on Why Squats Matter Squats are the perfect exercise for your lower body, I’m sure it comes as no… Continue reading Legs Day – Calisthenics Squat Variations
Handstands used to be so easy. When you were a kid, handstands just didn’t seem like much of a challenge. I remember there was a boy at my school who could walk around on his hands forever. I used to be kinda jealous of that to be honest. Check out the Complete Beginner’s Guide… Continue reading How To Handstand
Guys, I am not a big advocate of supplements. Packing your body full of powders and pills and sludge mixes all in the name of shady science and marketing lingo is not necessary for getting healthy, and can be very expensive. Half of them don’t work, the other half is a placebo. The… Continue reading Shroom Tech Sport From Onnit Labs – Supplement Review
In September me and a friend from gymnastics set ourselves a challenge to get a straddle planche down. This is no easy feat, the straddle planche is only slightly more achievable than a full planche, but it was a good target and would leave us with an easy test at the end of the… Continue reading The Planche Challenge – Results And More Planche Training Tips
Learning the planche is not easy. There are a lot of elements of training that need to be covered for you to be able to pull it off. In doing my planche challenge over the last month, I have had a lot of little revelations on how to master the planche without injuring yourself… Continue reading The Planche Challenge – 10 Training Tips To Master The Planche
Here is the final installment of my planche progression exercises, these are the most advanced exercises in the series so make sure you have worked through the other two before you try any of these exercises. You can find Part 1 and Part 2 here, and more about the Planche Challenge here. Planche Progression… Continue reading How To Planche – Planche Progression Exercises – Part 3
This month I have been doing my planche challenge, a race to the planche against some friends I do gymnastics with. You can get a bit more out on the planche challenge here. In the last post I went over a few exercises that will help you with your planche progression. These are all exercises… Continue reading How To Planche – Planche Progression Exercises – Part 2
If you have never seen a full planche, it is difficult to imagine the amount of strength involved in executing it. The Planche is essentially a horizontal handstand, like a press up but with your feet off the floor, so you are holding yourself up on your hands alone. Trust me when I… Continue reading How To Planche – Planche Progression Exercises – Part 1
In a lot of the calisthenics exercises you need to use straight or locked arms. It is really really important you develop this locked arm strength as you progress or you will find it very difficult to develop it later on. When you are training things like L Sits, Leg Raises, Levers and… Continue reading The Importance Of Developing Locked Arm Strength
