I need help choosing exercises for hybrid training#1652

My goals are strength and mass. I want to be able to carry people while also performing cool skills.

I’ve been trying weighted calisthenics for some time, which feels like the most suitable training type for me, however I’m finding difficulty with isolation exercises choices as well as balancing cali and weights.

Hey. This is Chrys, one of the trainers at Hybrid.

If your goals are strength, size, and those cool functional skills—being able to carry people and pull off advanced moves—weighted calisthenics is perfect. It gives you that mix of raw strength and body control. The key now is dialing in isolation work and keeping the balance between cali and weights so you’re not overtraining one side.

Keep your main cali compounds as the base: weighted pullups, dips, pushups, and squats or pistols. Then sprinkle in isolation work to patch weak links and add muscle—stuff like curls or banded rows for biceps, lateral raises or handstand shrugs for shoulders, and triceps extensions to round things out. Treat those as finishers after your heavy sets.

Structure it so your weighted calisthenics days take center stage—2 to 3 sessions a week—and the accessory or pump work comes at the end. If you still want some traditional weights, use them to fill gaps: barbell squats, Romanian deads, or presses for overload you can’t quite reach with bodyweight alone.

Lmk if this makes sense