- What's up guys, I'm Kyle, I'm 19,
and today I'm here with Thenx
to share a little bit about myself.
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So I'm from Houston, Texas.
I did not really grow up playing any sports.
I was a really scrawny kid,
I used to weigh 86 pounds back in eighth grade
and then KYLESTHENICS came and took over.
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So I started KYLESTHENICS, basically my sister
whenever she showed me this video
of a guy doing 200 pushups a day,
I could barely do 30 pushups.
And then once I saw Chris' videos
and him explaining what to do and stuff,
that's when I really started busting out 200 pushups a day,
mastering the basics, which was pushups, pull-ups and dips.
I finally gained a foundation
and that's what helped me progress onto harder skills.
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So the first video that I actually saw of Chris
was actually a full planche video, and that right there
was my dream skill that I really wanted.
So I watched the whole tutorial,
how to full planche step by step.
If you guys haven't watched it, go watch it right now.
And I was in my room watching the video on my phone,
doing every single progression.
And then whenever it came to tuck planche,
it was so hard, I could not do it.
But then I never gave up,
and I just kept on progressing after tuck planche
onto harder progressions.
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The first time I met Chris
was actually back in 2017, I believe.
He came to Houston for a workshop,
whenever he was doing, you know,
workshops all around the country and stuff.
And I told my mom about it and then she bought me a ticket,
and then the next day we went to Mechanics
and that's the first time I ever saw him.
And he actually called me his Mini me.
And then we did a couple videos together.
And the workshop was actually dope.
He's a great guy, genuine guy.
The whole entire team, I love them.
So what I'm currently training for,
finger maltese press, currently I can only do one.
And, honestly, life goals.
I have five goals written on my whiteboard in my room.
My first goal on my whiteboard is collab
with more influencers.
Number two is grow my business more,
which is my (indistinct) brand.
And then three is create more eBooks,
four, travel to more states and five, grow my Instagram
to 50K this year.
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Every morning I wake up,
I just tell myself I have to do this
in order to, you know, grow as a person
and grow my platforms and just be a better version
of myself every day.
So if you guys are out there that are trying to grow,
try not to think of it as motivation and think
of it more as a passion.
It'll drive you to be better than you were yesterday,
and you can keep on going.
So I actually started my ebook a couple months ago.
And the reason why was because I was just getting
so many DMS every single day about tips for full planche,
and I couldn't answer all of them.
So I just decided, you know what,
why not make a book for everyone to read?
So the next day, from 9:00 PM to 4:00 AM making workouts
on Microsoft Excel for every single progression
which was straight arm strength, scap lip protraction,
literally tuck planche, advanced tuck planche,
straddle planche and full planche.
And then implemented that onto the whole entire ebook,
published it, promoted it and then had people message
me saying that my ebook helped them progress so much,
and they've went from, you know tuck planche,
to advanced tuck.
They've gotten stronger.
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So I started lifting weights in seventh grade.
The only type of weights that I usually do is squat lately,
to one increase my strength,
and also two to increase my quad size,
and I don't wanna, you know, be looking like a triangle
with nothing beneath me,
and I just have a wide upper body and skinny legs.
But I do squat on a daily from three times a week.
And the only time I'll deadlift is probably
whenever I'm working out someone.
The only time I do bench is whenever I max out,
it goes up usually five to 10 pounds every couple months
which is honestly, in my opinion, that's good
for only Kylesthenics athlete who doesn't bench at all,
and just does a bunch of planches
and just a bunch of pushups.
So that shows you right there that Kylesthenics
can make you strong in weights.
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KYLESTHENICS changed my life
in a very, very, very positive way
because back then I wasn't really doing anything.
I was just sitting at home, playing games,
homework, school all that stuff.
But once KYLESTHENICS came, it changed my life
to become a better person, you know,
find a passion, start my own business
which is what I'm doing now out and just
pursuing my dreams to become the best version of myself.
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So the purpose of my training is to motivate my followers
on my Instagram because I love them so much.
And I just want them to be a better version of themselves.
I post on my story a lot, like motivation stuff.
I'll them to, you know, get out there, go to the gym,
don't be sad, you know, get up and go train and stuff.
I just wanna motivate them.
And honestly, they are the ones who motivate me
to do everything every day, as well as my passion
to film content and train.
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So one night I was just training and I did a planche
and I could barely hold it for four seconds.
And I was just like, "Oh my gosh! I hit a plateau."
So right after that, the next day I thoroughly
quarantined myself in my mom's room to train myself,
to hold the planche longer.
Even whenever I was bad for.
And also I was recording myself a lot to fix my mistakes
and see what I could work on.
After a couple weeks of that,
I finally broke out of the plateau,
and now history goes from there.
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My message to the new kids out there
that are starting to train KYLESTHENICS
is never give up, don't listen to any haters,
keep on doing what you're doing,
and find that motivation/passion if you can.
Also, master the basics, all right?
You guys can't skip the basics.
That's the main thing that you need to master
whenever you're starting KYLESTHENICS.
I can't stress that enough.
So any kids out there that are starting KYLESTHENICS,
keep on grinding.
I love y'all.
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So a lot of people always say that short people
they can only do this because they're short
and stuff and light, and I say, that's false.
All you have to do is put in the work.
Look at Chris.
He can do full planche pushups, full planche press,
all that stuff.
I know so many athletes that are 170 pounds
to 200 pounds that can full planche maltese
and stuff like that.
So that shows that there is no excuse.
You just have to put in the work.
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The career that I'm pursuing is content creation,
being a business owner,
and just being an overall KYLESTHENICS athlete.
I'm watching YouTube videos on fitness
and how to be, you know, a successful business owner
and stuff like that.
And also I'm watching Chris' videos to gain more knowledge
in different work workouts to help people,
you know, be stronger, be better and progress more
for whatever they're doing.
If you guys do wanna check out more of my content,
you can follow me on IG at Kylesthenics.
Thank you Thenx for having me,
and I hope you guys at home
got to know a little bit more about me,
and my journey as a Kylesthenics athlete.
And make sure to go down
and smash that like button.
Like I want you guys to go down
and break the like button from smashing it so much.
And also comment down below what you wanna see next week.
Much love, peace out.
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- [Chris Heria] What's up guys?
Is Chris Harrier.
Shout out to Kyle.
That was one crazy transformation.
And we love highlighting his story.
And if you have a story on how Thenx has changed your life,
let us know on the common section down below.
And maybe we'll see you in the next Thenx video.
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