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Character Baki the Grappler

Baki Hanma

Protagonist

The most complete calisthenics fighter in anime. Explosive power, insane endurance, and a physique built purely through combat training.

12 Weeks 5 days/week Intermediate Calisthenics
Baki Hanma
Baki Hanma Training Program

Training Progression

At A Glance

Weekly Schedule

MON
Day 1
Upper Power
TUE
Day 2
Lower Power & Endurance
WED
Rest
THU
Day 3
Speed & Agility
FRI
Day 4
Full Body Conditioning
SAT
Day 5
Active Recovery & Core
SUN
Rest
5 Training Days 30–50 Min / Session
Equipment
Agility Ladder Bench Bodyweight Bodyweight or Dumbbell Jump Rope Parallel Bars Plate Pull-up Bar Resistance Band Track or Open Space Wall
The Complete Plan

Training Plan

Every phase, every session, every exercise — expand a day to see the full prescription.

Phase 1 · Weeks 1–4 Beginner

Foundation Conditioning

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Bilateral bodyweight strength base paired with steady-state conditioning — technique first, plenty left in the tank (target RIR 3). Agility and speed work is introduced from week 1 rather than saved for later, matching how the legacy source itself trained conditioning year-round, not seasonally.

5 Workouts In This Phase
Upper Power
Monday · 40 min · 4 exercises
Push-Up
3 × 10 · 90s restRIR 3
Assisted Pull-Up
Band or assisted machine — full pull-ups arrive in Combat Conditioning
3 × 6 · 90s restRIR 3
Dip
3 × 8 · 90s restRIR 3
Hanging Knee Raise
3 × 10 · 60s restRIR 3
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Lower Power & Endurance
Tuesday · 40 min · 4 exercises
Squat
3 × 12 · 90s restRIR 3
Reverse Lunge
3 × 10 each side · 60s restRIR 3
Glute Bridge
3 × 15 · 45s restRIR 3
Jump Rope
Steady, sustainable pace
1 × 600s
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Speed & Agility
Thursday · 35 min · 4 exercises
Agility Ladder Drills
Prioritize clean footwork over speed
4 × 30s · 60s rest
Lateral Bound
3 × 6 each side · 60s rest
Broad Jump
Full recovery between reps — a quality movement, not a conditioning one
3 × 5 · 90s rest
Side Plank
Each side
3 × 20s · 45s rest
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Full Body Conditioning
Friday · 35 min · 5 exercises
Burpee
3 × 8 · 60s rest
Mountain Climber
3 × 30s · 45s rest
Push-Up
3 × 10 · 60s restRIR 3
Squat
3 × 10 · 60s restRIR 3
Plank
3 × 30s · 45s rest
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Active Recovery & Core
Saturday · 30 min · 4 exercises
Jump Rope
Light, steady pace — this day is active recovery, not a hard session
1 × 600s
Horse Stance Hold
3 × 20s · 60s rest
Hollow Hold
3 × 20s · 45s rest
Dead Bug
3 × 10 each side · 45s restRIR 3
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Phase 2 · Weeks 5–8 Intermediate

Combat Conditioning

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Harder movement variants unlock (feet-elevated push-up, archer push-up debut), unilateral leg volume rises, and conditioning density increases — real interval rest, not steady pacing. Effort tightens to target RIR 2.

5 Workouts In This Phase
Upper Power
Monday · 45 min · 4 exercises
Feet-Elevated Push-Up
4 × 10 · 75s restRIR 2
Chin-Up
Banded assistance is fine if unassisted reps aren't there yet
4 × 6 · 90s restRIR 2
Dip
4 × 10 · 75s restRIR 2
Hanging Leg Raise
3 × 8 · 60s restRIR 2
Open Full Session
Lower Power & Endurance
Tuesday · 45 min · 4 exercises
Bulgarian Split Squat
4 × 8 each side · 90s restRIR 2
Reverse Lunge
3 × 12 each side · 60s restRIR 2
Glute Bridge
4 × 15 · 45s restRIR 2
Jump Rope
1 × 600s
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Speed & Agility
Thursday · 40 min · 4 exercises
Agility Ladder Drills
5 × 30s · 45s rest
Lateral Bound
4 × 8 each side · 45s rest
Sprint Intervals
Hard effort, not all-out — build pacing control first
4 × 20s · 75s rest
Side Plank
Each side
4 × 30s · 45s rest
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Full Body Conditioning
Friday · 40 min · 5 exercises
Burpee
4 × 10 · 60s rest
Mountain Climber
4 × 40s · 45s rest
Archer Push-Up
Partial-range reps are fine while building toward full extension
3 × 4 each side · 75s restRIR 23-1-1
Bulgarian Split Squat
3 × 10 each side · 75s restRIR 2
Weighted Plank
Light plate on the lower back once a 45s bodyweight plank feels easy
3 × 30s · 45s rest
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Active Recovery & Core
Saturday · 30 min · 4 exercises
Jump Rope
1 × 600s
Horse Stance Hold
4 × 30s · 60s rest
Hollow Hold
4 × 30s · 45s rest
Dead Bug
4 × 12 each side · 45s restRIR 2
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Phase 3 · Weeks 9–12 Advanced

Underground King

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Peak complexity: handstand push-up and pistol squat debut, the pulling ladder built since week 1 pays off in muscle-up work, and conditioning density peaks with the shortest rest of the program. Target RIR reaches 1. Echoes Baki's own drive to surpass the strongest fighter alive as the program's final, hardest phase.

5 Workouts In This Phase
Upper Power
Monday · 50 min · 4 exercises
Archer Push-Up
4 × 6 each side · 75s restRIR 13-1-1
Pull-Up
Unassisted — the foundation phase's band work pays off here
4 × 8 · 90s restRIR 1
Handstand Push-Up
Wall-supported. Partial range of motion is the expected standard here, not a fault.
3 × 3 · 120s restRIR 13-1-1
Hanging Leg Raise
4 × 10 · 60s restRIR 1
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Lower Power & Endurance
Tuesday · 50 min · 4 exercises
Pistol Squat
Assisted (holding a support, or box-supported) reps are a legitimate substitution
3 × 3 each side · 120s restRIR 13-1-1
Bulgarian Split Squat
4 × 12 each side · 90s restRIR 1
Glute Bridge
4 × 20 · 45s restRIR 1
Jump Rope
1 × 600s
Open Full Session
Speed & Agility
Thursday · 40 min · 4 exercises
Agility Ladder Drills
6 × 30s · 30s rest
Lateral Bound
5 × 10 each side · 30s rest
Sprint Intervals
Shortest rest of the program — peak conditioning density
6 × 20s · 45s rest
Side Plank
Each side
4 × 45s · 45s rest
Open Full Session
Full Body Conditioning
Friday · 45 min · 5 exercises
Burpee
5 × 12 · 45s rest
Mountain Climber
5 × 45s · 30s rest
Muscle-Up
Banded or negative (slow 5-second lowering from support) reps are a legitimate substitution
3 × 3 · 120s restRIR 1
Squat
4 × 8 · 90s restRIR 1
Weighted Plank
4 × 45s · 45s rest
Open Full Session
Active Recovery & Core
Saturday · 30 min · 4 exercises
Jump Rope
1 × 600s
Horse Stance Hold
4 × 45s · 60s rest
Hollow Hold
4 × 40s · 45s rest
Dead Bug
4 × 15 each side · 45s restRIR 1
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Program Overview

Why This Program Works

Philosophy

This program treats strength and conditioning as the same thing, not two separate goals. Every training day pairs a real strength movement with genuine work capacity demand, because that combination — not raw size — is what makes Baki's physique training identity distinct. Nothing here simulates fighting; it builds the explosive power, endurance, and full-body control that would actually be useful if you did.

Physique Goal

A lean, explosive, functional physique built entirely from bodyweight training — visible power and conditioning, not mass for its own sake.

Performance Goal

Real bodyweight strength (pull-ups, dips, pistol squats), genuine top-end conditioning (sprint and agility work), and the kind of full-body explosiveness that shows up as jump and sprint performance, not just a bigger lift number.

How Progression Works

Bodyweight strength movements use rep progression within a phase, then swap to a harder variant of the same movement family the next phase once reps stop being a real challenge — push-up becomes feet-elevated push-up becomes archer push-up, assisted pull-up becomes chin-up becomes unassisted pull-up. Conditioning work (agility ladder, sprint intervals, jump rope) uses density progression: the same or slightly higher volume gets harder purely by cutting rest between rounds, never by adding random extra volume. Target RIR drops 3 to 2 to 1 across the three phases on effort-based strength work; it's deliberately left off every jump, sprint interval, and steady-conditioning piece, where "reps in reserve" doesn't mean anything real. Tempo (3-1-1: 3s eccentric, 1s pause, 1s concentric) appears only on archer push-up, pistol squat, handstand push-up, and muscle-up — the movements where losing control of the eccentric is the same as failing the rep.

Training Philosophy

How Baki Hanma Trains

Baki's whole identity is a body built entirely through training, with no shortcuts and no equipment excuses. The real-world translation keeps that: everything here is bodyweight or near it, every session pairs raw strength work with genuine conditioning, and nothing is separated into "strength day" versus "cardio day" the way a typical gym split does. Explosiveness, endurance, and control all get trained together, every week, because that's how a complete athlete actually trains.