Zero toelite.

Calisthenics coach in your pocket. Learn the skills you want. From your first pull-up to planche, muscle-up and more.

iPhone and Apple Watch · iOS 18 or later

Stop guessing what to train.

Random workouts are hard to progress on. Each day Kalstheno gives you one session, built for your level, your goal and the time you have. You just show up.

The Handstand skill tree, with completed steps and the next hold to train.

The Explore tab, with your training plan and goals to work towards.

The name

Kalstheno

/kælˈsθɛnoʊ/noun

Beautiful strength.

Strength built with your own body, rep by rep, from a first pull-up to the front lever.

καλόςkalósbeautiful

σθένοςsthénosstrength

From Greek. The same roots as calisthenics.

Strength starts at your level.

Push, pull, squat, hold. Every movement has its own starting point. A quick assessment finds yours, then builds a plan that helps you progress in each one.

FoundationBeginnerIntermediateAdvancedElite

One athlete, nine levelsAn example after the assessment. Tap a movement.

Stuck on the same skill for months?

Usually a step is missing. Each of the 12 skill trees maps every step from your first hold to the final move, and the next one opens when you pass the one you're on.

Training now · Beginner

Chest-to-wall Handstand

Step-up test · 3 × 30–60 s

Straight line, no banana back

12 trees. A pin for every one you finish.

Calisthenics coach in your pocket.

How many reps? It tells you.
Every set has a target for your level. Log the reps or hold time and how hard it felt.
Stop counting seconds in your head.
Holds and rests time themselves, on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island too.
Know it's working.
Every workout ends with what improved and what moves up next time.
Proof you earned it.
Pass a skill's test and its pin is yours to keep.

Too easy, you stall. Too hard, you burn out.

Kalstheno reads every set you log. Hit your targets and it moves you forward: more reps, a harder variation, less assistance. Struggle, and it eases off.

One push track, twelve weeks

An illustration of how steps work. Your plan moves on what you log.

Time for a lighter week?

Kalstheno can suggest a lighter week based on your training performance and schedule.

Training history
Performance
Lighter week

Sore wrists or shoulders?

Report joint pain during a workout to find an easier option or swap the exercise.

Wrists
Elbows
Shoulders
Knees

Not sure a rep counts?

Every step-up test says what clean looks like. A hold counts when it's clean, not just long.

Arms locked by the ears
Straight line, no banana back
No hand-walking to save it

No gym? No problem.

Tell Kalstheno your goal, your equipment and your week. Train at home with nothing, at the park, or in the gym with rings, bars and parallettes.

Build muscle
Get strong
Lose fat
Get fit
First pull-up
Learn skills

2–6: days a week
15–90: minutes a session
14: programs

250+ exercises.Every move explained.

Clear illustrations, form cues and common mistakes for every exercise. Find easier and harder variations, and see which joints each move loads.

Knee Push-up illustration — Knee Push-up

Negative Pull-up illustration — Negative Pull-up

Planche Lean illustration — Planche Lean

Bar Muscle-up illustration — Bar Muscle-up

Tuck Front Lever illustration — Tuck Front Lever

One-arm Handstand illustration — One-arm Handstand

Pistol Squat illustration — Pistol Squat

Hollow Body Hold illustration — Hollow Body Hold

Archer Pull-up illustration — Archer Pull-up

Wall Handstand Push-up illustration — Wall Handstand Push-up

Tuck Planche illustration — Tuck Planche

Parallel-bar Dip illustration — Parallel-bar Dip

One-arm Pull-up illustration — One-arm Pull-up

Bulgarian Split Squat illustration — Bulgarian Split Squat

Straddle Press to Handstand illustration — Straddle Press to Handstand

Pike Push-up illustration — Pike Push-up

Archer Push-up illustration — Archer Push-up

Ring Muscle-up illustration — Ring Muscle-up

Straddle Planche illustration — Straddle Planche

Full Planche illustration — Full Planche

Pistol to Box illustration — Pistol to Box

Pseudo-planche Push-up illustration — Pseudo-planche Push-up

Middle Split illustration — Middle Split

Typewriter Pull-up illustration — Typewriter Pull-up

Freestanding Handstand illustration — Freestanding Handstand

Freestanding Handstand Push-up illustration — Freestanding Handstand Push-up

Pull-up Burpee illustration — Pull-up Burpee

Straddle Front Lever illustration — Straddle Front Lever

Train from your Apple Watch.

Start your workout on iPhone, then follow it from your wrist. Log sets, time holds and manage rests on Apple Watch.

Heart rate, one swipe awayActive calories too, and the session saves to Apple Health once.
Your next session at a glanceComplications and the Smart Stack show it, with your streak.
No watch? Your Lock Screen does itRest timers run there and in the Dynamic Island.

iPhone Duo

Bigger screen? Use all of it.

On iPhone Duo the player, your plan and the library sit side by side.

Kalstheno on iPhone Duo, open, with the workout player in two panes

Tired of sign-ups and ads?

No account.

Nothing to sign up for. Open the app and start.

No ads, no tracking.

Nothing in the app is there to sell you something else.

Your iCloud.

Training syncs across your devices through your own private iCloud.

Photos stay yours.

Progress photos stay on your device and in your private iCloud. Never analysed.

Good to know.

Anything else? Write to [email protected].

I can't do a push-up yet. Is it for me?

Yes. Your assessment sets a separate level for each movement, so your plan starts where you are, even before your first push-up.

Do I need a gym?

No. Kalstheno builds your plan around the equipment you have, at home, at the park or in a gym. Some skills need a bar, rings or parallettes, and the app tells you which.

Do I need an Apple Watch?

No. Everything works on iPhone. With a watch you can follow the workout, log sets and run timers from your wrist.

Is a subscription required?

Yes. After onboarding and your plan reveal, a Kalstheno Pro subscription is required to train. Plans and local prices are shown in the app before you buy. Read the subscription terms.

What does Apple Health sync?

With your permission, Kalstheno saves completed workouts and the body weight you log to Apple Health, and reads body weight from it. You can turn the connection off at any time. See how Health data is handled.

Start where
you are.

One short assessment, and your first session is ready.