Does anyone here do Calisthenics? How does it compare to lifting weights?
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I got annoyed with my gym being too busy no matter what the time of day. Started doing hundreds of dips, handstand push-ups and pull-ups at the local outdoor exercise park. Results have been surprisingly good tbh. Won't post body but it's definitely given me more upper body mass. Not sure what to do about legs though.
>Not sure what to do about legs though.
run
>Not sure what to do about legs though.
What with the black hand-movements and the buddhist beads, this guy even practice buddhism?
Why u judging, my Black person? I don't know, but he is vegan and practice yoga. He is a cool dude.
put a bunch of weights in a backpack and do squats.
pistol squats, nordic curls, running (walking up hills worked better for me, but you do you)...
I have tree trunk legs from 1 hour on the elliptical every day
In my opinion it's impossible to build a nice back without calisthenics. Should be incorporated into every bodybuilders training, but it's boring to only focus on calisthenics.
post your calisthenic routines
My routine. I now do all my push exercises with a 30kg backpack and pull with 13kg backpack.
Army PRT.
I'm a lazy guy
Week
Mon: Day 1 A
Tue: Day 2 A
Wed: Day 1 B
Thu: Day 2 B
Fri: Rest
Sat: Full body
Sun: Rest
Day 1
Variation A:
Chin ups
Squats
Variation B:
Pull ups
Reverse lunges
Day 2
Variation A:
Ab roller
Push ups
Variation B:
Bicycle crunch
Dips
Full body
Chin ups
Push ups
Dips
Squats
Reverse Lunges
Ab roller
Bicycle crunch
I alternate between 2 routines, one for abs and arms, other for core and legs
- hammer curls
- dumbbell upright rows
- diamond push-ups
- hip push-ups
- abs wheel rollout
- weighted situps
- bicycle crunches
- dead hang knee raises
For legs and core
- pull ups
- planking
- Two-Arm Dumbbell Stiff Legged Deadlift
- dumbbell Russian twists
- one leg calf raises with dumbbell
- Bulgarian split squats holding dumbbell
- quarter squats holding dumbbell
- that one exercise where you get into pushup position and "jump" with your legs to your hands and then back
Gymnast rings, ankle weights and weighted push-ups, pullups and drips is all you need for a perfect upper bod workout.
this. also dumbells are great for upper body
but ultimately barbell will always be king for legs and the lower back.
it's a lot harder and takes a lot longer to gain with and takes a lot more caution and conditioning of connective tissue. It would say don't waste your time with it unless you're doing it for it's own sake. If you want to get a lifters physique you're probably going to have to lift or take peds. People can get impressive physiques with calisthenics but the odds on you being one of them aren't very high and the amount of coaching, study, equipment, mobility work, and all that make it huge time sink with with very slow and hard won gains. You're probably not going to look like you do anything physical except in your forearms for probably a couple years if they're years in your early 20's. Even still a lot of people who actually do calisthenics as a serious discipline usually bench, squat, deadlift a couple times a week with heavy weights because it condenses so much volume and has more tangible overload.
the trick is to be the one who doesn't get influenced by the schizos from both sides
i do a mix of calisthenics and weight training to achieve my goal physique and i think doing strict calisthenics or strict weight training just to appeal a certain group of online autists is a waste of time
the people I'm trying to dodge the hardest are the kettleball shills rn.
I do weighted calisthenics and some db work. I just hate when expect heavy barbell training results and timetables from calisthenics. Not gonna happen.
Do hollow hold 3x(70% of the time you fail at) once your abs are used to being used like that you'll be able to do it more voluntarily. But keep doing them anyways that one of the heads in your quadricep is responsible for raising the leg that muscle seldom gets worked enough and is often lagging so you should work on getting that caught up if you want to do better L-sits and stuff in the future.
>lagging so you should work on getting that caught up if you want to do better L-sits and stuff in the future.
how do i get those working through calisthenics
if your leg raises are making them tired keep going with it. Go even farther with it hanging leg raise toes to bar.
>and takes a lot longer to gain
why is this?
he probs heard it somewhere
because it's more difficult to concisely progressively overload calisthenics. Even with progressions you're doing almost entirely open kinetic chains movements with high stability demands they're very lossy in terms of translating effort to work volume to gains. You also have to learn a bunch of movements to get there with weights it's same movement from day 1 to day 1000 it just gets heavier.
this is the same reason why olympic lifts fricking suck and only crosstrooners do them
because slow twitch muscles are really small
I don't really care about my physique; I just want to get fit (physically). Doing callisthenics seems like it'd be an easier way for me as a hikkineet.
i have a problem
i just can't hit it with leg raises, i can do the one in pic rel but i always feel the maximum strain in my legs and the lower abs just don't get strained enough with, if i do the weighted ones then it takes more toll on my legs than the lower abs
your hips are overcompensating and you probably have anterior pelvic tilt. When lying on your back does your back arch in the lumbar region and you don't touch the floor? Then you have the tilt. Try to have your back flat on the ground and just try to hold a hollow position. Also research on how to undo anterior pelvic tilt
why is calisthenics so gay?
I picked up some rings, at some point I'd like to spent a few months doing nothing but ring training just to see what it's like. I hooked em up and was shocked at how much my arms shake trying to stabilize my body, I have the strength but not the skill.
Don't worry, everyone experienced that. With time your muscles will get stronger and more "conscious" of stabilizing while on rings.
And no, you don't have strength. You may be able to do many dips on parallel bars, but dips on rings are kind of different type of strength (like any push exercises on rings). On rings you will need to use more muscle fibers compared to normal dips. Keep going and get stronger
how do you target lower abs with calisthenics, i do leg raises but they strain my legs more than my abs
what do ?
there is no such thing as lower abs
You can bias them though
Hanging leg raises and V-Ups.
You can basically mimic barbell movements with weighted calisthenics and plot progression.
It isn't all about meme tricks like planches and L-Sits, I never did that shit in my 10 years of calisthenics.
I've had trouble putting even a cm on my chest the last year with weighted callisthenic. I'm getting tons volume, ring work, unilateral work, straight arm adduction work. And the thing is I know I'd get it like 2-3 months if I just went back to benching.
Check your form, like how you work bench from different angles to get a well rounded chest, you gotta do the same for calisthenics.
planks
traps =/= back
I like it alot
I feel more in control of my body
post weight and maximum deadhang limit
Can't mistake an English Garden anywhere. He looks like a Hispanic tho, not many of those here.
He's got good hair.
73kg
did my first 90sec hang last week
80kg
2 min
50kg underweight dyel.
Like 45 seconds. I'm working on it though
67kg
1:35
I can do more pull ups than chin ups due to my right hand wrist hurting when i straight bar grip. Left hand is fine. Pain stops my wrist from being able to turn around fully when i grip. Any calisthenic gods out there who experienced something similar? If so, how did you fix it? Stretches, wrist work?
how do i go about with pull ups, i cant do more than 3 and i don't even weight that much
I’m no expert, but what seems to work for me is to work until or close to failure each set then hold into a negative for as long as you can. I do 2-3mins rest between sets as it fatigues me really hard. I also usually need a couple days recovery cuz im an old man now and pull ups really tear me down and i need the time for recovery before i have another go at it. also losing weight helps a ton.
Put you feet on something so you are at a raised angle, with that object bearing some of your weight. Do as many as you can, increase the angle if too easy, as well as doing a normal pullup routine. When you are strong enough to crack out 12 pullups, start adding weight.
Honestly man, we all want to look better. I used to think the same and did 8 years of BW calisthenics before realising I won't get anywhere without adding weight and I could have been 8 years ahead by now. Don't make the mistake I did, you will plateu and it will suck.
i stopped calisthenics. now i do weights and weighted pullups are the only thing i do from calisthenics
Calistenics is all about athletism and being healthy. You'll get bigger lifting, but you'll be more athetic all around doing cali.
Duuuur like any sport/exercise regime that requires and improves strength and athleticism???
Is there a better way to train lower back than superman pose? Idk i just hate isometric exercises it's not fun at all.
What are some good exercises for the mid delt? Need more muscle there, boys.
>those Black folk still claiming natural
>belt malfunctions
>rips off your dick
uh oh
who cares, you can't lift anything with it
you can do a wiener push-up
Being able to toss yourself around is much cooler than looking bloated and being able to lift x pounds.
just came up with this idea
calisthenics helps you be more comfortable moving your own body which makes you less likely to hurt yourself lifting weights
amazing anon,you figured it out
There is no comparison, bruv... I feel much better now that I do calisthenics than when I lifted weights. Much more energy, agility, flexibility and feel stronger. I move a lot better, much more body awareness too. Got gymnastic rings as a birthday present, will do my third train tomorrow.
+1 calisthenics is always first on the list for new lifters, left your body before external forces. Can't replicate the safety, balance gains and tendon adaptation with any implement. Happy belated anon, enjoy the rings homosexual
this is pretty much like asking if coffee is good for you on this board
you should combine both honestly
I do an U/L split with upper being more calisthenics focused and legs with barbell lifts.
I wanna learn skills too so I practice them before sets of regular exercises while I'm fresh and strong, I'm not sure if this is optimal, some programs put skills on a separate day.
Also does anyone have any tips to devop chest? I seem to be more shoulder dominant as I can do some intermediary movements but my chest looms like shit.
I'm in my sixth month working out, I'm doing weighted calisthenics, I'm having great results. It is just so much more convenient than driving to the gym.
>started L shaped chinups
frick this feels so good. it works so many muscles at the same time, probably one of the most efficient exercises ever
>Does anyone here do Calisthenics?
I did until I started hitting a wall in some of the harder feats and exercises. Not to mention legs severely lag behind.
>How does it compare to lifting weights?
It's easier to progress with weights but the versatility and availability of doing calisthenics is definitely worth looking in to. I still incorporate some calisthenics exercises into my weightlifting routine but instead I now add weights (weighted ring dips, weighted pull ups) or I add them as a superset (superset L-sit pull ups). If you only do barbell exercises I highly recommend buying gymnastic rings. It's a cheap investment but you can do a lot with it.
tl;dr, do both barbell and calisthenics as you see fit.
i can do 5 pull ups, what's the best way to double that and get to do 10?
More pull ups.
Bros, I still can't touch the bar with my chest during pull ups... What do?
Do more pull ups, especially explosive pull ups as high as you can get (no kipping), then on the eccentric portion go slow as possible.
i like it, especially with gymnastic rings. it doesnt get you as "big" but i love being limber and Mogging people in the office by remaining limber as hell.
Just do both
Will calis get me pic related?
Yes, lots of pushups daily
most calisthenics guys with impressive bodies are either roided or used weights to build their physique.
Bodyweight exercises alone are very ineffective for bodybuilding purpose.
Pic related, this guy can do 14 one arm pull ups in a row and still looks like shit because he only trains with body weight exercises.
He looks like shit because he's kind of fat
Damn that is still pretty fricking impressive though
80% weight training while incorporating pull ups and dips
All i do is dips pushups pullups an i look alright. I've been to the gym a few times but i don't like it, i like to train outside.
planks aren't real, nobody here has ever seen anybody do an actual plank. on some of the youtube videos you can see they've got strings hooked into their shoes
that's a planche though...
That's an elbow lever- a Planche has straight arms, and is heaps harder
>heaps
g'day, c**t
I got strongfat doing weights. I got skinny DYEL doing calisthenics. I never seen a fat calisthenics guy except the bloatlord and he mostly does weights. Form follows function. I do guillotine press, squats and pull-ups, but mostly pull-ups.
basically if you have small wrists and hands you're fricked
anyways it's cool since you can do it at home but I wouldn't say it beats weight lifting
Please post some warm-up routines. Jumping ropes are kind of a warmup in itself but are there specific exercises depending on push/pull,etc.-day?
Just run in place for 5-10 mins to get warm and do dynamic stretches.
it's all you'll ever need, just fill a backpack with weights for progressive overload. Lol @ having a gym membership
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I can't be the only one who gets freaked out by his shoulders, dude always looks like he's doing some extreme form mistakes
he had a lot of shoulder mobility because he does back bridge pushups and stuff like that.