redpill me on calisthenics IST. I lost my job now I have to be a calisthenics NEET and learn to lift all over again. Is this shit actually productive?
Pic related claims to be natty and calisthenics only, and he's one the few trust worthy guys I could find.
I've only ever done calisthenics, and weighted calisthenics in the past 3 years. This was me early this year, which I achieved by doing weighted dips, decline pressups, pullup variations etc and eventually I got a bar to do some barbell pullovers, rows and ohp at home too. Never had a gym membership and done calisthenics for the last 12 years.
what does your volume looke like for muscle groups?
if you do not mind posting your routine, thank you.
I do 3 x 8-12 reps of each exercise, those are split into pull and push days.
Pull:
>wide, close and hammer grip pullups + 10kg backpack and 8kg held between ankles in bent L-sit position
>bent over rows with 40kg barbell
>38kg barbell curls
Push: wearing 36kg backpack
>decline pressups using a hook-over pullup bar to grip and control depth with clapping pressups between (still wearing weight)
>dips
>38kg barbell pullovers
>44kg ohp
>12kg dumbell shoulder side raises
I also do weighted ab stuff like hanging leg raises, crunches and russian twists etc.
Thanks, great results!
>clapping pressups between (still wearing weight)
post vid
>calisthenics
Mostly just gymnastics exercises.
>Is this shit actually productive?
If you are doing the effective exercises yes. Dips and chinups are extremely productive. If dips are the upper body squat, chinups are the upper body deadlift. Just avoid all the meme shit and stick to the motions which it's possible to do without generating momentum.
>t. Dyel
what do you mean by meme shit?
jumping jacks
burpees
similar types of motions
>fitness influencer
>natty
Pick one and only one. But calisthenics are based, you can get pretty fit and aesthetic with them. I use them to augment my weight training as pull ups, muscle ups, leg raises, and dips are all great movements
I mean flexy looks like a teenage nerd but he’s popular be
Is that young Scooby?
The only fitness YouTuber I watch! Awesome to see him here. It’s “k boges”
he's definitely not calisthenics only. he has a rack and barbell in the back of his videos when he's talking on his webcam
>redpill me on calisthenics IST.
a pullup bar and a pair of rings solve upperbody given that your diet is on point, peak aesthetics
you can use weights and use the same training principles as you are used to do before
pullups and dips is all you need for gains
That dude isn't natty but calisthenics work, obviously. Nobody on youtube is natty even if they say they are. You don't know they're natty unless you break into their house and look for needles.
You need to treat it like weights and it works. If you do dyel shit like making it a circuit with a bunch of stupid tricks then it does nothing. Weights make you bigger faster though, I found. The tricks keep you small, the basics build mass. The shit where your body touches the ground does nothing, so pushups and inverted rows do very little for strength or mass gains. Don't argue, I've done it long enough to know that's the case.
Sprints are really good whole leg exercise. Jump rope is alright to mix it up but pales in comparison. Uphill sprints are the best if you got a hill. Chin-ups (not pull-ups) are the best back exercise. Hollow body dips are actually really good abdominal work. Dips are the best pushing exercise. Your shoulders don't get much work from dips though and handstand pushups are an unrealistic goal. Rings feel better on the elbows if you get elbow pain.
If you're doing bodyweight only I suggest bouts of intense effort over "100 pushup" bullshit. A simple method would be something like "50 dips total in as few sets as possible." It gives you a clear goal to scale up from. Sprints can be scaled up from distance or how many "sets" you do.
Dips + chins + sprints is 90% of your body worked out if you know basic anatomy.
Forgot to say it's not against the law to add more, this is just a skeleton. This is your 80/20 rule. Add more ab shit? It won't kill you. It's whatever you have the time and energy for. The problem is that people getting into calisthenics have these encyclopedia length programs with zero results because they put actual effort into none of them.
k boges is small af, he is just lean. yes natty