Hi guys,

am wondering, anyone working out at home or the padang using only calisthenics?

would like to know how is it going for you and what are the challenges you are facing.

thank you

Look up a book about Calisthenics called Convict Conditioning. Great help transitioning for every group of exercisers, from beginners to experts You can find it and download it online somewhere.

Had a good calisthenics thread going before, but somehow the ts of the thread emoed over something and went missing from the forums.

Consequently his fans and followers disappeared from this section as well.

Try searching for it. Its a guy who's doing bw stuff using a power rack. Don't remember his nick though.

mostly using bodyweight and fast movements. i dunno much, only read some.

is Calisthenic or conventional weightlifting more effective? whats the real difference in the outcome?

calisthenic uses more calories by doing high reps.

so its more like a fat burning exercise?

not really, calisthenics also have been widely used to gain muscle, the differences between calist and c.weighliftings is that calisthenics uses more calories than c.weighliftings but not much enough that we could say its for burning fats.
why?because ur muscle would've tear up first before u gets tired by calist.

Yah laa.. where the thread? I also haven't update there for so long.. more than 1/2 a year already. Chronic gout, no workout.

Well I look at other calisthenics forums too, mostly the threads are not active at all. I guess for calisthenics, there isn't much to talk about, no fancy equipment, no gadget talk, basically not so much stuff to talk about. After a while, conversation runs dry.

Convict Conditioning is a good start and then try to find on internet on "bartendaz", calisthenics kingz or youtube calisthenics. Heck, the best now is olympic, just see the Gymnastic part. That is pure calisthenics.

I am not any good at calisthenics, but it helps me maintain basic strenght and fitness level.

This thread looks so dead like the previous 1.. I am actually interested as I only have a yoga mat and only able to use some pull up bars near my house's playground..

Now trying to do a frog stand, looks like I couldn't balance up my body..

When it comes to calisthenics, the only way to improve is with frequency and something hoxy always mentioned in the old thread, GTG, or greasing the groove.

No..calisthenics do not do high reps..
one of the main purpose of calisthenics is to built strength which cant be done if you do it in high

basically
calisthenics: strength training
bb: muscle building

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Added on August 17, 2012, 7:02 amHoxy deleted his posts..

This post has been edited by sendoh_7: Aug 17 2012, 07:02 AM

It's amazing how he can delete his 1000+ post in LY Forum..


I cant really do a pull up now, even holding up my self on bars also doesn't feel easy to me.. now just try to hand myself on bars for a duration to train my gripping strength..

sometimes i contact him via his utube page

i have a weak grip too..currently in parallel training both grip and arm strength..
negative rep really helps in building my arm strength

Parallel bar is amazing simple tool that can do a lot of workout too.. actually I am weak in everywhere now.
There's some nice youtube video where you can actually do workout with just simple playground toy around. Most of the exercise equipment in our park is under utilised.

I am doing mostly hold and sustain only, not able to do slow negative rep yet..

Could have just deleted his account I guess? But if he delete one by one he really to free.

What did he emo about anyways?

he did delete them one by one, just see the edited date.. crazy..
he was such nice helpful forumer last time, must be something bad happened

Hey guys. It's my first time here. I see that this thread has been inactive for quite a while. I want to see what the local people are saying about calisthenics vs what others out there around the globe are saying about calisthenics. It seems the debate is still on whether it is good for muscle mass or not. I'm with the latter, I say for building muscle calisthenics is great!

I myself am trying to gain weight. With calisthenics only exercises and lots of eating (healthily) in 6 months I gain 10kg in lean muscle mass. I was a scrawny, skinny, wimpy looking man at 47kg before. At 57kg I am still a long way away from my target of 70kg. I hope to get up to 60+ by December. I have the muscled look, but you can still call me skinny. I guess 10kg in muscle doesn't really make you look bigger as opposed to 10kg of mostly fat. I like the proportions of my body now and hope to continue growing it that way.

I consider myself a beginner still. So far my workouts are hanging leg raises, various forms of raised push-ups, various dips, various pull-ups, chin-ups, squats, jumps, sprints, and hanging upside down crunches. I'm on my way into handstand push-up, one arm push-up, one arm chin-up, pistol squat (or one-legged squat), and the fancy-schmancy planche. Need more mid-body strength and balance for that last one. I can kinda do that thing where you go side-to-side on top of a pull-up. Dunno what that's called though. Also I like to challenge myself every week by doing 100 diamond push-ups in under 5 minutes.

A few tips that have helped me a lot:
-After you've mastered the proper form and posture, do fast and explosive positives, and slow negatives. Helps to improve the fast twitch muscles, and gain muscle definition.

-Never go too much into failure. I have seen my pull-ups being from 15 (which surprised me the first time, didn't know I had it in me to do past 10) down to about 12 reps because of that mistake. After weeks of limiting myself to 10 reps, I got back my form and went forward from there. I experiment by adding 1 or 2 more rep to my usual number of reps after every week. If I can't do a proper one, it doesn't count.

-Good form is the key. Saves you from injury and you gain the maximum benefit.

-To gain weight, never workout more than one hour a day.

This post has been edited by tunertoobe: Sep 7 2012, 05:40 PM

Regarding dip, i find it my elbow always go wide rather than backwards..
Is there a way to fix it? I just started it for one of two weeks, it feels really hard that it's hard to check on your own foam. I record it with a camera and review it myself at the moment..

But my goal is to lost weight rather than gaining, lost 4kg since I started.. Still long way to go

Hmm. I am assuming you are doing dips with something like parallel bars (or 2 chairs, or whatever you can use to simulate parallel bars).

Keep your elbows in tight, close to your body, just like you would on those tricep push-ups. Have your shoulders back. Try not to shrug your shoulders.

What you're doing is probably working your chest a bit more.