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.

Make a conscious effort to keep your elbows tight and close to your body. Eventually it'll become second-nature to you.

The push up that u simulate the dip position, arms parallel and close to your body also I must keep concious mind to keep my arms together..

Yeah I thought it's my grip or elbow positioning problem, looks like all I have to do is to look after my form..

Anyone here trains with rings? I saw those video on youtube looks so bad ass..

This post has been edited by Sky.Live: Sep 8 2012, 01:38 AM

I'm thinking of installing one for the house. Then again, I think it's better for me to master every form first before taking on the ring. The extra imbalance might screw up my form because I don't have enough strength to keep myself from wobbling.

I would be so cool if you can get a chin up bar, gym ring, and a parallel bar in your backyard.. I am actually thinking to to make them in my garden.. but I dont think my parents would be happy about that..

My parents wouldn't be happy about having those in the backyard either.

My local park doesn't have any fitness things there, only playgrounds for kids. Now that I think about it they should. There are only playgrounds for kids. Also they're full of young kids and teens, I'm not comfortable with that kind of audience. They only have monkey bars and they're a bit too low as well. Those fitness parks are too far away to even consider jogging.

Though there is a rock climbing wall at the local Belia dan Sukan complex not far from my place. One day I'm gonna show off my strength by pulling myself up using one arm. I hope my development is fast enough that the wall will still be there when I'm ready to have a go. I don't see anyone using it eventhough I pass by it every week.

Oh hey, do you mind telling me when you started this workout? You lost 4kg right?

I think like 3 ~ 4 weeks ago.. But I am actually training strength to train up my endurance capacity. I am actually doing triathlon and endurance running / swimming more.. Just that in my training strength seems to lack of...

It was like 1kg/week lost previously, now stagnant as I start to eat a lot for my races again hahaha.. My weight been maintaining around there now.

I am fortunate, the playground near my house, like 200~300m away. Has a parallel bar (but a bit too wide for my liking), a stroll bar (very good for me to train on before I can do a proper form chin up).

There used to be chin up bar too, but they demolished it =(, I use the monkey bar instead, it's around 2m height which is just nice for me.

I wish I can gain 1kg a week easily. In order for me to do that I eat 3 HUGE meals a day plus snacks in between. I can almost throw up after each meal. Losing weight is so much more fun since you still have the feeling of real hunger. The first time in months since I felt real hunger was on the first day of the fasting month. I still workout in the fasting month, an hour before breaking fast.

Try to split them to more multiple meals (probably 4-6) instead of 3 HUGE meals. That is usually the easy fix for your kind of problem.

I'll try, but that would mean I have to prepare a meal 4-6 times a day. I don't have that much time to spend preparing and eating, so 3 big ones and snacks in between means I can eat the snacks and work at the same time. I'll try this on the weekends. I probably have the discipline now to force myself to eat.

Prepare your meals for the day either the night before or wake up a little earlier to do it.

Why the hell didn't I think of that?!
Thanks.

anyone still with Calisthenic training? need some good regime and tips yo ... currently doing dips and chin up and end with pushup ... are those good?

google "convict conditioning" its a good start..albeit some controversies around it
or can just google calisthenics

I still cannot do 1 pull-up or chin-up

You could train with an easier variation of the pull ups first.

I'd suggest training with horizontal pulls (using strict form) to get the hang of it.



If you can do 30 reps for 3 sets, you can try attempting the normal pull ups again.

yea, convict con is a good guide on what to do. i mixes up the routines depending on whether i have time.

only have time to get down and dirty during the weekends, so usually, i go all out, pushups, chinups, abdomen. can't do squats due to persistent knee injury.

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Streaming for Eurosport 2:
http://www.giniko.com/watch.php?id=70
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I've recently been inspired by alot of Callisthenics workouts simply because the premise is simple - body mastery. It's like the story I remember once about this guy who was playing in a snooker championship. While everyone was bringing 1-2 of their custom super grand cues, this one guy pulled a stock one out of the centre and whooped everyone's ass, lol.

For some inspiration, you can head to this page ( http://ashotofadrenaline.net/49-best-calisthenic-masters/ ) as as a starting point for names to search and do the rest on You Tube.

I've recently made this my ultimate fitness goal! But right now strength/weight ratio is still not adequate so gotta lose weight first, lol (I'm a big boned 95kgs mofo btw lol)

yeah quite difficult with heavy body as a start

Thanks for the link. It's a nice read and I recognize some of the names on the list. NO. 37 on the list is Bar-Risan, a Malaysian group!

Work the negatives. Get yourself on top and lower yourself down slowly.

if you can't get yourself on top then just hang on the bar for 30 secs or something.

at least that's how I started....
from 0 to 10 max in 15 months.

oh, and it took me 2 weeks to do 1 proper pull up. So don't ever give up OR never start trying.

This post has been edited by nivlanauk: Oct 21 2013, 02:39 PM

Negatives are good as well as hangs. They're a good pre-training workout to condition those arms and shoulders before your work on pull ups. Another good workout to do if you cant do pull ups yet are Australian pull ups.

All About Australian Pull-ups

I was doing this exercise last year and I can do 2 sets of 5 pull up with narrow grip. I am training to do wide grip pull up.

I realise this exercise is not about strength alone as it involves the skill to do proper movement. I am happy that this exercise has made my upper back bigger and in a way make my waist look smaller.

Do we have a calisthenics academy/gym here in Malaysia?

I know bar-risan has a gym in Jitra. But not sure if they're still open

You can just find any park or playground that has decent calisthenics equipment in the evening and I guarantee you'll see calisthenics guys training. Just join them. The calisthenics community is really friendly and open


and lastly, the whole purpose of calisthenics is being able to workout anywhere without a gym.

Hi,

Go TTDI park on morning sat, there is a bunch of them working out near the bars beside car park.

Im a newbie here, currently starting off with below cycle x4. 5days a week, 2days rest

1. plank for 1min
2. squat for 10-15times
3. normal push up 10 times
4. lunges around 10times for each leg
5. leg raise 10times
6. mountain climber 1min
7. wall sit 1 min

Is that okay for a beginner like me, previously only do some push up and squat.

calisthenics is the shit!

started a year plus ago, only put my mind to achieve PLANCHE somewhere in the future.

but the process gave me a pretty nice body! but no, my aim is not the nice body, is the MOVE i want to achieve.

This made me stick to workout way more effective than traditional training.

TLDR: aim to achieve the dream calisthenic move! it keeps you going despite already having super nice body.

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This post has been edited by New Klang: Apr 16 2019, 08:21 AM

Tbh I've tried calisthenics and going to the gym

Calisthenics definitely has a higher chance for injury because it's hard to overload safely.

True, in the gym you can decapitate yourself when benching, but if you just use dumbbells and keep the weights reasonable you're good.

Also much easier to mark increases in strength by just adding 5 pounds to your lifts.

Also at the gym you can barbell squat. It trains your lower back in a way that pistol squats just dont

I still love using calisthenics movements but if I had to choose I'd pick a gym.