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.