Learn everything you need to know about calisthenics
My story About 6 years ago (in 2018) I was at my best in planche, it was easy for me to do elements like full planche and even some more difficult variations, but unfortunately I had an injury in the area of my right forearm, which I thought had affected my biceps tendon. This made me have to stop abruptly with all the static and dynamic elements and go back to training only basics.
In today's article we are going to look at the main weighted calisthenics exercises and some technical aspects of their execution. Weighted pull-ups
In today's article we are going to see a quick tutorial so that you can do Russian push-ups and elbow dips today, with a very simple technique. For both movements you have to follow the same process, let's look at it first with the dips. Elbow dips
One of the biggest advantages that calisthenics offers as a training method isthe possibility of working your muscles and doing effective routines without the need for equipment. Although bar parks are characteristic of our sport, there aremany people who train calisthenics at home, simply doing exercises on the floor, on a wall, with a box and almost nothing else But this approach has a small problem, back and biceps training. You see, using only the floor, the wall and some bench or box it is very easy to do super complete push workouts (pectoral, triceps, shoulders, upper trapezius), leg workouts, abdominal workouts, cardio workouts, and so on.
The headstand is a variation that is often used in yoga and break dance, in which you place yourself in an inverted position supporting yourself with your hands and head.Compared to the normal handstand, it is a much simpler variation since these 3 supports make it easier to maintain balance. I recently published anarticle on tips to improve the handstandand someone told me that I should recommend this headstand as a progression to learn how to do the handstand since it is very necessary and helps a lot. In today's article we are going to analyze if this is true, what advantages there are to practicing this handstand, what problems or disadvantages it can bring us, a small tutorial to do it and much more. Let's get started.
Calisthenics training is usually quite gentle on the joints and very healthy in general, as long as it is well planned and no serious mistakes are made in technique or intensity selection. But, even so, there is a small percentage ofpeople who can see their progress frustrated by the appearance of some pain, discomfort or injury. In today's article we are going to see what is the protocol that I personally apply when I encounter a problem of this type tosolve it as soon as possible, so that it does not affect my training and does not appear again in the future. In my experience, the most common pains or injuries in calisthenics occur in the wrists, elbows, shoulders and the muscles peripheral to these joints. The protocol that I am going to describe below has helped me to eliminate problems of this type and prevent them from happening again, so let's see what it consists of.
Many people who want to train calisthenics look to combine it with some other sport. The most common cases in my experience tend to be martial arts, athletics and ball sports such as soccer or basketball. Whether because that sport is their main occupation and goal or because they simply like it and don't want to stop practicing it, these people want to knowhow to correctly combine both disciplines and get better results, so that is what we are going to analyze in this article.
Is Calisthenics the same as Street Workout? What's the difference? When modern calisthenics first appeared in the early 2000s and began to gain popularity worldwide, from 2011 onwards, it was better known as “Street Workout”.
When it comes to learning how to do a handstand, there are different approaches, different styles and methodologies. But in my experience, some of them are long, tedious and frustrating, and others get results much faster and more consistently. In this article I would like to explain 10 tips that will speed up your learning process of this movement a lot and will prevent you from getting frustrated or feeling like you can't do it.
When a person starts their journey in Calisthenics training, one of their key goals is usually to master the handstand, among others. But our sport has the characteristic that you can always keep moving forward and learning new movements, andwhen you get the handstand you usually set the goal of going for the handstand push-ups. In this article we are going to review how to get the handstand in the first place, in case you still don't master it and then we are going to see how to get the handstand push-ups, as well as some other extra advice that will be very useful for this and other movements.
Apart from the obvious benefits of calisthenics as a sport, such as improved fitness, health, body composition and increased strength,there is also a psychological aspect that is not often talked about and that is very important. Performing physical activity has an immediate effect on ourmood, a short-term effect on ourbody perception and our self-esteem. But specifically in the case of calisthenics the benefits are even greater:
Calisthenics training is not usually used to maximize muscle mass gain, since it is usually considered that the optimal option in this case is bodybuilding. This is largely true, although it could be questioned and analyzed in more detail, but what is clear is thatCalisthenics training has unique characteristics that give it a series of obvious advantages: It requires less time