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Do you need equipment to train Calisthenics?Normally, typical Calisthenics workouts are in a park with a pull-up bar, parallel bars, and so on. But you can also train perfectly without equipment. In this article we are going to see how you can do a complete routine at home without the need for bars or specific equipment. We will also see what to buy in case you want to have some simple equipment to expand your possibilities. To begin, we are going to divide the Calisthenics training into its most basic parts, such as: push, pull and legs, and thus we will analyze how to train each one of them.How to work PUSH MOVEMENTS at home without equipmentThe push is very easy to train without equipment, since in Calisthenics one of the basics are push-ups, a very complete exercise that works the pecs, triceps, anterior deltoids and generates abdominal work. You have a practically infinite variety of them. For example, if you are a beginner, you can start doing inclined push-ups, with your hands resting on a height that can be a chair, armchair or a small table. From there you could move on to knee-flat push-ups, regular push-ups, and then if you continue to gain strength you can move on to explosive push-ups, clap push-ups, archer push-ups, and other advanced variations.

Thanks to the popularity that it has been acquiring in the last decades, Calisthenics has been evolving, establishing itself and defining itself, so that we can see more and more clearly what it consists of and what its properties are as a training system. In this article we are going to give a clear and concise definition of what Calisthenics is, its main characteristics, how it differs from other disciplines, its historical development and other frequently asked questions.What is Calisthenics?Calisthenics is a sports discipline based on body weight training that is usually performed in outdoor bar parks using distinctive exercises such as pull-ups, dips, push-ups, muscle ups, handstand, planche or front lever.Etymological root of the word CalisthenicsThe word Calisthenics comes from the Greek "kalos" which means beauty and "sthenos" which means strength.What are the main characteristics of Calisthenics?-It is based on training with body weight. Calisthenics are compound exercises that use multiple muscle groups and work with body weight. Some of the most typical exercises are pull-ups, dips, push-ups, squats, muscle up, handstand, planche, front lever, back lever, flag, pistol squat, etc. -Continuous learning. The way to advance in Calisthenics training is to be able to do more difficult, more technical exercises, learning skills and tricks and better controlling your body. -Training several physical qualities. In Calisthenics, strength, resistance, agility, balance, self awareness, flexibility and mobility are worked on, in addition to achieving aesthetic results of increased muscle mass. -Strict technical and aesthetic execution. In Calisthenics you try to perform the exercises in the strictest way possible, without sacrificing the technique to seek to do more repetitions. Balancing, inertia, "kipping", asymmetries or unwanted partial ranges are avoided. In the static exercises, locked elbows, pointed feet, correct positioning of the scapulae and hip, "hollow" position and correct alignment of the body are valued. -You can train on bars or without equipment. Calisthenics is usually trained in outdoor barbell parks, but it can also be trained at home without equipment. By simply training on the floor, with a wall and with a height such as a bench or a chair, you can carry out intense and complete training of all kinds. -Is free. Modern Calisthenics emerged as an alternative to gym training for people without resources, so you can train on the street or at home without equipment or with very basic urban equipment. -Creates community. Training groups are usually created in Calisthenics parks, which give a positive influence, motivation and support for people who may be going through difficulties.What are the most common exercises in Calisthenics?The exercises that are considered basic of Calisthenics are pull-ups, dips, and push-ups. In addition, there are very distinctive exercises to this sport, such as the muscle up, the front lever, handstand, planches, the human flag, the pistol squat, the handstand or the back lever. Most of this exercises are also performed in Gymnastics, but on the rings and in a completely different environment or setup, which makes it easy to differentiate between them. From the Calisteniapp team we have developed an app so that you have free calisthenics routines at your disposal, training programs to learn the different exercises and tricks, smart routines and much more. Take a lookhere.

In this article we present a complete guide on how to combine Calisthenics and Gym, both for calisthenics athletes who want to combine with weights, and for gymbros who want to combine with calisthenics. I'm going to try to make the guide as complete as possible and touch on all the important points so that it's useful to you, so without further ado, let's get started.Why combine them?First, let's talk about why combine these two disciplines. I think the most important thing is that you do it if you practice one of the two and the other catches your attention. For example, there are many cases of people who go to the gym, but the ability of calisthenics athletes to do muscle up, handstand, planche, front lever, etc. is very interesting and would like to try and see how it goes. It also happens with calisthenics athletes who usually train in the park, but in winter they sign up for a gym to be able to train more comfortably and use some of the machines, dumbbells or free weights. Also another very common case is that of people who go to the gym and find it extremely boring and monotonous, while calisthenics seems very fun. And the same with calisthenics athletes who have been on the bars for many years, and need a change or a different stimulus. Also, regarding the main golas I think it is important that you only combine both disciplines if it is in line with your objectives. For example, if you are in the gym and one of your goals is to improve your body control, your agility, or learn some skills, it is a perfect fit to combine with calisthenics. Or if you are a calisthenic athlete and one of your goals is to improve your aesthetic appearance or increase your maximum strength, it is also a perfect match. However, if, for example, you are a calisthenic athlete and your goal is to focus on improving planche and front, or statics and dynamics, it does not make much sense for you to combine. Another important issue, which we already mentioned before, is convenience. Perhaps your discipline is calisthenics but you live in a very cold and rainy place and it is convenient for you to train in the gym a few days, or perhaps what you like is going to the gym but it is too far away and you have a calisthenics park next to your home, or some days you don't have time and prefer to stay at home training. These are cases in which you could get a lot out of combining both disciplines. Finally, experience has taught me that there is an important psychological issue, which is that some calisthenics athletes think that to get really big they need to lift weights, or to grow their legs, and no matter how much you try to argue against that belief they have it in their brain and you are not going to convince them. The same happens with people who go to the gym and, for example, feel that no matter how much they train their backs, the stimulus that pull-ups give them is not given by any machine or weight, and they are totally convinced of this. In those cases, I think it's great that they combine, since in the end the important thing is that you are happy with your training and feel that it is really effective, and the possible, let's say, placebo effect that this entails, will be really useful and beneficial. .