In my 40s and want to progress in body weight movements like hand stand etc, I can do 3 sets of 10 pull ups but can't seem to progress any more? Add weight ?
I would like to see at least one video about warm up routines for the major joints. Most people do not know how to warm up properly, for Calisthenics or otherwise.
@@els3099 It's not bad for you, it just tires out your muscles if you stretch too long and you won't have as much strength left as you could have. I usually do some circling motions for arms and legs, some push ups and like 5 minutes of stretching before training, then longer stretching after training. (I do breakdancing, so I need some flexibility for some moves)
in my life i never have done a full pull up, i started doing eccentric pull ups, i started in May and now in August i can do 5 wide grip pull ups. The first eccentric pullups i did lasted for roughly 10-15 seconds now i can do 45-55 seconds. Recommend alot
Doing 4-5 times as many reps on a less intense exorcise like Australian pullups helped me a lot. Went from 1 half rep pullup to 15 controlled full range of motion chest to bar pullups in about 6 months. Definitely would recommend.
0:25 Band Dip 1:43 Pull Up Eccentric 3:05 Elevated Push Up 4:50 Bodyweight Row 6:12 Pike Handstand Workout template: A1: Eccentric Pull Up 3 x 3-6 B1: Band Dip 3 x 5-12 C1: Bodyweight Rows 3 x 6-12 D1: Elevated Push Up 3 x 6-12 E1: Pike Handstand 3 x 30-60s Good luck in your training 💪
I've seen countless videos but the fact that you have one for BEGINNERS on starting their journey makes all the difference thank you for that you definitely got my subscription
This has been extremely helpful, a lot of videos always emphasize to focus on form, but they don’t really explain how you can progress into it. Thank you!
Well done Daniel! Calisthenics have a lot of variations which helps a lot to start training! As you show eccentric can really give you a great workout!
I did this work out today instead of my usual arm and back routine and honestly it felt amazing, I think it really targeted the trapezius, rhomboid minor and major and the Dorsi. I am gonna replaced this workout and incorporate calisthenic based workouts into my training. Also, I tried to keep my heart rate up doing every set by skipping for 1 minuet between my sets and this really changed the game!
Do yall have any non professional/actual true beginner friends or beginner clients ? I'd love to see yall work with a true noob. Though your vids are amazing, I think it could be helpful seeing these movements performed by a body that isn't already so conditioned from years and years of training.
This has definitely become my favorite calisthenics channel on RU-vid. This channel always has the absolute best content. Thanks for the awesome videos, please keep it up.
I feel like Austin would be one of the best people to do videos like this with. Very down to earth guys right here. Love both of your channels. I've been doing calistenics for only a month but I thank both of you for being my primary source of information. Keep doing what you're doing man 🤸♂️ love the content, keeps me motivated.
Great info brother...I'm 49 years young n I'm firm believer in building the small muscles so you will see great results on your external muscles.. truly will follow you.. thank you..
@@denisp5921 There is no definitive answer to that question. It depends on many factors -personal goals, training experience, body composition, ability to recover, age and so on and so forth. Me telling you a cookie-cutter weekly routine with reps and sets without even having met you would be downright irresponsible on my side. I hope you understand. Experiment, try things out and find out what works for YOU. There are some videos on how to start calisthenics that go a bit more in detail as to what would be a reasonable approach. However, these are by no means individual-specific. Just keep that in mind. Peace out, bro
Nice true beginner tips! ~biggest argument for not exercising is BAD FORM - i've seen so many people over the years doing things completely wrong and it's no surprise when they end up with chronic pain, muscle imbalances, back problems etc... I say proper technique and form is critical - otherwise don't even start
Do not underestimate calisthenics. It’s no joke. Just doing pull-ups, push-ups, dips, and various Ab exercises will do the trick. Of course each type of exercise I mentioned above can easily be manipulated and has multiple different variations to activate each different muscle group in an effective manner. Gotta love calisthenics
How to Start Calisthenics (THE SMART WAY!) Step 1) Get someone else do it for you :) * Seriously? .... You are great! Thanks for getting into the trouble, it is lot's of help. I started up instinctively this way and advanced too fast. I go back to the roots. The rubber band is genuie.
I had let myself get out of shape over a few years, and a couple of years ago I wanted to start doing dips again and found that I had lost strength and gained weight and made it impossible for me to do a dip, so I started by doing a negative, as I call it, or just a resistance workout to build myself back up; just as you demonstrated with the pull ups. Over months, I had worked myself back up to doing 4 and 5 reps for 4 sets. I am 6' 1" and I my body weight was around 280 at the time. One of the first things that I noticed was my shoulders dropping fat and shaping up on the top as well as my back arms starting to drop fat to see definition. One of the things I had learned about muscle growth over my years in health and fitness is the muscle requires 72 hours to heal. Something else that needs to be taken into account when you work out are the free radicals, as they are called, that are released in the blood stream when you workout that attack muscles, so eating your veggies and fruits is an important part if you are going to stay healthy and succeed if you make exercise a regular part of you life. Stay away from canned foods and fast foods and reduce red meat intake to once or twice a week and drinking water and staying away from the corn syrup in soda pops. Cutting out soda pop can greatly increase the health benefits of your body and help to shed body fat. Just thought I would throw a little bit of knowledge out there.
I am 63 and just started doing calisthenics , at first I thought I would never achieve even the very basics of moves but i was dedicated , persistent and very consistent, I was not about to give up, now I can do 11 pull ups, hang for about 1.5 minutes 7 dips, tons of push ups . do 8 skin the cat on the rings, I am almost can do the pistol squat. all this stuff looks easy but man it's hard but if you goal is to get muscle strengh, then calisthenics is the way to go, and the rings are the best of all to do that
Bands are good. I nearly injured myself doing dips, as well as another time with Pull ups when I didn't know I was getting sick. I was working out for a few weeks but I could only do like 3-4 reps max. I'd suggest if you meet these two conditions that you cannot even do 5 reps of an exercise on your main set, and if you are a beginner, it is a very idea to use a light band to make it so you can get into a higher rep range to focus on the control. If you are doing like 3 reps on a working set as a complete beginner your control is going to be shit, even though some people won't admit it. Of course if you've been working out for a long time, doing a 3 rep set on something heavy has it's proper place.
Great video! Would you have a video on stretches for post running or right before you go to bed? Like a warm up you can do at home and then a few simple stretches.
If anyone is struggling to complete a pull-up, the first one is the hardest. After you can manage to do a single pull-up, working up to more reps comes easily. My advice to manage one, is to practice the eccentric portion, and best of all: go swimming! If you can just do a few hundred metres of freestyle, breaststroke or butterfly/backstroke for a couple days a week for a few weeks, then you'll build the lat strength to do one fairly easily. Seriously, I swam 4 days a week for a month, and went from struggling to do a single pull-up to doing a few really easily - I didn't even touch a pull-up bar in that month by the way.
Just finished BBR! Then fell off my bike so I'm hurt haha maybe I'll do a hard gainer/skinny to muscle transform vid soon or somethin... Thanks for everything you do Daniel!
@fitnessfaqs may I suggest making a video on what to do when you hit a plateau and what methods we can do to break that plateau? E.g. “grease the groove” method, more weighted calisthenics, etc. right now I’ve hit a plateau where I can only do 6 pull ups, and around 8 dips. As well as I’m having a hard time doing the explosive chin up switch grips. Thank you!!!!
total beginner: do stability and mobility exercises like planks and incline push ups, cat cows and bridging and fast walking (3 km is a good distance to start; walk AFTER your stability training) for the first month or longer. than come back to this video and others like it and try this advanced beginner stuff and buy rings, they are the single best tool in calisthenics ever
Really great intro to calisthenics; HOWEVER, it would be even better if you could do the same exercises using stuff you have around the house. Some of us don't habe gym memeberships.
These can be done around the house perfectly fine, though you'd need to pick up a couple little things. Most important would be pull up bar - they make some that attach to your interior door frames that are removable, so you can just hang it when you want to use it. Other than that, you want something that you can use for elevation for excercises like the incline pushups and for your feet with the rows (use the pullup bar for those, perhaps with some rope 'rings' to get closer to the floor). You can really get away with just a pullup bar as a beginner for quite a while. The equipment is secondary- you just need to try to find your way of solving certain challenges. :)
i guess a lot of people made this question.. but.. how far can you (or better i) go with calisthenics / bodyweight training only? can i see improvement to my muscles in 4 weeks? when will the progress stop? btw really nice videos!
Here's a FAQ: Do you train calisthenics every day? If not what is your recuperation schedule lilke? Since a calisthenic workout is focusing on many different muscle groups its not like the gym where you're cycling muscle groups every 3 or 4 days. So I'm wondering how i can commit to a routine with the right recouperation
Hey, good video...but you should use complete beginner and show how beginner journey do those exercises. It will more closely to reality instead of man who do reps as professional. Thanks for you sharing info
i see your point but i'd rather him use someone who uses perfect form so i know what to aim for, otherwise i may develop bad habits. the only thing that having a newbie will change would be self esteem(if his starting spot is better than yours/yours is better than his)
