Why Calisthenics Is Harder For Tall Athletes 

I'm 6'5... the struggle is real. My knees sound like rice-krispies.

I'm horizontally quite tall. The struggle is real.

For me, I don't mind if my height makes it "harder," because I'm not trying to beat anyone but myself. Bodyweight training is just a great way to improve my performance on the wrestling mat and in day to day life

Thanks a lot man. As a fairly tall guy myself I know how much of a struggle it can be when it comes to achieving calisthenics skills. Plus seeing shorter/lighter people achieving stuff you've been working consistently for years and years of hard work in just few months actually sometimes makes me lose motivation. However seeing other taller/heavier people like you achieving great things makes me actually want to work even harder. Also, it's all about enjoying the journey, and becoming better and better as you go. Even achieving a "simple" front lever, is a huge deal for us.. Let's go Tall People Calisthenics Community :D Thanks for sharing all those beasts in the description! Keep going strong

Hey Tom, I’m 6”, 59 years old, I’ve been doing Callisthenics for 1 and a half years, I got into Callisthenics because I had a 3/4 torn rotator cuff. The doctor told me I would need surgery, but I was dead set against surgery. So exercising was a very slow process. 2 years ago,I had never heard of Callisthenics.Anyway my torn rotator cuff healed on its own, and by me strengthening the muscle’s in my shoulder. I see people like you, fitness FAQ, HERIA, and a few others, and I was so amazed of how is it possible to do these very difficult exercises. I thought, I wish I was younger to be able to even start doing these exercises. So I just plodded on in keeping myself reasonably fit, 1 day I thought I’m gonna practice the back lever just to see, I got very frustrated thinking, I wish I would of known about these exercises when I was younger. But I kept practicing, I don’t want to bore you, but I got the back lever, now I do back lever, front lever, dragon flag, even tuck planche pushups.I’m practicing iron cross, human flag, and planche all at the same time. I’m the strongest I’ve ever been and I have a lot of people especially young guys who start the conversation with how old are you. How can you do these strength moves at your age. So I quite enjoy showing off on the rings. My main goal is to do the Planche 1 day, before I’m 65, I think to myself, the planche is impossible for me, but there again, that’s what I said about all the other move’s.That’s what keeps me motivated.

Just had the ultimate light bulb moment... I'm 1,85 so for a girl pretty tall and been training for coupla years and never put one and one together but it all makes so much more sense now. I´ve always struggled with pushing things but never pulling so didn't really question it just thought was lacking strength or whatever. Seriously thank you for sharing, truly opened my eyes

I'm 210 cm and currently 112 kg, working on pullups but can only do 8 so far and most bodyweight training is pretty difficult

My 6'5"-ness is 60% leg.

hmmm , i'm 1.92 , have a double hernia in my lower back and a little one between the shoulders , went from 136 kilo in december 2016 to 86 now and started to do the body weight thing a couple of months ago and making progress , might be slow but going forward and enjoying it every day , just keep doing it is the way to go imo :-)

I’m 200cm even and about 98-99kg I’ve always been shamed for not meeting the same benchmarks as my peers. I’m glad someone else can confirm that calisthenics is more difficult for taller people.

I've come to accept that some calisthenics movements are much more difficult as a tall guy. I feel I can keep trying at my own pace, and I won't compare myself to shorter (and lighter) calisthenics athletes who also have shorter arms.

I'm 2m13 (7ft) and 112kg and a high level athlete. The fact that bodyweight movements were always torture for me growing up became a motivation to master them... I am a long way from the mastering part but getting better every day!!

6’1 ectomorph, 162 lbs., training calisthenics for 16 months, 62 years young. Shorter people do have shorter paths to follow. Makes it even more impressive when tall people can compete and even win at times.

At just under 6'8" and new to the world of body weight training/calisthenics, I've definitely noticed pushing exercises to be a bit more difficult than the pulling exercises. I also need around 4,000 calories a day just to keep up with my metabolism (without exercise), so putting on weight has always been a struggle. However, I'm not looking for excuses or to be better than anyone else, I just want to push myself to get better and stronger day-by-day. Any tips for a tall, lanky noobie are much appreciated.

I'm 6'4" and I never thought of my height to be the issue itself, rather the strength and endurance of my supporting muscles.

The most common misconception about Calisthenics is "it's not for guys our size". It's better for guys our size to get into it because you'll be stronger as a tall heavy person.

I been saying this for a while, some short people are in denial of the advantage.

I'm 42 years old, 6ft 1 and my healthy weight is 190lbs, I got into calisthenics watching Jerome Pina's videos as I'm also into combat sports and I find it developes that 360° strength from everywhere that just lifting weights straight up and down doesn't.

I too can relate to that being 6ft3 and weighting 80kg .I find difficult to do push and hold exercises .But still I know it's just excuse for not doing calisthenics. And I think doing difficult things in life will bring you more joy and satisfaction that doing easy ones.

When tall gymnasts do achieve good results I think its far more impressive. 201cm here.

183cm 83kg ~3s straddle planche (took like 3 years), couple of HSPU, ~15s OAC negative (should be unlocked pretty soon), nowhere close to front lever (3,5 years of training now). Progress is unimaginably slow, whole process is really frustrating at times. On the other hand, 132kg bench press with 0 direct work, pike and tuck planche presses also for free. So bodyweight stuff is definitely hard but you gain some good absolute strength too.

I'm as tall as you and I agree. I've always had a harder time increasing my pushing strength but I never have a problem with my pulling strength.

I am 170cm 😎 and after 7 months of training i have become really good . Can do muscle up with swing , handstand , one arm lever.

Thank you for this post. As someone that is not only tall as I am 6'7 but recovering from injuries in the U.S. Army and having surgery this is a great video and helped me feel better about the hard times that I am having. Being tall is a hard part of doing calisthenics, I know that while I was active duty doing push ups, pull ups, dips, etc. was much harder for me than my best friend who is 5'6. Thank you for the information and I cannot wait to see what you do next.

6’8 and starting my calisthenics journey! I know it’s gonna be tough but I’ll be a beast at the end!

You should look at ike catcher dudes 6'9 doing calisthenics pretty mad

158 cm and 54 kg. As woman must bodyweight exercises are harder, even with a short lever. It took me 7 months to do one pull up. Planche is far from reach, but I'm getting better...

And i noticed when I started practicing I had hard time with short people they wanted me to do same stuff their are doing. That was demotivating. So i started training by myself.

I feel you guys: I went from 200cm/72kg and not being able to perform a single pushup to doing workouts with multiple sets of 5-10 straight bar dips. Now I am about 86kg.

im 6'1 and 79kg, I can kind of do a straddle planche, I can do one handstand pushup, and I can do 12 strict muscle ups, I can do a perfect back lever and im learning the front lever.

Thank you. I'm 188cm or 6'2", but on the lighter side, 77k or 170lbs. I used to practice capoeira which has a lot of handstands and inverted positions. I noticed that it was much harder for me to do a lot of the moves. Many years later I'm doing calesthenics and still haven't mastered a handstand. My hamstrings are also incredibly tight. However, I do progress slowly. I am good at pull-ups

I'm 6'1" and seeing you achieve skills has been motivating for me. I think while it's more difficult, most people appreciate that when they see tall guys doing skills. Personally, my main struggle has been balancing strength and flexibility training with being a runner. My upper body just isn't there, and I don't have time to train it extensively right now. I'm still happy with bodyweight training as a way to balance out my fitness, and hopefully I'll be more prepared for when I have more time to commit to strength. Doing a stalder press is a life goal of mine :)

Honestly, I love the struggle to be tall and doing calisthenics and squats!

I’m at 6”1 and I haven’t really noticed it as a disadvantage, guess I’m not too tall, it feels like the perfect height where you can still be limber

As a 172cm tall woman with thick and muscular lower body the struggle is real! But I enjoy training anyway and I hope this year I'll reach my goal of doing my first chin-up

Hi Tom. Thank you for sharing your story. I’m 6’6 and this inspires me to keep pursuing a flexibility practise that can help others achieve their goals.

Great content man, love your vids! I'm 198cm and doing cali for about 1 year and 3 months. Started with 3 pull ups, but now I can do around 12-15 pull ups. Training for the muscle up! Also can hold a handstand for about 20 secs. The progress is real slow, but when you manage a exercise like holding a handstand for +10 seconds the feeling is awesome. Also the feeling that you can control your body more every week/month is addictive. Hate but love the progress. Keep it up! I'm from the Netherlands by the way.

I’m 171 and learned front lever in about 7 months but still practicing it. Your a great source of inspiration and I respect that you don’t think that being tall makes calisthenics harder.

i'm 6'9" and turned 16 a while ago can i try calisthenics sometime?

There is actually a guy who is almost 2 meters tall who competed against Vadym and they were head to head. He did 10 one arm pull ups in a row (5 reps each arm) and instantly held a 15 second perfect front lever. His name is Levgen Shcherbyna. In my honest opinion, it might be harder for taller people but there other factors as well such as his/ her agility with her whole body, weight distribution (small legs and big arms), genetics, and tendon strength. I know for sure that smaller people tend to build more muscle easier. But there is a tendency of smaller people who are very active and hence agile in sports because they use their whole body trying to keep up with their taller peers. Someone who is taller have to run or move less. So they have less muscular stimuli.

im 6'3 as well so i definitely noticed how much harder it is for me to do even intermediate exercises like archer push ups. Glad to know im not alone

I agree Tom. Not all people gets that and says that's equal for everyone. But it isn't. You can get it, yes, but takes a lot more time if you want to learn more than one thing!

Very good video. It covered all the bases. When I was in high school I was a power lifter. I always envied the short and stocky people; because they had less distance to move the weight. Especially in the bench press.

Man you have right I train about 4 years (1.86cm 86kg) and it's a long road. Right now I'm starting to get straddle planche but with bad form. I think the most part of the road (different If you practice freestyle cause this apply to statics skills for me) its found the real exercises to progress more effectively.

6'5 and 92 kg, 37 years old. Can barely rip out 5 consecutive chin ups at the moment. Trying to get my bodyweight down to 88-90 kg and increase muscle mass. Long lever arm mechanical disadvantage is pure facts too.

6'7" here. Yeah, the struggle is real. Can do pushups, pull ups, chin ups all day long. Front lever., I'm not there yet. holding my legs in front of me parallel to the floor while I'm on the parallel bars, I feel all of that burn in my triceps like they're going to burst. There's no leaning back to make it easier like shorter people recommend. Completely different biomechanics. But I'm still working it. Love my ring work, nothing builds muscles quite like it.

6 foot 3 inches... 230 lbs now... and its all a pain in the ass... trainin hard for 5 years on and off. last 2 years been way more consistent with more volume. trained 5 years before that alot more sparsely and got nowhere.. only recently have i made really good progress.. slow controlled movements, lighter weights alot of compound shit.. deadlift with 5-10 sec holds.. weighted stretch. time under tension is key..filling the muscles with blood is key... even the day after. hold the top and bottom of the contractions. lots of volume. train the movement, train the technique fuck the amount of weight fuck your ego.. lift the same weight for 6 months or longer.. build up the ligaments and tendons.. do the full range of motion for every lift.. add more time under tension. be explosive... focus on the negative. fuck all the protein bullshit .5 -.8 grams per pound lean body mass.. lots of minerals and cholesterol and saturated fat for hormones and catalyst reactions.. all that protein just makes you fat.. it will fuck up your kidneys over time. everyone's mineral deficient.. they eat more protein than they need to trigger mtor because of nutrient deficiencies... eat dolomite clay, bone meal and drink vinegar.. take lugols iodine.. get all your 90 essential nutrients. 12 amino acids 3 fatty acids and 60 micro/macro elements...thats everything i know from learning the hard way......

193 cm. and 73 kg. With calisthenics I've been developing some basic strength and mobility for the last 3 months after basically 15 years of no training or exercise (I'm almost 28 years old). In a few weeks I plan to get a pair of gymnastic rings and start to practice some calisthenics skills. My goal isn't to become a master in calisthenics or gymnastic ability, but rather to enjoy the slow but rewarding process of becoming a healthier human being, both physically and mentally. Calisthenics training has become for me an amazing therapeutic experience, a time for introspection and almost meditation, in which I have gained so much awareness of my body and its importance to mental focus, determination, and balance. It has basically been a powerful, sustainable, satisfying, and pleasurable antidepressant. Cheers from Mexico. :)

Thank you so much man! I’m 1,87m tall, weight 82kg and been training calisthenics for little over a year now. Always wondering about this and looking for someone as tall as me (or more as is the case) to look up to. Helped a lot 🙌🙌🙌

189cm~ only now starting to develop more upperbody strength and shoulder mobility. I practice Tricking and for swinging tricks and movements it seems to work in favour having long legs,.but for all the other things I have to put in way more work, obviously not complaining I love physical practice and seeing the shorter guys at a higher level made me so motivated that I developed consistent practice habits, now trying to get better at my weaknesses which for sure calisthenics a good tool to get good relative strength and muscular coordination, love your work inspiring me to document my own journey on RU-vid. keep up the good work

198cm tall and i know the struggles 100%! Thank you so much for this motivational clip :)

I'm 6'3 as well! I've been working at boydweight training for 3 weeks now (very inspired by your channel). Was wondering what you would recommend for me as I'm really on the skinny side (165 lbs). Would it help to gain a bit of muscle through weightlifting before jumping into bodyweight stuff?

6’6”. One think I dislike is my muscle size. I consistently move more weight than many individuals around me. However, because there is more area for them to cover on me I appear to have less muscle. Not discrediting others but they can much easier look “buff”

I'm 1.94m (6.36ft) tall at 90kg (198lbs) & slender-ish, slouched back - never could get the hang of it walking upright, feels stan. Nevertheless, finally found someone who I can relate to in height & reassure or motivate myself in continuing the long journey in building a physique like yours via calisthenics. Thanks brah 🤙🏽

Been training front lever for close to 8 years, can still barely do tucked front lever. This year decided to quit that and try my hand at muscle-ups. That seems manageable, let's see if I can get there in a few years. Yes, being tall is definitely not an advantage in calisthenics.

I'm 6ft 2, 187.5cm. 72.5kg, 158lbs. I have long skinny arms and legs. Going down low on push ups causes incredible stress on my elbows. Pullups from a dead hang is extremely harder for me compared to people with thick shoulders and arms. Alot of stress on my shoulders and the muscle under the armpits

have you thought about iron cross? more achievable than planche at your height, altough the long arms will make it harder, but easier than planche even so.

I am 6’6” 198cm and 195lbs 88 kilos. I has been an incredible challenge to gain the strength needed for handstands, pull-ups, and L-sits. My hamstrings are like tangled bar wire fence. Though progress is slow, the strength, movement, and flexibility are coming. I just will be 90 by the time I can do most things well. Hahaha. Tom you are a the best! Thank you responding to us. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

sport is not the goal itself. our body is for hunting and fighting others. so if you are a tiny dude who can "beat" others in an artificial space, it makes no difference if you cant beat/hunt down the competition in the real world.

I'm not too tall (183 cm) nor heavy (74 kg), but I find I do have a hard time with my training. Not using that as a excuse though, been doing it for more than a year now, and the feeling i get from developing my way of moving is incredible. Pulling is hella difficult btw! I just cannot get to 3x8 reps with pull ups. Pushing is way easier...

As a climber and a Ashtanga Vinyasa Yoga practitioner, I've thought about body types somewhat. I'm 180 cm so I'm in a range where I see taller and shorter athletes thrive in different aspects. Tom, I think you'd be pleasantly surprised if you start more intermediate asana practice that backbends and leg behind the head wouldn't be real challenging for you :)

Even though I am only 5'7 I know the struggle. I have always been on the heavier side. Like, I can't even imagine myself weighing 110 or 140 I weigh 170 and I am pretty lean, so much lower weight doesnt sound healthy. I have always pictured I am too heavy for gymnastics and that always kept me from actually putting in the work and joining a club and even let me to a lot of dissordered eating behaviors. So I just try to train smart eat healthy, and sleep well and whatever happens, happens.

Covid 19 2020 I'm 6ft tall approx 190lbs gyms are closed and I been doing calisthenics at the park for the past couple weeks and there is progress. I have no choice but to do body workouts and making the most out of it. Even if I cant do alot of reps I still do whatever I can and i dont stop.

I’m 6’4”. Just getting into it.. and the lever moves definitely seem like a myth to me. But I’m gonna give it my best shot! 😎

Its crazy for me. Im 6,2“ with most of my mass being in my lower body. Its voodoo for me how athletes can get their feet off the ground when they perform a plance or press to handstand. On a bar, I can do a bad form tucked front lever. But Im working on it. No excuses.

I’m 6’7”. Grease the groove and adding weight on my vest, little by little, helped be with my pull ups! Currently working on my 1 arm pushup using bands and GGT. Good luck everyone!

Being 60 l've learned Gravity works harder on us long lever folks... used to be 6'6" now shrunk to 6'5"+ after bball, marathons but fortunately NO knee issues have embraced more functional training since 50

I'm 6'3 myself and it was super hard for me just to do a pushup (for someone who hadn't tried bodyweight exercises till then).it took me almost 2 months of doing inclined push-ups and gradually moving down to do that single pushup,felt really demotivated at times but yeah,right now I can do 15 x 3.Feels good tbh

I'm 6'4" 40 yo 170lbs. Your videos help me.

I am 5'8 and pushing is really not that hard when I compare my pulling strenght. But I would like to be taller :3

It’s not just height that matters. It’s proportions. I’m 6’5 but inseam is 36 inches and my wingspan is 6’7”. Makes it rough

I'm 195cm/110kg so kinda big guy. I think it has also advantages. When you are heavy you get really strong in absolut sense. I propably can do more pull ups than 50kg guy with 60kg weight vest. :D

preach man, 6'5" been training calisthenics movements regularly (though some months more consistent than others for training/eating) for 2 years and still no muscle up, lever, or planche and not even close other than muscle up kinda close on some attempts

Cheers mate, this just got me motivated to get some extra pull-ups after your handstand trybe workout in!:)

Late to the party here but thanks for coming out with it. I am 6' 2" and it is more challenging for sure.

I am 184 and 82 kg. Working on the Front Lever for over one and a half years now. A slow straddle negative is the best I can do right now. Also just started working on one arm Pull Ups. And I see way faster results than in the Front Lever training, which motivates me alot. But consistency and patience is the key!

187 cms and 84 kgs its sometimes uncouraging but its true i really enjoy so im planning to do till i die 😁❤

180 cm, 43 years .... i stopped thinking about front levers, planches, ... Im working on joints, strength, mobility .... happy with that :)

Thanks God 🤩 now I'm appreciating that I'm short around 5'6 and I'm beginner in calisthenics

I just hate, that no one in school sports ever told me: "This might be harder, because you're taller. Don't compare yourself to your friends 2-3 heads smaller than you." I was always suspicious, but it was still frustrating and almost killed the fun in sports for me. Now I'm 34 years old and can appreciate doing workouts in my own pace. This also helps my form, it's not about the number, it's about doing the correct Exercice and hitting the right muscles.

Im 6.2 with broken arm ,and plates in it , 210 lbs my max pull ups was 16 full range of motion, 30 dips, i couldn't do a muscle up though , had to stop for a year, now i started again max pull ups 5 but i weigh around 225 , i train once a week cause thats the time i need to rest, but this way every training, i can do around plus 20% of what i done the training before, unless the joints haven't recovered, but i found for me that if i workout really hard in one session meaning now my reps are low so it means i stress them a lot with my weight cause max 5 reps is pure strength gains , so 5,4,3,2, and then max reps with resistance band lets say 7,5,4,4,3, you are done for pull ups in that day , and in the same day i do pushups 4 sets of max, and 5 sets of pushups on a bench, i curently feel my chest is too stiff for dips so i want to stretch my chest muscles first before i start doing dips again , so i dont damage the muscles. And last thing guys GRIP is the key to strength between the last 4 sets ,hang for as long as you can and you will get a lot of grip strength next time and it will make it easier for you to do pullups.

6'1....Yes the struggle is real. I stick to moves that don't seem so mechanically disadvantageous like muscle ups and handstands....Tried working on planche and front lever progressions, and wow...Got tuck planche after like 5 months and have a hell of a hard time progressing past advanced front lever after like 6 months+....haha

Yeah I've mentioned to you my height and even longer limbs. 6'2 with legs of the average 6'11 person. Having no background in upper body strength and small shoulders, callisthenics has been Harrd af. You even joked that I should be a swimmer haha But seeing you slightly taller than me also with a high ape index going from my sort of mobility to high end was super motivational, mobility was my main goal but have fallen into strength training. It's been hard, I like to be androgynous, but now feel like a brick wall haha

I’m not tall at all 4 ‘11 and 3 quarters (not quite 5 foot so I don’t really say I am 😂😂) stopped growing when I was 14 and I am now soon to be 20 in January. Being short has definitely made my bench press better. (I was 115lbs benching 225) as well as planche and front lever being easier to master in a little less than a year...But all the RU-vidrs I watch for calisthenics are much taller and heavier by very much!!! and I hope nobody gives up hope for difficult static holds! The stuff looks so cool, never quit my brothers! Plus usually my taller heavier friends lift so much heavy weight which I always think looks badass too.

I am just starting my journey to the planche at 6'2"! I curretly do mostly rock climbing, but that doesn't really help me when it comes to pushing. I can't even hold a handstand yet.... this is gonna be a long journey, but I can't wait for the first time I go from standing to a piked handstand without quivering at all just like the high divers do.

~188cm and about 87-90kg, varies throughout the year as I tend to get lighter in summer. But the struggle is real, progress comes slow, even things like archer push ups took time and still I didn't achieve any skills because I was quite demotivated by how hard it is. I probably won't be a very good calisthenics athlete but I love even doing basics, coordinating your body as a unit etc etc. Still nice to see that I'm not the only one struggling 🙈🙈

I am 202cm tall with 96 kilos lately worked my way to 7 pull ups and slowly started my way to muscle ups and getting closer every day.

My friend said it will be hard, and man was he right.

Thanks for this video. Good to hear the facts from somebody who experienced this already. I just started and I couldn't believe how heavy I was. That's then due to my 1.88m height.

I’m 199 cm, and weigh 70 kg, I’m just starting workouts and suck at it, don’t know any excercises except push-ups, sit-ups, bicep curls, and squats

I'm 6ft25 (190cm), 82kg (180lbs). Started my road to planche seriously in march 2020. Currently am holding straddle but not with my legs all straight with my shouders (YET). For years it was impossible to even come close to this level, but slowly progressing in it.. it's a HELL if you compare yourself with all that are below 6ft, they seem to learn it bloody quick.

i’m 6’3 and i do cheer, i’m the tallest in my club and have been since i joined!

Hi, I'm from the USA, I'm 6 ft 2 in, 175 to 180 lb. I've been getting into calisthenics over the last 2 years or so, and really loved it, but started realizing the reality that you speak of for tall guys in this video. I would love to hear about or see what you did to train for front lever, or back lever. My original goal was to do a muscle up. But I still can't do chest to bar Pull-Ups, and I can do about 4 chin over the bar Pull-Ups. So muscle up is out of the question until I get stronger there. But my legs are so long! I still enjoy calisthenics but would like to progress to some degree. Any secrets you're willing to share from one tall guy to another is appreciated. Thanks

I have 160cm and ~48-50kg. Guess I'm good for gymnastics :)

I'm 6'3 and have struggled a lot with my push exercises, interesting video!

I'm not into handstands or any other calisthenics crap, I cold care less how many decades you can stand on one finger, I just want one thing, 6% body fat which most cali guys achieve. I started riding road bikes and mtbs a little under 2 years ago, and as time went on, I noticed outside selected sports, sports isn't really designed for taller and bigger guys like that. Most humans are relatively small and weigh 65kg to max 75kg, and I am talking about grown men with kids and family, some of them even middle aged. Tell me how my 6"3 105kg ass is supposed to out climb or outsprint someone who I weigh exactly him and 4 extra road bikes? that isn't going to happen. That's why I am trying to get my body fat down to 6%, and even at that, the least I can weigh is like 88kg dehydrated, probably 90kg hydrated and race ready. The struggle is real. Yeah I know I will kick your ass in basketball, running, sprints, American football maybe soccer but, that's about it. The medium big guy struggle is real. Let's not even start with real big guys or obese guys.

Hey Man I'm 6'7 18 years of age, and around 95kgs havent weighed myself in awhile dont have a scale 😂. I've watched how to get a deeper squat with ankle and hip mobility excersizes. I'm yet to try them but will start soon as i struggle with it. I play basketball actively and having weak hips been a problem for my game with defensive slides and quick footwork. I'd just like to say thank you for the informative videos that uve made I'll let you know how the progress goes 😊.

im also 6'3 and been training to handstand\planch\lever for about a year and still cannot. pretty frustrating when your just learning and everyone is just like "do this for a few weeks and you will get it" but i have accepted that i just have to go at my own pace. we got the reach on them anyway ;)

Totally understand man. I'm 6'3 and about 230 and it can get pretty tough but it's worth it.

I know old video but I’m a 5’9 woman and want to get into calisthenics. Funny you said they wanted you to do pole vault. In school I wanted to it out because I was sick of being a distance runner and they told me I WOULD NOT do good in it because I was tall and lanky, which I always thought was weird.