Category: Calisthenics & Bodyweight
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How to kick ass at bodyweight workouts
It’s simple – just not easy. So, you wanna excel at bodyweight training? You wanna do stunts that drop jaws, inspire envy, and give you a heretofore unimaginable level of personal fitness (not to mention a qualitative edge on attracting/obtaining phone numbers from attractive humans)? Great decision! But know this: you’d better be ready to spend a good, long time…
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How To Prepare For Your First Handstand
And no, it’s not as simple as just “stand on your hands”. A while back I was hitch hiking back from my early morning training appointments in a town near Jerusalem (I like to live dangerously) and one of the occupants of the car and I got to talking about fitness. He asked about programming, frequency of training, and so on. Naturally, being that I’m a calisthenics geek,…
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Improve your Cardio with 2 body weight drills
Wanna have more wind? More get-up-and-go? Yeah, you definitely do! No matter what your physical goals may be, you would do well to increase your work capacity. Increased work capacity means the ability to handle more work (DUH!) as well as your ability to recover from said work. Increased work capacity means you can take a lickin’ and keep on tickin’ –…
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Straight-Arm Strength Exercises That Get You Straight Strong
(This article originally appeared on Chronicles Of Strength) “Gymnasts are NOT totally, completely, irretrievably ripped to **#!@ shreds” said no one ever. Which is to say that pretty much everyone can agree that male gymnasts sport some pretty eye-popping, jealousy-inducing physiques, and guess what? It’s not because they’re better, smarter, or taking better supplements than…
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The #1 Bodyweight Exercise For Bigger Shoulders and Arms
One you’ve never even tried, I reckon. The Best Bodyweight Exercise You’ve NEVER Done. Wanna build some upper body beef and turn those shoulders into SWOLE-ders? How about them triceps into…well, bigger triceps? And how would you like to improve your handstand pushups/military pressing strength along the way? Got your attention yet? Good. Then look…