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Calisthenic Beginners, Calisthenics Workout

Have you ever taken a critical look at how you are doing things?

Broken down every single exercise?

When you think about calisthenics, chin ups are usually one of the first exercises that come to mind.

Still, it’s not quite clear to a lot of people how to actually progress to their first chin up.

You might be one of those people.

And for the people who already have a chin up in their body weight workout backpack, they are usually missing some check points.

You might have skipped some steps to speed up the process.

Let me ask you this:

Do you know what a good chin up is?

You might think you already know.

What if I told you, chances are you don’t.

What if I told you that the chin ups you are doing right now will end up becoming weak spots down the road.

Want to know why?

Calisthenics Diet, Paleo

Does it annoy you too?

People gorging down another SHIT meal and telling you they are taking some extra vitamins on the side to stay healthy.

You know it doesn’t work that way.

You know that a pill does not replace a food.

You know that if you would push down every single supplement out there down your throat, you still wouldn’t live forever.

You probably wouldn’t make it through the end of the month.

You know most people are wasting their time by just focusing on the ‘small fish’.

Sometimes it makes you want to scream out loud:

STOP THIS POPPING PILLS MADNESS AND EAT A F***ING REAL FOOD!

I know, improving your nutrition can seem like a daunting and confusing task amongst all accessible supplements.

BUT…you know you can permanently change your body if you get the most potent foods out there.

The problem? You don’t know which foods are the best choice.

Let me share my ‘top secret list of nutrient dense foods’ that will make you want to throw most of your supplements to the bottom of the ocean.

When are you strong enough to get started?

A tricky question, eh?

I’ve been there, too.

Because you know the only way to get stronger is by starting.

Endlessly postponing.

Wondering when that perfect moment will come.

In the early years of my calisthenics training, I felt it was almost impossible to hit that ‘start’ button.

And being part of a seemingly ‘guys-only-world’ of calisthenics does not make it any easier for you does it?

But what if I told you that calisthenics can become as easy as eating your favourite chocolate?

You use it every day habitually.

When you draw a moustache on your best friends face with a permanent marker.

When you actually need to sleep, but decide to ‘quickly peek’ into your messages and drop it on your face.

When you watch the next motivational Youtube video that makes you feel like running through a brick wall.

It’s there to watch you hit your first muscle up.

And to keep your weight in check.

You stroke it with your thumb as a way to say ‘hello’ when you see it lying right on the table in front of you.

And when you pat your pockets to discover it’s not where you put it 15 seconds ago, you suffer from a mini heart attack.

It’s a piece of metal, glass and electric circuits.

Yet you smile, cry and constantly connect with it 24-hours a day.

There is an 80% chance that you are actually reading this on that same device. It’s your smartphone.

And while I might sound like a jerk for telling you this.

Your smartphone addiction can actually help you to launch the habits that will allow you to build more muscle, lose more fat, feel happier and to achieve other goals.

How?

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Which one is better calisthenics or gym?

The question of calisthenics versus the traditional gym training has always seemed weird to me.

Aren’t those two completely different beasts?

It’s like comparing oranges to apples.

Calisthenics aims to primarily build a body through a skill based approach, traditional gym training adopts a very lineair approach by building a ‘visually attractive body through the increase of weights’.

But I have to admit, there is some overlap.

If you are reading this you probably want to build some muscle.

Get a bit stronger.

And preferably look a bit more aesthetically pleasing for people you are attracted to.

Building muscle follows the same basic principles, whether that’s through weights or by using your body weight and gravity as a way to increase the loads.

To say one is better than the other would be a very simple black-and-white representation.

Building muscle is just one thing. Looking better is another.

And then there are about a gazillion other end results related to the type of training you pursue.

But when it comes to ‘training your brain’ you might find it easier to make a choice.

If you really want to know whether calisthenics is better than weights for your brain, you need to read THIS shit!

Confess it!

You’ve done the unthinkable. You’ve tried calisthenics without gloves and your hands hurt.

You’re bugged that even the most simple exercises feel like lava running down your soft and delicate skin.

After those first chin ups you felt the guilt of letting yourself down and even worse, now your hands are missing a patch of skin.

But before you throw in the towel of defeat, know this – it’s never an easy road to a place worth going.

If it were, you probably wouldn’t want to be there.

So don’t hold up the white flag.

You can build a layer of indestructible skin on your hands that will make any glove obsolete.

Want to know how?