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 No.131019

TL;DR: What are the benefits/drawbacks of calisthenics?

Hello fit people, I want to get back into exercise again (life circumstances this year distorted my schedule). I previously did weights, but a number of people I know IRL have started doing calisthenics. Before I go and get a gym membership I want to evaluate whether I can do everything solely body-weight.

 No.131024

>>131019

it'll burn a lot of calories.

limited potential for gains.

not many options for legs.

all depends on what you want. if you want to be fit, its good. if you want to be huge or stronk you need weights.


 No.131038

>>131019

I was a competitive swimmer and did my own version of Convict Conditioning and reached a BMI of 27 with around 10% bodyfat. It's definitely possible to get big with just bodyweight, swimming, and running. I recommend a lot progressions (pistols, one-arm variants, etc) and plenty of sprint workouts.


 No.131644

>>131019

Some compound exercises are weight free like pull ups, but some of the calisthenics I've looked at that would accomplish getting swole requires a minimum ability in strength to perform which kind of puts you in a catch-22. They're also easy to hurt yourself if you don't do it right or not progressing into it.


 No.131648

>>131644

>exercises are weight free

This is a meme. With calisthenics you still use weight, but in a different way.

Instead of dumbells and barbells, you use weight as weighted belts and weighted vests.


 No.131652

>131019

Militaries mainly use calisthenics because it's convenient for training a large group of people. Unless your goals are to develop skill at certain calisthenics movements (e.g. pistols, which require a lot more balance than most exercises using weights) I think your results will be significantly better with that gym membership.

Sprints and weighted dips/chins will always be worth doing, but pistols and the like don't actually translate well to regular squats. I learned this from experience when I spent a year doing solely unilateral movements for legs. It's hard to replace deadlifts for lower back and grip strength. Trust me, OP, there is no replacement for squats and deadlifts, and having a large portion of your muscles working at the same time works wonders for overall fitness. That said, you could probably get away with doing calisthenics for every other muscle group if you had a pull-up bar and a basic dumbbell kit.


 No.131827

>>131019

Fuck you, Bruce




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