Strength Training through Calisthenics

[CrunkLord420]

I've gone from to being barely able to do 1 pullup and having to do negative pullups as a cope to doing as many as 4 sets of 3 from a dead hang with good form. Same thing with dips - I've gone from negatives only to doing 6 in a row and coming back for multiple sets.

Every time I see someone else doing pullups they're practically swinging themselves up and down and kicking with their legs. I don't know if it's some meme crossfit thing or if people are just retarded and lazy but that can't be doing anything for your body.

It's not just crossfitters, who do their bizarre windmill thing. The majority of people who do not specialize in pull ups do not lockout their elbows and dead hang at the bottom.

I sometimes watch do these on-the-spot pull up challenge videos and the dude always lets people get away without locking out. He'll sometimes say it but then just keep counting reps. Everyone so focused with getting above the bar. When I started my dead hang to active hang transition was the hardest part, not the top.

Gym-bro with "30 reps": https://www.youtube.com/shorts/NIbwmrVaous
Beach-bum surf teacher with the cleanest 15 reps on the whole channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrFzAQIICb8

 

[Swine Schwein]

I like to do those retarded kicking, swaying pullups as a dropset, after going to failure with good form first. I fucking love it, all rules go out of the window and I can just swing and twitch in my natural pathetic state

 

[CrunkLord420]

does this count as weighted calisthenics?

 

[Clout $ Monei]

does this count as weighted calisthenics?
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Only if the wheelchair is heavier than his legs would be?

Working my way to 5 one handed push ups on the right, 4 on the left. I didn't expect to have that much difference when I started doing it. I'm trying to even it out but I wonder if it's more a question of strength asymmetry or because I'm more comfortable and agile on the right, and being less tense makes it easier overall.
My goal is the planche push up by the end of summer, starting in negative to feel the movement.

 

[Lords Greatsword]

Been spamming weighted chinups recently on the calisthenics rings I got, and seriously underestimated how much work doing them in the L-sit position does for the core. I don't even think I have to superset hanging leg raises with these. Need to do more movements for the obliques though

 

[CrunkLord420]

Been spamming weighted chinups recently on the calisthenics rings I got, and seriously underestimated how much work doing them in the L-sit position does for the core. I don't even think I have to superset hanging leg raises with these. Need to do more movements for the obliques though

How are you weighing yourself down while doing an L-sit? Doesn't the dip belt get in the way? I like to do slow and controlled leg raises (no kicking) with an L-sit pause while in ring support hold.
Eg.

I've been mostly focusing on my front lever progressions, at the advanced tuck stage.

 

[Lords Greatsword]

Doesn't the dip belt get in the way?

I'm putting the weight in a backpack, so far it's light enough that it's still keeping together well.

 

[CrunkLord420]

It should be illegal to post calisthenics videos without saying how tall you are. It's always the first question, "how tall are you?". It matters. There are serious competitors going to competitions and their height is not listed anywhere. The difference between a 170cm and 180cm is massive.

I was reminded of this watching this Sthenos competition, seeing Nathan Bosech (160cm) go against Rémi (unknown, but closer to 180cm than 160cm). You can see their height relative to the parallel bars, Nathan's shoulders are clearly below the bar, where Rémi's armpits are entirely above the bar. He's clearly the tallest person at the competition and you can see how much more he struggles with statics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7Wsm54ejjw&t=833s

We need calisthenics height classes so it doesn't just devolve into horse jockey-tier tiny people.

 

[Brahma]

When I started my dead hang to active hang transition was the hardest part, not the top.

I've the opposite problem. I can hold a 60 sec active hang, 90 on a good day lol but if I drop in to a proper dead hang my shoulder/chest starts screaming at me. I've been trying pulsing in and out of it to see if it improves. Probably a weight issue too

 

[CrunkLord420]

The UK marine pull up test requirements are as close to perfect as I've seen yet. The guy has great form.