/BWG/ - Bodyweight General

>>38080427
Are sprints basically the best option to hit calves? Box jumps fuck mah knees

>>38080648
Sprints
Calf raises/single calf raises (do them on the edge of a step for a deeper stretch
Standing jumps

>>38080648
You got shitty knees. Do more box jumps but at lower height.

You can hit calves like >>38080754 stated. Try sprinting while running on tip toes, but watch and don't do it too much because achilles tendonitis.

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Apparently this guy once held a planche on his fingertips while choking out a bear between his legs.

What bodyweight exercises will get me to that level?

>>38080427
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHvMDlQ8Zyk
I just found this series of videos that were made by Dominik sky. 10/10 everyone should watch this.

>>38081268
tfw I'll never have a setup as legit as his

>>38081312
His enviorment seems comfy as fuck.

>>38081268
Definitely. That's why he's the first youtube channel link

>>38081340
Except in winter. Shit would be freezing. Too cold for this Australian

>>38080427
Kind of a blog post but sinve my abs have gotten stronger(i can do more advanced core exercises) i can see them without having to flex even though im 14%+ bodyfat.
Ive realized that "abs are made in the kitchen" thing is a meme

5'9" 200 and just starting to get ion shape.
Good idea to start with body weight training or lose weight first?

>>38081434
What have you been doing

>>38081467
Start now. It will help you lose weight and weight loss will also help with bodyweight.

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If I do bodyweight but also recomp, do I need to alter my recomp to take into consideration the bw exercises?
Exercises in pic related

>>38081494
Lately have just been focusing on dragon flags.

>>38081434
To be fair its like 50/50 diet and work, I had abs when I was a skeleton that never worked out lol

>>38081528
Yeah lower bf makes it easier but if you have a strong core its gonna pop out more even at higher bf%.

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>>38080427
What's a good beginner workout?

>>38081576
this >>38081510
3x/4x a week

>>38081576
Safe to assume this pic is doctored in some way?

>>38080427
Dyel general lmoa

>>38081576
SS + GOMAD

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>>38081598
Good shit, thanks.

>>38081626
Nah, m8 follow the instagram name

>>38082368
ur a cheeky cunt

>>38081510
Bump

>>38081124
Holy shit! That's insane!!

>>38081576
Lifting real weights.

>>38083739
desu if you guys are skelly, lift weights and bulk until your beginner gains ends and you stop gaining mass and strength so quickly.
Then you can consider bodyweight exercises

>>38081598
>3x/4x a week
what would happen if you did this workout daily? as part of a morning routine, maybe cutting down 1-2 sets/exercise. Does your body need recovery time equivalent to weightlifting?

>>38083938
Not him but i train pretty much every day until I realize my body needs to recover then I just do cardio or nothing for that day.

>>38083938
Yeah, body needs recovery, also ups the chance of injury. You could do low intensity everyday like you said and should be good, but listen to your body yaknow.

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>>38080427
>tfw bodyweight training will never be taken seriously on /fit/

>>38085531
Stupid ignorants thinks that only weightlifting is the serious "lifting". They dont know shit about gymnastics

>>38085572
I know it pisses me off as well. They think they have reached their bodyweight potential because the only exercises they know are push ups and burpees.

>>38080811

>sprinting while running on tip toes

that's how you're supposed to sprint, you dunce

>>38081434
>>38081517
That's nice anon, I'm only on level 2 of foundations so I'm far away from flags, but getting there

>>38085531
at least there is a thread here, formerly /bwg was in /asp but it has become wwe shit show

>>38085737
It use to be on /fit/ before it moved to /asp/ because it was trolled too much. I decided to bring it back here

>>38080427
So we've all heard about the natty limit.

Can someone post pictures of the BW limit?

Nogains general

>>38085959
Who cares about how you look?
I can do a reverse kipping chinese handstand
You must be so mad and jelly

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>>38085959
It varies from person to person because some people respond hypertrophy wise better than others.
At absolute worst ottermode
At best gymnastmode

>>38086009
>>38085959
>mad and jelly
>who cares how you look

first of all im not mad, i exclusively do calisthenics. i am jelly about the handstand though.

as far as who cares about my looks? I do, I workout purely for aesthetics.

>>38086030
looks great but im hoping for bigger pecs than that

>>38086049
https://www.instagram.com/p/BHozbQigdsA/
This guy does calisthenics as well.
Also Dominik sky is one of the bigger calidthenics guys.
>>38085960
Post your pic mr gains

>>38086056
Dominik lifts for legs and lower back

>>38086042
Then why do calisthenics? The only reason i can think of is you live in the middle of nowhere with no access to weights.

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>>38085959
I'm sure you can train for biggest chest with BW if you really wanted to

Personally, like >>38086030 said, I found out my body responds better to hypertrophy, and my chest is filling out 'upwards' which definetly looks great.

>>38086071
Do you think he gained the mass in his upper body by doing squats?

>>38086075
Are there bw exercises that can hit the traps? Also, shoulders? Those are my weak points, I look like a giraffe

>>38086080
not squats nor any other lift

>>38086081
>traps
Not any good ones
>shoulders
Yes you can get very good shoulders. Focus on pressing over your head and planche.

>>38086081
But there are bodyweight exercises for your neck which will make it thicker if you are interested.

>>38086096
Pike push ups and the sorts really mess with me, the way all the blood goes to my head...

Also, planche for shoulders, really? I'm at 1 min straight planche btw

>>38086108
Yes please enlighten me

>>38086081
hand stand pushups, I believe

Just go to jewtoob and look for 'bodyweight exercises for <body part>'


>>38086077
>*bigger chest

>>38086075
for aesthetics, maybe bw is not that great compared to lifting focused on isolations, just my personal opinion

I do BW to strengthen my joins and tendons, I need those so I can do some smithing

>tfw fucked my right triceps and tendon while smithing

>>>/asp/

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>>38086122
Its called the wrestler's bridge. We used to do these in wrestling and i still use them. Ive made a video about it and progressions.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9TZ4iGiQTEQ
Pic related is my neck for reference.

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>>38085959
The upperbody natty limit is exactly the same for bodyweight or lifting
However you won't be able to reach lower body natty limit with body weight because the legs muscles are simply to big and strong to progressively overload with just your body weight.

just rename this autism general, only people I know who train bw are absolute sperg lords

At what rep limit should I add difficulty to pushups and how?

>>38086081
This
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eH3bbEIV_Oo

>>38086113
Not that type of planche lol. The planche where you are in a push up position without your feet touching the ground.
Also the light headedness might be due to breathing which you can control or it can be things you cant control. Im not a doctor so i cant say for sure.
But if you want good shoulders you will have to press things ober your head. If you really cant do bw progressions for that you will have to lift things

>>38086153
Can confirm i am a sperglord myself.
>>38086159
Id say 15.
Put your feet on something high or do archer push ups. You can always change the grip width.
When you can move on to dips.

>>38086143
This general is for body weight exercises.
It's not call the gymnasitcs general.
Not a sport
Please tell /owg/ and /plg/ to go to /asp/ aswell.
They are sports after all right?

tfw crippling social anxiety is the only reason I keep doing body weight exercises

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>>38085572
Actual gymnast here. I used to sit high on my bodyweight pedestal. Swallowed my pride and tried lifting too... Should've started years ago. Ecstatic with size gains and I'm stronger than I was ever before.

Doing both is god tier.

>>38086246
Mirin pecks and penis.

>>38085531
it will once these threads start showing some decent progression photos.

>>38086230
That's the reason I started honestly, then the gains slowly killed the social anxiety indirectly, then I just kept doing it because it's more fun and less wankery than actual gym.

what should i add to my push day? here is my current routine
weighted dips
one arm push up
handstand push up
pseudo planche push up

>>38086301
Single bar dips if you can.

>>38086188
They'd go to /sp/ because they are actual sports
Unlike this where the main contenders are teenage girls

How do I develop stability in front lever? More core work?

>>38086326
Front lever is mainly a back exercise. Just do more front lever.

>>38086313
How is this thread a sport? Pleas enlighten me

>>38086326
Dragon flags
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgNWLbL_gg4

Active hanging exercises (Scapula retraction & depression)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C995b3KLXS4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VPs7h3oaUko

>>38082734
This

>6'4
>230
I'm doing pull ups, and I'm up to 5 max rep.

Any other tall/heavy guys do pull ups here? I'm not fit, I'm borderline obese. But, I feel a lot of the problem is the length my arms have to pull up my body. Like, that's quit a long travel. I do them proper, all the way down to a deadhang, and then pull up again.

>>38087551
I'm 6'3, 210lbs and I struggle with pullups as well. I'm trying to progress on weighted pullups, and I stall very quickly or progress extremely slowly.