Welcome to the Ultimate 8-Week Calisthenics for Beginners Workout Plan! What follows is a comprehensive, easy-to-follow calisthenics workout plan targeted specifically for beginners and will put you on the path to a leaner, healthier, confidence-boosting body. This...
https://www.youtube.com/embed/P-lVIiP1Exs Table push up as a great bodyweight exercise that strengthens your upper body and your core muscle groups. The reason it’s called table push-up is because you look like a table in the top part of the exercise. How to do a...
The biggest myth with bodyweight exercises is that it's difficult to make the calisthenics workout more challenging which is why we created this calisthenics progression guide. When you use weights you can simply add weight. When you use your own body weight most...
A couple of weeks ago, I posted an article about shoulder mobility exercises which led to the request for hip mobility exercises. Many people struggle with hip snapping, hip pain, or stiff hips. Poor hip mobility can also contribute to pain in your knees and lower...
When you are on the quest for Calisthenics Self-Mastery there is no better place to start than the handstand. It is a skill that combines strength, body alignment, and balance. If you have ever devoted yourself to practicing it you know how difficult it can be. You...
Just imagine for a moment… You’ve just completed your warm up. You feel stronger than ever. You decide to do it. You take a good look at the pull up bar. Your mind is totally still. You extend your arms, jump and grab the bar. You stay hanging for a moment. Then you...
Hey, are you busy? Of course, you are! What a silly question. We're all busy. Studies show we're working more than ever and taking less time for ourselves these days. With everything on our plates -- jobs, family, school, driving, walking the dog, paying bills, and...
We all know that one of the greatest benefits of calisthenics is that you need little to no equipment to workout. However, I can’t deny the benefits that come from having a homemade gym set up in your house completely dedicated to calisthenics training. Wait Todd....
*This is a guest post by my good friend Raza Imam For lots of people, getting lean and ripped seems like an unachievable goal. But it isn’t. Not by a long shot. I’m a busy father of two young boys. I have a 2 hour daily commute. I have a very demanding IT job at a...
Since I started building SOA, I have received the same question countless times. How do I choose the right bodyweight training routine for me Todd? Over the years I've learned something very important... There is no such thing as the best routine. Not all routines are...
Almost all of us who train hard (or not so hard) want to build more muscle and lose more fat. The best way to achieve both of these goals is to train harder and more efficiently. However, there is a limit to how much you can train. For this reason, the past few years...
Learning new skills is the backbone of calisthenics strength training. And because of that, no other form of training seems as exciting and fun as calisthenics. Even though I have been training for more than 10 years, I am still as excited to learn new skills as I was...
Picture this for a moment - You, stuck in traffic with places to be and people to see. It’s Monday, and you just so happen to be running late for everything that day. Now, being that you can only allot so much time for each activity during the week, you end up having...
If you live an extremely busy life (don't we all?) and want to shorten up your workouts but not lose training effectiveness... look no further than Tabata. The method was initially founded by Izumi Tabata in Japan. It was found that a training protocol where you do...
Low Repititions Multiple Sets Split Plan Your Workout Isolate Overload They say that hindsight is 20/20. For the past decade, I have been a huge fan of body weight calisthenics. I loved the way it made me feel after a workout. I loved how I had a whole body oneness....