Essential Calisthenics Thread

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Originalgangsta317 said:
When I first got to the joint,I was about 145 pounds,I couldn't bench 135,so I was pretty weak.

My first year locked up I did straight calisthenics

Here was my routine:

Grab the stop watch and set it at 30mins and start it

I started off trying to complete 100 pullups,150 dips,150 body squats and 200 pushups within 30 mins or less,and everytime it got easier I added 2 reps to the pullups,5 reps to the dips,and 10 reps to the pushups and body squats. The best I ever got up to was 180 pullups,400 dips,450 pushups and 300 body squats in 30 mins,and knocked out 1,000 pushups every saturday in 45 mins.

The pushups and dips were done together,take a 5 min break,then the pushups and bodysquats were done together,and the 1,000 pushups saturdays were done alone.

For a year straight I did this with NO WEIGHTS and it cut me up something serious and gave me long wind,I was strong and in great shape,the first time I went back to the bench press I hit 135 like it was nothing,hit 225 easily and got a one rep of 300 pounds.

My squat,was about 275 ATG and 310 in the bucket(Prison slang for squating and making your butt touch the flat bench or a chair.)

But after I picked up the weights,I no longer did this crazy routine anymore,as I loved the weights.

But I just started this back up and started back from scratch and got 100 pullups,150 dips,150 body squats and 200 pushups in 20 mins breh's.

Try this,any questions feel free to ask.
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This thread is A1 but breh:ohhh: if you cant reach those numbers would you advise go at your limit and record how many you do?
 
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Malik1time said:
This thread is A1 but breh:ohhh: if you cant reach those numbers would you advise go at your limit and record how many you do?
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Yes,still set the timer at 30 minutes and do what you can do,but you should start to get stronger and be able to do more reps as time goes on,but that 30 minutes still stays the same.
 
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Should I do one or the other or both for better progress? I've been lifting for 2 and a half years but I've been doing calisthenics on the weekend for about a month. Usually do 4-5 days in the gym and 1 or 2 days of calisthenics on the weekend (usually equaling a total of 200 pullups, 400 pushups, 400 squats, 400 dips, 10 minutes of planks)
 
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Should I do one or the other or both for better progress? I've been lifting for 2 and a half years but I've been doing calisthenics on the weekend for about a month. Usually do 4-5 days in the gym and 1 or 2 days of calisthenics on the weekend (usually equaling a total of 200 pullups, 400 pushups, 400 squats, 400 dips, 10 minutes of planks)
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No,continue lifting weights and Calisthenics, get both of those in for sure.

But to make sure your getting something out of Calisthenics I would advise you to try my method.

And if you don't understand it or you just want to make sure you doing it right, ask,because I found out alot of guys weren't doing it correctly and I had to explain fully what to do
 
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Originalgangsta317 said:
No,continue lifting weights and Calisthenics, get both of those in for sure.

But to make sure your getting something out of Calisthenics I would advise you to try my method.

And if you don't understand it or you just want to make sure you doing it right, ask,because I found out alot of guys weren't doing it correctly and I had to explain fully what to do
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I meant to write in this thread a couple weeks ago when i tried this but then forgot. 30 minutes and got 135 pullups 120 pushups 120 squats and 120 dips. I was doing sets of 20 for each before I moved onto the next, but after 50 pullups i can only do 5 at a time (20, 10, 10, 10, 5, 5 ,5 etc.). I don't know if that's the best method but it's all I knew how to do, but if you got something that might help or I should alter I'm all ears breh.
 
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Originalgangsta317 said:
No,continue lifting weights and Calisthenics, get both of those in for sure.

But to make sure your getting something out of Calisthenics I would advise you to try my method.

And if you don't understand it or you just want to make sure you doing it right, ask,because I found out alot of guys weren't doing it correctly and I had to explain fully what to do
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I DIDN'T READ THIS WHOLE THREAD, SO I DON'T KNOW IF YOU TALKED ABOUT THIS ALREADY, BUT COULD YOU TELL THESE BREHS ABOUT WHAT YOU EAT, BROTHER? HOW MANY LEAN CHICKEN BREASTS AND EGG WHITES ARE YOU EATING, DUDE? OR ARE YOU ONE OF THESE GUYS WHO JUST EATS PIZZA EVERY DAY, MEAN GENE?
 
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