DON'T DO these 7 Calisthenics Mistakes

Today I’d like to talk about the 7 mistakes I made during my first months/years of calisthenics.

1st error was not warming up properly.

I used to do some joints circles and then pull ups and push ups.

Then I have noticed that the harder the exercises the more I should warm up.

Other than warming up the joints it is also important to warm up the muscles.

It is also important to gradually prepare the tendons for the hardest skills of calisthenics like Back Levers, Front Levers, Planches etc.

Don’t do the same mistake,

everything could be okay the first few weeks or months,

but the harder the workouts the better you should warm up,

because not warming up could lead to serious injuries in the long run.

2nd mistake is that I didn’t have a workout routine.

If you have a specific goal, create your routine with easier specific exercises that could help you reach the goal without risk of injury.

For example, if you wanna improve your pull ups, you should add Assisted pull ups to your routine,

so that you can increase the number of repetitions before removing the elastic band,

It is important to work on specific exercises every week, even 2 or 3 times per week.

Consistency is the key to reach your final goal.

If your final goal is to planche, work on the basics first and then work specifically on the planche exercises every week.

The body gradually adapts to the working angle that you repeat every week.

If you wanna learn the MU, work on explosive pull ups,

do the MU with the help of an elastic band,

study the transition and repeat every week the same work again and again by gradually increasing the difficulty.

My mistake was that I used to casually choose the exercises of the day without a specific goal in my mind.

At the end I was able to progress anyway, but way slower than what it could be.

Another mistake I used to do is: Not completing the range of motion during the pull ups, push ups and similar.

Another mistake is that I used to focus more on the quantity than the quality of the exercises.

Obviously it all depends by your final goal.

If you wanna become an endurance athlete, than you should work on quantity too, but always maintaining a good quality of the exercises.

Another mistake is that I used to try the planche without knowing the right progression.

I used to jump a little bit expecting to learn the planche this way,

I have been lucky that I didn’t hurt myself in the process,

study all the progressions and work on it properly.

Nowadays youtube is full of tutorials.

My channel is full of tutorial and calisthenics routines, so I’m sure you can find many helpful videos.

I have learned the right progressions once I have started going to classes to become a calisthenics trainer.

Another mistake that I still do sometimes is to not fixing the muscle imbalances.

I know, the human body isn’t perfectly symmetrical,

but still record yourself from different angles, so that you can notice if you have asymmetries.

Also take measurements of your muscles so that you can notice if you should focus more on a specific part of your body.

I’m sure that a good physiotherapist can help you.

Last but not least,

I didn’t focus much on eating properly, I have noticed the difference during the 2017,

I used to eat too many carbohydrates and not enough fats and proteins.

So I have fixed this and my body improved drastically.

This is the period where I started receiving comments about “steroids”,

actually I have added 2 extra snacks every day,

and finally reached my daily calories with a better carbo/fats/protein ratio.

I have kept the same workouts but with more basics exercises, my body completely transformed in just a few months.

So follow a diet if your final objective is to improve the aesthetic of your physique.

I’m sure a nutritionist can help you.

30-40% of the aesthetic is about eating and rest properly between workouts.

The other 60-70% is training super hard.

Please let me know with a comment if you made different mistakes,

this were the ones I used to do, but if there are other important things to keep in mind I could record another video.

I could have progressed much faster without all these mistakes

but that’s it, the important thing is that I kept going no matter what.

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