3 Things all Beginners should know when starting Calisthenics

Have you been thinking about

Starting with calisthenics

then make sure to watch this video

to discover the three things that all beginners should know

when starting with calisthenics,

before you actually start,

it's very important that you know,

some of the most neglected topics

that not everyone directly talks about.

So to get you off to a good start

without unpleasant surprises and with a good preparation,

I'm going to discuss

the three things that all beginners should know

when starting calisthenics.

And the best thing is that everything

that I'm going to cover is carefully implemented

in our Calisthenics Family Workout app.

So before I start,

make sure to watch this video all the way to the end.

To discover our weekly giveaway.

All right.

So let's jump right into the first topic.

The number one thing

that you should know when starting calisthenics

is that you will progress fastest in the beginning,

at the beginning of your calisthenics journey.

Your body is not used to calisthenics training yet,

so it will adapt relatively faster.

That is why you will notice in the beginning

that you are making a lot of progress

in the basic exercises, such as the push ups,

the dips, the pull ups and the squats.

It's not rare to double your numbers in a short time.

You will also progress relatively quickly

with the start of some skills.

For example, with a frog stand

a wall handstand an L-sit an elbow lever

and even with the start of a human flag.

These skills are fairly easy to adopt and all of this

makes calisthenics

super fun and challenging and leaves us hungry for more.

But after a certain period of training, also known

as the fun beginner phase, most people hit a plateau

and you should know that this occurrence is normal.

But this is also a crucial point.

It is the point where you either

lose your motivation

and give up like most of the people,

or where you can separate yourself from the rest.

Through, smart and effective training.

At this point,

it is important that you don't move forward

too quickly and overtraining yourself.

Your muscles may develop quickly enough,

but your joints and tendons need more time to adapt.

Unfortunately, I had to experience this myself too.

So take a step back here to get stronger in the basics

and to perfect the technique of all exercises.

And this leaves me at the second thing

that all beginners should know when starting calisthenics,

and that is that you should master

the technique of all exercises from the very beginning.

Unfortunately, we still see many people performing

incorrect technique on the most basic exercises,

let alone or more complicated skills.

This is not something to be ashamed of

because if you have never been taught properly,

there's very little you can do about it.

But unfortunately,

this makes a very bad start to your calisthenics journey.

If you take this wrong technique, with you

in your further progress, you will surely get injuries

and also don't have the basis to master difficult exercises

with the correct form.

So common mistakes that we see are, for example, execution

of exercises that don't move in the full range of motion,

such as half pullups or half pushups.

Incorrect posture in the scapular position,

for example, with the elbow plank, or with the

tucked planche

bad body alignment, for example,

with an arched handstand or banana backlever

or more basic in a Superman hold.

Also incorrect or no core engagement

during strength movements such as the bar tricep

extensions

and finally

incorrect position of the joints during bent arm

or straight arm exercises, for example during a human flag.

So make sure to master the technique of all exercises

from the start.

For this

you will have to put your ego aside

because the exercises

will be much heavier and more difficult to perform.

But in the end it's all worth it

and you will reap the benefits

of this more than three times over.

The third and final thing that you should know

when starting calisthenics is that good mobility

and flexibility is key for optimal performance.

A big reason why most of the people

fall in love with calisthenics

is because of all the amazing calisthenics skills

you can learn, such as the handstand push up

a human flag,

a press to handstand, a backlever or a planche

But unfortunately, most people, including myself

in the beginning,

don't take into account that all of these exercises require

good mobility and flexibility from our joints and muscles.

For example,

any form of handstand training requires

good shoulder mobility.

A straddle human flag requires good hip mobility.

A press to handstand requires

good hamstring flexibility and a scorpion handstand

requires backbend flexibility.

However, most of the people today are stiff due

to all the sitting at school or at work.

And the people that do go to the gym

are mostly doing a lot of repetitive,

short range of motion training

where mobility is reduced rather than improved.

So incorporating mobility and flexibility routines

from the start of your calisthenics

journey is super essential.

And really the only way to achieve

great things in calisthenics

and to ultimately fully control your own body.

This is one of the reasons why in our Calisthenics app,

we have incorporated several beginner

and intermediate mobility and flexibility routines

that you can combine with your strength

training for optimal performance.

All right, guys.

There you have it.

The three things that all beginners

should know when starting with calisthenics,

please make sure to implement them

into your training to avoid injuries

and to ensure long term training performance.

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