Calisthenics vs Weights - What to choose? (5 Reasons)

what's up calisthenics family so four

years ago we stopped going to the gym

and start with get aesthetics and in

this video we're going to show you five

big reasons why we chose calisthenics

over the gym and why you should do that

as well so let's get this video started

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alright guys so welcome to this video

like we said we're gonna explain y'all

how we started with calisthenics and

we're gonna tell you about five big

reasons why we started getting stomachs

and actually transitions from the gym to

calisthenics four years ago and within

this whole face we have been into like

different phases of our calisthenics

journey we started as complete beginners

in the beginning then we like transition

to a more intermediate stage and

ultimately we have our own gym now with

a lot of gym members and a whole

community will ride around the

calisthenics family so that is super

awesome and today we're gonna discuss

the reasons why we chose calisthenics

over gym and we can proudly say that we

are super lucky that we made that

decision four years ago so let's get

straight into the first big reason man

yes alright guys so the first and I

think the most important reason is that

calisthenics is way more challenging and

this is mainly because of all the

exercises that you can do with

calisthenics and with the gym there are

only a certain amount of exercises that

you can do for example and when you

start with a fitness or a DJ you

probably have the bench press or a bicep

curl in your first worker program and

even when you're going to the gym for

five years five years later you will

still have exactly these two exercises

in your workout program and the only

difference is that you can do more

weight so that is less challenging than

with calisthenics because with

calisthenics you start for example with

the push-up in your first workout

program and maybe after one year you can

do a wall handstand push-ups maybe after

two years you can do three handstand

push-ups so there are really a wide

variety of exercises that you can unlock

and it's just way more challenging to

work up to different exercises in

different workout programs so that is

the main reason why we switched from the

gym to

to unlock challenging exercises so the

second big reason why we chose

calisthenics over fitness is because

it's easier to obtain a more realistic

physique for example with fitness or

bodybuilding the main goal is to get as

big and as huge as possible and first of

all that was not our goal when we

started with Fitness we just want to get

an athletic physique and just look like

decent have a good-looking body and when

we go to the beach or like where we

going on a vacation and we definitely

had no dream to become a huge pumped up

body builder and the issue with people

that are want to go to the gym is that

they expect that it's it's really easy

to obtain like a really muscular

physique within only a few weeks or

maybe a few months because that is what

you mostly hear and see on social media

and in all the magazines but that is

actually the complete opposite because

it takes years to build a really really

good physique and a really muscular

physique

so with calisthenics is way more

realistic to obtain a good looking

physique and also to Luke shredded and

to look better throughout the majority

of the whole season the whole year

because with bodybuilding most athletes

they cycle between bilking and cutting

periods only to gain more muscle mass

mostly in winter times and that also

means that they look kinda bulky during

the majority of the year well with

calisthenics athletes they actually

always look pretty decent and pretty

muscular and shredded throughout the

whole year because we don't have that

that needs to really be get bigger and

like really bump ourselves up like a

really big bodybuilder so that's one of

the main benefits that we also see from

calisthenics so now let's move on to the

third reason yes exactly so the third

reason is that calisthenics is way more

accessible than going to the gym because

when you're going to the gym you

obviously need a gym and you

the machines that are in the GM and also

the weights that are in the gym

so with calisthenics you only need your

body weight to train it's also called

what are we training and we also say

your body is your gym and yeah that's

the reason why we also started with the

calisthenics because you can just do it

anywhere you can do it at home in your

backyard at a park when you're on

vacation you can do it at the beach or

just anywhere you only need your own

body weight to work out and that's one

of the main reasons why we switch off

from gym to calisthenics so like I said

in the gym you need a lot of the

equipment and with calisthenics you also

can use some equipment especially when

you want to do some pool exercises

you're gonna need rings but it's also

very portable to use connects equipment

so you can use rings you can use

parallels or resistance bands these are

all very small you can just take it in

the back into your living room or

outside hang the rings on a tree or

something and do your workout outside so

that is also one benefit of calisthenics

and besides that calisthenics is

completely free and you don't need any

gym subscription so that was the third

point let's move on to the fourth so the

fourth reason is that it's a more

functional way of training I can

remember that when we started lifting

weights in the very first two years I

really felt like really not functional

at all and when I first started to do

more flexibility routines and I really

also noticed the disadvantage that in my

daily life especially when I still did

soccer and basketball sports so that's

also one big reason why we chose

calisthenics because it's a really

functional way of training because it

really forces you to work on a bigger

variety of different training styles and

you have to improve your flexibility

your mobility you have to work on your

joints and also your tendons so you will

be able to unlock all those cool

calisthenics skills so let's take a

quick example if you're gonna

participate in a obstacle run and you

see a calisthenics athlete or you see a

boy

who do you think is gonna be faster with

that whole obstacle run you can guess

the answer

it's obviously becomes an athlete

because he is way more functional and

will be more able to climb over all

those obstacles and maybe even do a

muscle up to get over a bar or like a

wooden wall or something like that I

actually experienced this in my own life

so that's quite funny so that's the

fourth big reason why we chose

calisthenics over the gym because it's a

more functional way of training that you

can apply in your own daily life so now

let's move on to the very last reason

why you should start getting statics

over the gym alright guys so the last

reason is that calisthenics is a way

more comfortable way to start training

so I have one example and we have the

gym member here who have never done any

training before and he started with

calisthenics because he never had dared

to go to the gym because he's like kind

of skinny and he didn't want to go stand

next to all these pumped-up guys

throwing weights around and also another

thing is that he is a social guy and he

doesn't like to go into the gym on his

own and put some music on he just want

to train together with other people so

that's exactly why he joined the

calisthenics family gym so that is one

example it's just a way more accessible

way to start training you can also start

training calisthenics at home just oh

you're oh you can try out some

bodyweight exercises and you just don't

need to go and take a big step into the

gym where it's very uncomfortable to do

exercises which you don't know how to

perform them or if you think you're

skinny or if you think you're weak yeah

it can be hard to go to the gym and with

calisthenics you can just start at home

or in your backyard so that is the last

reason why you should consider to start

calisthenics over the gym

alright guys so these were the five big

reasons why we choose calisthenics over

the gym and why you might consider to

start or try out calisthenics as well

and we don't say that the gym is bad or

that you don't it should

the gym like we said we started our

fitness journey also in the gym and

we're still incorporating lots of gym

exercises right here in the gym we even

got our own bench press right over here

and we do the shoulder press still to

get a stronger with our hands and push

it for example but I think it's really

important that you have like an open

mind and when it comes to trying out new

things so I think that's one of the main

messages that we want to share with this

video so that's it for this video guys

if you liked it let us know and I'm

actually also really curious what you're

currently doing right now are you going

to the gym or are you doing calisthenics

or maybe even both let us know in the

comments yes exactly so if you want to

start with calisthenics just head over

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programs the full journey program will

be a very good way to start with so that

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video start journey join the family

recently and they were offering this

program bless the online coaching for a

very affordable price so I decided to

try it if anyone's looking to start

calisthenics I would HIGHLY

this it'll it'll do the same for you I'm

gone and I've been with Callanetics

family for almost three months now and

all the time of panic as my trainer like

Michael Rihanna can just be like the

little extra push to keep you going you

also seen the pictures I'm really proud

of myself that what I achieved in the

last eight weeks go for it and started

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