Calisthenics is a great way to get fit and strong using just your body and gravity. You might have seen someone at the gym doing a muscle-up, pulling their whole upper body over the bar.
Or maybe you’ve seen someone on YouTube making themselves look like a flag, holding their body straight out to the side. And those people you see doing dips in the park? They’re doing calisthenics, too.
Kenneth Gallarzo, who started Systematic Calisthenics, says it’s all about using gravity and your own weight to make your workouts tougher.
He’s been helping people get fit with calisthenics for years. Now, he’s helping us show you how to do it, whether you’re just starting or you’re already pretty good at it.
So, What’s Calisthenics?
Calisthenics is a word from Greek that means beauty and strength. It began as a way to keep school kids healthy and strong.
But it’s grown into something a lot like gymnastics, except you can do it outside, anywhere you want. A lot of people get into calisthenics because they see someone doing something amazing and want to try it themselves.
For Gallarzo, it all started when he saw someone do a muscle-up at the gym. He was so impressed, he decided to switch from weight lifting to using his body weight.
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