Today you’ll learn how to do 50 push ups in a row. A complete workout is provided to help beginners increase reps. Keys to Success: Push-Up Form: A full range of motion involves the chest touching the ground and finishing with locked elbows. Keep the tempo continuous and fast to optimise how many [...]
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Want to do more Pull-ups? Understand the following calisthenics principles first. Keys to success: Volume: As our goal is to perform 20 pull-ups in a row without stopping, training volume needs to be chosen wisely. Not doing enough reps in your workout won’t build endurance capacity for single set performance. Conversely, doing too [...]
Most people do Planks wrong.. Incorrect technique results in decreased strength gains with poor transfer to calisthenics training. The 5 Worst Plank Mistakes: 1 – Lower Back: The goal with the plank is to stress the anterior core muscles. Letting the lower back arch transfers unnecessary stress to the lumbar spine. We need [...]
Wrist mobility and flexibility must be taken seriously by those doing calisthenics. The following exercises are effective for decreasing pain and reducing injury risk. Passive Flexibility: These drills are perfect for opening up the wrist joint in all directions. Wrist Deviation: Parallel bars stress deviation, moving the body through this range of motion [...]
Most of us spend many hours sitting behind a computer or hunched over our phones. This causes havoc to our neck, shoulders and back. Pain, weakness and tightness are all very common when sitting all day. A lack of movement causes our joints to become stiff and muscles to lose strength. I’m going to [...]
No Gym? No Weights? No Problem. The Home Workout: Archer Push-up – 6 to 10 reps Take a wide hand placement and lower towards one arm. Push-up and alternate back and forth between sides. Tricep Push-up – 6 to 10 reps Setup with the shoulders slightly behind the elbow joint. [...]
The Pull-Up is the king of all calisthenics exercises. Lets take a look at how grip impacts difficulty and the muscles used.. Beginner to Advanced: 1 – Explosive Pull-Up Those looking to increase their plyometric pulling power for muscle ups need to train explosively. Keep the scapula engaged and aim to pull the [...]
Most people do Push-ups wrong.. Incorrect technique increases the likelihood of injury, diminishes muscle gain and results in decreased strength. 5 Most Common Mistakes: 1 – Flared Elbows A 90/90 position at the shoulder and elbow during push-ups is not ideal. Beginners often adopt this technique because it increases the contribution of [...]
Finding effective lower back exercises for home workouts is challenging. Generally, a gym is needed to strengthen these stubborn muscles, not today! Strong Lower Back Workout – NO Equipment Perfect Technique: Hips supported on a soft object. Feet firmly planted against a wall with a setup containing friction. Perform hip extension by squeezing [...]
Normal push-ups getting boring? Don’t stress, FitnessFAQs has you covered. Beginner to Advanced: 1 – Clapping Push-Up This is a plyometric variation for beginners looking to improve explosive power. 2 – Atomic Push-Up: This is an advanced plyometric progression requiring a high level of full body coordination. 3 – One Arm [...]