If you have been keeping up with the blog, then you know that I have a passion for bodyweight training which is also known as Calisthenics. Our intention is to show people that you don’t have to belong to a gym to be big, strong, healthy and in shape. A gym could definitely help and I go to the gym myself, but not everybody has the time or money, so what are they supposed to do? Some people have kids, some people work 50 hours per week while others live an hour from a gym. Everybody has their own situation. The point that I am trying to make is that health is like an education, it should be accessible for everybody. It won’t fall on your lap, but everybody should have the access to get strong. You don’t have to have a lot of money to be strong, you can’t buy health and strength, you have to work for it.
There are many people who tell me that they can’t be fit or in shape because of the lifestyle they live, but you could be strong with minimal equipment and not that many hours per week. The results may not be optimal because you only get what you put in, but it’s better than nothing. The funny thing is that these people will say that they don’t have time for training, but they spend countless hours on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, playing video games, watching T.V., checking e-mails every two seconds, waking up late every day. hanging out with people they don’t like, but they don’t have time to take care of their body?! At the same time, I can’t judge, if that’s the way people want to live their lives then there’s nothing I can do about it. I can only motivate and inspire so many people with my energy. Just don’t get mad about the way you look, feel or perform if you aren’t putting in the work and effort. You could never complain about things that you don’t work for.
I’m here to tell you that training doesn’t have to be a chore, it could be fun and actually enhance your life if you are doing an activity that you love. The big reason why I promote bodyweight training so much is because it’s free, but it still produces amazing results if you put in the effort and work. Bodyweight training helps you move better, improve creativity and improvisation while building chemistry with your own body. There are no weights, you\re the weight.
Search on YouTube stuff like “New York calisthenics”, “Ghetto workout” or “Barstarzz”, you will see people who train in bar parks instead of gyms. Some of them probably can’t afford it and some of them probably can, but that isn’t the point. A lot of these people got big and strong without the gym, they have great bodies and incredible levels of strength. At the end of the day effort is effort and nobody could take your hard work away from you.
I want fitness and health to be more accessible, I’m tired of hearing people saying that they can’t train and they complain about how they are weak and don’t have the body they want. With Calisthenics, there are no excuses. I’m almost done writing a calisthenic E-book that I will be posting up the eBook section of our website. It will include sample programs for Calisthenics from beginners to advanced. There is also a calisthenics section on this site that explains a lot of the fundamentals of bodyweight training.
You could do whatever you put your mind to.