Muscle & Fitness UK – August 2019

MALE MUSCLE

44 MUSCLE & FITNESS / AUGUST 2019

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ou’ve seen the gravity-defying feats of strength

displayed by calisthenic inspired street workouts

and decided it’s your turn to look cool AF pulling

off the perfect human flag for the gram. Well... not so

fast calisthenics newbie; these moves take some serious

practise, luckily the experts at Gravity Fitness are on

hand to show you how to get started.

All the gear

It’s not obligatory to buy equipment to start out on

your calisthenics journey; a local playground should

provide all the tools required to get going, however,

having daily access to specially designed equipment

from the comfort of your home will put you in good

stead. A good quality set of parallettes and a pull-up

bar is a good place to start.

5 EXERCISES TO MASTER

For Calisthenics Beginners

Forget the bro science

If you’re a gym regular looking to improve

functionality you need to forget the bro science and

start with a fresh approach. Calisthenics are compound

movements, making traditional bodybuilding splits

obsolete. The traditional chin-up for example, works

your biceps, back and shoulders so your gym game

just got a major shakeup. The best way to structure

your new routine is into broader movement groups

i.e. push/ pull. Try dips, handstands and push-ups

one day and pull-ups, chin-ups and rows the next.

Practise makes perfect

Calisthenics is no easy skill to perfect, it will require

some determination and hard graft to pull off

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GRAVITY FITNESS