What is Calisthenics? The word “calisthenics” comes from the ancient Greek kallos, which means “beauty,” and sthenos, which means “strength.” It can be thought of as the art of using your own body weight and qualities of inertia as a means to develop your physique. In recent years calisthenics has really seen a huge leap forward, in terms of its popularity and the movements being performed. Anyone reading this who is familiar with YouTube will no doubt have seen many amazing videos where ordinary people display acts of inhuman strength and muscular control, using equipment no more advanced than a pull-up bar. This is the essence of calisthenics: using the body to perform feats of strength that are rarely seen in other training disciplines. Advantages of Calisthenics Everyone can do calisthenics: Everybody is somewhat accustomed to performing bodyweight exercise. The resistance is tailor-made for each individual, as each person’s own bodyweight is used as the resistance. A safe form of exercise: Compared with many other forms of exercise, it is not easy to injure yourself performing calisthenics, for the simple reason that to increase resistance requires the leverage or range of motion to be manipulated. Exercise difficulty is scalable: The difficulty of each calisthenic exercise can be made more challenging by altering the leverage that can be brought to bear on the movement. Transferable strength: The strength built using calisthenics is transferable to a wide range of sports and athletic pursuits. Building unique types of strength: Calisthenics makes ample use of isometric exercises. Isometric exercises are those where the muscles are under tension without becoming shorter or longer. Includes Essential Information On: Featuring 500+ Instructional Photos! Box Dip Muscle-Up Wall Push-Up
✔ Author(s): Ashley Kalym
✔ Title: Complete Calisthenics, Second Edition: The Ultimate Guide to Bodyweight Exercise
✔ Rating : 4.7 out of 5 base on (633 reviews)
✔ ISBN-10: 1623174112
✔ Language: English
✔ Format ebook: PDF, EPUB, Kindle, Audio, HTML and MOBI
✔ Device compatibles: Android, iOS, PC and Amazon Kindle
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