The Harsh Truth About Calisthenics

It's not slowing down. Your body is just getting used to your bodyweight

It's all about nutrition
Without it there's no muscle gain which means no strength and no ability to progress

It’s working out in general not just calisthenics

I needed this thank my brother

OMG, I seeing those old videos has got to be the most motivating thing on this whole channel.

Nice clip! I like how Sam Shethar put it: the more advanced you become, the more variables of your training AND lifestyle you need to have in check; that being said, you might still experience a sudden growth spurt in year 5 or 6 in your training career, if you tune into a variable formerly neglected!

That’s why you should switch the way you exercise every couple of weeks so your muscles stay shocked

When it slows down. .. do more !!!

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Isn't that just about everything?

yep instead of skipping leg day what about never training them at all

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And that's why you do such hard labor in jobs. Money is a good motivator

Tips to start?

TLDR; When you reach max level, you stop levelling

this applies to all physical activity if you are not using steroids

...unless you are me who makes no progress for most of the time, despite few months of doing it with all the instructions, so you kick this shit out and are furious for wasting time.

Thats not just the case with calesthenics though. Thats the case with all physiological adaptation (which includes all forms of training for all sorts of goals).

Noob gains are helluva drug

This is happening with my pullups. I got to the point where I can do 3, but I have stalled there. It doesn't help that I have put on 30 pounds as well. It is mostly lean mass b/c my bf is at about 20% rn, so trying to cut but I am bad at it.

Happens in every sport

The closers you are to your maximum muscle potential the slow it is. It's a curve.

it's like video game levels,you need more xp at higher levels to level up while at lower levels you need lesser xp which is why you can level up faster when your low level

not for me

The harshest part about calisthenics is legs existing

What I would do is get a heavy bodysuit when I reach that stage to increase my progress a bit and keep adding weight

I'm stuck in 12 push-ups since April, but I'll never give up

I have the worst genetics ever possible. Bones are small, but easy to get fat = skinny fat tendency. Can't grow much muscle even with the right training and diet. I am training for 2 years already with a good training regime, eating well, getting all the nutrients and train hard. Yet I look like someone who only THINKS about "maybe I should start training". Basically my physique after 2 years is MOST people's starting physique even BEFORE they ever trained. Well there are some skinny guys out there, but "average" physique of a normal person who haven't trained - that's my physique atm. It took me like 6-8 months till I got my first pull up, getting injured TWICE while training it. Then after 2-3 months of my first pull ups it went to 5. Now a whole year later - it's still 5. But I am also 10kg fatter. "Progress" yeah. I think I haven't had any improvement at all at anything I do for the past year. I will still continue though - I don't want to become even weaker than now.
Recently I started weight training though instead of calisthenics, looking for some change. Maybe I could experience some miniscule gains with some exercises I never did yet like deadlifts and weighted squats.

Dang, I really needed to hear this. I was doubting my exercises and changed it a lot of times thinking that there was something wrong, my body was not improving, now I understand. Thank you very much sir!!!! Now I will just try to stay consistent.

Same with weights tbh

That early footage is priceless.

-start calisthenics
-have a good time
-experience your progress slowing down
-become frustrated
-push yourself further than for what you have progressed to
-hurt your wrist
-become depressed
-learn from your mistakes while you heal your injuries
-develop a healthier relationship with your calisthenic journey and progress according to what your body can take
-become a monk

So what's a good beginner workout for this?

This is a lie! Gains forever!

Take a couple weeks off once in a while.

This is what I was needing now . Thanks for the video bro

It's so good to see that you were a kook at one stage too 😄

And they all skip leg day

It's like when you soft cap. Hard cap just takes sticking with it.

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I don't know about the problem but that push-up is a problem

the closer you get to your peak the harder it gets because it doesnt exist your potential is infinite unless you settle or decide otherwise

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So what to do when you hit the wall is to move to weighted Cali and fluctuate between to give the muscles the needed diversity

No shit, you don't say

Like any routine you need to change it up. Add resistance, reps, sets or slower reps. You just need creativity to prevent this plateau. Or eat more protien.

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It's because your stats are near max, and it takes forever to get that one skill point to cap attributes.

This happens not only in calistenics, but in everything.