Haven’t been on in a while due to some ongoing health stuff. But today we went to a park where there’s some cool free training bars and stuff and I did a few things while Mel was killin’ it! 10 x Ring Rows 10 x Incline Pushups 2 x Monkey Hang @ 6 seconds Felt good!

Hi everyone ! I’m new to the calisthenics world but I have a gymnastics background so hoping to make some progress quickly ! Mostly interested in unique and hybrid training and learning about differences in techniques ! Thanks for having me ! My IG is @ely.active and my current goal is a Planche but my skill(s) to master would be different one arm handstand shapes !

New to the group. Just checking out what’s on offer I start see if it might help me become more mobile and free

I think my PT and mobility team are as excited as I am 😝. I came in with my notebook of 2026 GOALS (and beyond because some of my goals will reach beyond 2026); I broke down into itty bitty baby steps and detailed a plan I believe could help me achieve each goal… I so LOVE a good detailed plan!! They helped me make adjustments to the plan-changing some exercises, finding different variations, modifying where needed, and adding extra exercises in… but all in all, they like my plan and they’re happy for my enthusiasm and my attitude of patience and knowing baby steps are what I have to do at this point in my strength and mobility. But as to the goals themselves, they believe in me better than I do at times and they really think they’re all achievable. I set short-term, medium and long-term goals and now the work begins! This week has been all about putting the plan into action… because, what good is a plan without the action to make it a reality? So Monday, I surprised myself doing Scapular Hangs (on a bar at my parents’ house). I didn’t know if I could even do it and I did 3 sets of 20 seconds each. “Just” a hang, I know, but for me, I felt SO satisfied and strong. Who knew? I didn’t! What a nice surprise that was 🥰🤩. So… I have established my baseline step toward building a pull-up. Today, I was doing my bench planks and decided to see if I could do Shoulder Taps. I got 3 sets of 10 shoulder taps in-while doing a bench planks, but that’s another baseline of strength established and yet another surprise for me! I’ve gotten in my 2.5 minutes of animal flow today. Tomorrow I’ll see if I can do 5 minutes (trying a different part of the video that was posted). I know I am more confident with more or less stationary movements… compound exercises that involve multiple positions and multiple movements are definitely out of my comfort zone, but to me, that just means I need them even more. I can’t wait to look back and realize exercises that once terrified me are my comfort zone! And movements that I felt scared as if I couldn’t trust my body… maybe someday I can do without so MUCH overthinking-just trust that my body knows what to do and is able to DO IT! Someday…. Some day! 💪🏻🥰

I’m 48 years old and new to calisthenics. My goal is to be in my prime going into my 50s and beyond. In early 2024 I was in bad shape. I almost passed out digging a trench at work. I had to hold my breath to bend over and tie my shoes. I was at 260 lbs and felt like I was on the downhill slide. April 15 2024 my wife and I made a change to our eating. No more junk. No more processed food. We started eating a low carb Whole Foods diet. We started going to the gym in June. By October I was 190 lbs and feeling great! Off of all prescription meds. I don’t mind lifted weights, but it honestly doesn’t intrigue me. I saw a guy do a muscle up and that got my interest. Weight lifting is just adding more weight. Calisthenics unlocks new skills to achieve along the way. I’m goal oriented kind of guy, so calisthenics are right up my alley. I’m excited for the future. Trying not to rush the basic skills, but also wanting to progress at a good pace. Glad to be here and hopefully can learn a thing or two and keep motivated.