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I don't see how this is a big revelation. Progress slows down with everything. Once you get past the initial building up muscle that you don't have, adding to that muscle takes longer. Why do you think people who have a lot of muscle mass have been working out for years? It takes time.
Progress is not linear. 👍
You get to your soft cap diminishing returns are frustrating
remember to hit the soft cap and move on to another stat, its better for pvp
Always Very good inspiration from you💪❤️
Really appreciate this because I've been going through this to the point i wasn't even sure if I'm doing the right exercises. Plus now I've done my chest bone in, costrocondirithis, so taking it slow to recover.
Would appreciate a beginner guide to Calisthenics or how to get back into it. Thanks in advance
To be fair this hapens with any form of training, not just calisthenics. This is why we utilize progressive overload, either in volume or in resistance. Another tip is to change up your routine every 6-8 weeks, or until you hit a plateau.
Same with weights. And it’s common sense. Or else if you put on 15 lbs muscle in tear one, you could expect 150 lbs of muscle in the first decade.
If you added 20 chins to your max in year one you can do 200 in 10 years.
Yep, doesn’t work that way. I guess you need to hear this if you are like 17. But really, duh.
Progression slows down in everything you do, its no different in playing videogames sooner or later you hit your skill peak and trying new strategies aka different workout routines can give different experiences and improve
Interesting to see your old self looked like he was about to throw in the towel and say fuck this.. but you've kept at it..
Just so everyone knows this applies to literally anything that takes skill and can be improved. Your progression will never be as fast as it is in the beginning and the higher you climb the steeper and more difficult the slope will be come.
The only way to break through a plateau is to continue pushing forward through the slow progression.
But also know your limits and know that eventually you will hit you max potential whether it’s due to a lack of ability/talent (somewhat rare) or due to reaching an age where you just can’t maintain or push past your peak (most cases)
This happens not only in calistenics, but in everything.
It's because your stats are near max, and it takes forever to get that one skill point to cap attributes.
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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.
No shit, you don't say
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
Seek Jesus
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
I don't know about the problem but that push-up is a problem
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It's like when you soft cap. Hard cap just takes sticking with it.
And they all skip leg day
It's so good to see that you were a kook at one stage too 😄
This is what I was needing now . Thanks for the video bro
Take a couple weeks off once in a while.
This is a lie! Gains forever!
So what's a good beginner workout for this?
-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
That early footage is priceless.
Same with weights tbh
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.
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.
I'm stuck in 12 push-ups since April, but I'll never give up
What I would do is get a heavy bodysuit when I reach that stage to increase my progress a bit and keep adding weight
The harshest part about calisthenics is legs existing
not for me