About 6 months ago I was trying to increase my pull up reps and was looking around online for tips. At that point my fitness routine was about 70% running, 20% weights and 10% body weight exercises. Was making no gains and worse my weight was increasing, BP too and back and knees were shot. I was also bored.
During my web search I discovered convict conditioning and then the insane world of calisthenics / street workout. I was blown away by what I was seeing on You Tube.
Anyway to cut a long story short, I stopped running and free weights and have only been doing body weight. In 6 months I can now do 3-5 consecutive muscle ups, started working on planches, levers and flags. Back and knee pain is gone. Dropped about 10kg, BP is better than half my age. Biological clock is dropped by about 25 years (I’m 50). Can now do 20 strict pull-ups and a hundred push-ups in one hit. 6 pack forming and got muscles I never knew existed.
If anyone had shown me this stuff 10 years ago I would’ve grabbed it. Just regret not finding it sooner.
Best thing, quit the Gym membership and train for free at the local park. Never get bored, you are pushing the physical and mental boundaries all the time, doing stuff you thought was impossible a year ago.
Anyway good thread and thanks for the extra resource.
