If you think its easy mode, you arent lifting enough weight
“If you’re feeling too lazy to do calisthenics today , just go lift weights since it’s not as much work”-personal trainer
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Son Goku
Great Sage Equalling Heaven
Two plate bench, three plate squat, four plate dead is the standard around this way. If you not touching that as a dude (or trans man
) you don't eem lift. 
Duke Wy Lin
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I'd rather bench press than do push-ups. Calisthenics boring as hell to me.
Duke Wy Lin
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I "powerlift" too, mostly do compounds, when I workout, but its easy in the sense I don't do more than 3 or 4 exercises in the gym, a session.
But it requires a lot more energy and is way more taxing.
Because it is.Personally I find heavy weight/low reps to be more challenging than bodybuilding
If you're doing it right, you're pushing yourself to damn near max capacity.
Each rep, is a fight or flight, moment. (if you're doing it right)
YOURE 100% CORRECT.
I WATCH THE GUY IN THE OP
ALL THE TIME
FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES
BUT I KNOW HE AND THE PPL
IN HIS INNER CIRCLE ARE FULL OF shyt.
ALL OF THESE DUDES LIFT WEIGHTS
IN COMBINATION WITH CALISTHENICS
AND A LOT OF THEM TAKE PEDS ASWELL.
1. IM CERTIFIED IN PERSONAL TRAINING.
2. I KNOW WHAT TYPE OF SIZE/BODY
YOU CAN ACHIEVE FROM CALISTHENICS/WEIGHT LIFTING
FROM TRIAL AND ERROR.
THESE DUDES BUILT
THEIR BODIES UP LIFTING WEIGHTS,
EATING MEAT...
AND SOME OF THEM TAKING PEDS...
THEN GET ON YOUTUBE AND SELL YOU CALISTHENICS AND PLANT BASED DIETS BECAUSE ITS THE IN THING
AND THERES ALREADY 10 BILLION
OTHER WEIGHT LIFTING CHANNELS.
THE GUY ON THE LEFT
IS THE TYPE OF BODY YOU CAN
ACHIEVE STRICTLY FROM CALISTHENICS...
WHILE THE GUY ON THE RIGHT IS
THE FAKE CALISTENICS GUY
WHO LIFTS WEIGHT AND TAKES PEDS
WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING.
Guy with locs is clearly on juice.
Guy with locs is clearly on juice.
AND CLEARLY LIFTS WEIGHTS
Duke Wy Lin
It's been a good run. Wish y'all the best ✊🏿
I can't do strength based programs for more than 4 months before I begin to dread going to the gym. It really beats up your body.
I can do 10 chin-ups but not a single pull-up
.
Son Goku
Great Sage Equalling Heaven
I get its not for everyone too...
I've been doing it for years.
There's really no substitute compared to the feeling I get from it. Also I'm not attempting max out every time. Instead I lift about 65-80% of max, to the point where I'm still working pretty hard and the weight is manageable.
The real problem arises when nonstrength cats try overcompensate for their inefficiencies by saying Calisthenics are better.
Kyle C. Barker
Migos VERZUZ Mahalia Jackson
Why do you act like you can only do one or the other?
I'm starting to think that it's all part of the Calisthenics YouTube hustle lol
A lot calisthenics YouTubers be lifting on the side but getting on camera telling dudes they can get 3D delts from upside down push ups
Even the whole prison shyt they like spew is cap.
Prisoners will create makeshift weights to workout with, if they don't have access to equipment. It's not just pull-ups and dips.
And like I mentioned before 2-3x a week I incorporate pull-ups and dips into my workout.
So it's not an either / or fallacy.
Kyle C. Barker
Migos VERZUZ Mahalia Jackson
I think the current kettlebell trend is a fad that got a major push from Joe Rogan after he started preaching the "kettlebells = functional strength" thing.