Yoooo!

So yeah, I like to do other things outside of Graal (Omg).
One of those things is Calisthenics/Street workouts/Crossfit.
Basically for those that don't know calisthenics is basically workouts which involve strength, balance, and core control.
This means not lifting weights other than your bodyweight. Of course, you can add weight on later on, but for beginners you don't.

In 2013-2014 I was really small in size, probably 109 lbs 5'6" and was really insecure about my body.
I would go swimming with shirts on, wouldnt go to the gym, just basically covering up all of me. (tldr; I was REALLY skinny.)

Now, I am sure that there are a lot of people on here who are in this exact spot and always look for ways to get ripped, or just think they can't get any bigger at all. I thought the same.

But the day that changed this all was when I was motivated to start calisthenics. Some people start things and expect results in a week, well no, you need to be dedicated for months and even years.

As of now (2015) I am 5'10" and weigh 157 lbs with a body percentage of 3%, this is PERFECTLY fine for what I do.
In fact, most athletes body percentage is really low. But, I'm all muscle due to how dedicated I was.
No supplements - ever.

TLDR; I made a video of a small bit of how I changed. You can watch it if you want.
I will be posting more videos some weeks from now with routines and such.

 

Great job, 3% is pretty impressive even for your bw. Do you do any workouts outside of calisthenics?

Also whats your max for pullups?  

Niceee. I really need to get into working out. I needa get my lazy ass up. And good job with no supplements. I think using those is ******ed but whatevs GG  

Posted by MrSimons

Great job, 3% is pretty impressive even for your bw. Do you do any workouts outside of calisthenics?

Also whats your max for pullups?

I don't do any other workouts outside of Calisthenics - nope. I'm strict on it.
But every so often I do increase my reps and sets to an insane amount.
(Like 500 pushups a day, 200 pullups, etc.)

My max for pullups is 46 non stop, but that was last checked a few weeks back.
(This is without weight added.)

My max for pushups is 108 non stop (which is not that good to me now.)

I'm starting to slowly add weight to everything - 45 lbs to be exact, and divide all my reps by 2.

Posted by Its_Nanner

Niceee. I really need to get into working out. I needa get my lazy ass up. And good job with no supplements. I think using those is ******ed but whatevs GG

Need to spread rep!  

Damn. This kind of motivates me to work out if I bought some home work out stuff. My max for push-ups is 42 and that was last year. Now I only get like 35 for push-up test at school. Lol I needa work out more.

Funny side note:
One of my friends has a light that dangles from the ceiling and almost always you are like bound to hit your head on it if you don't pay attention. Anyways he had a sticky note on it saying if you hit your head on this you have to do 40 push-ups. Idk what this has to do with anything but thought maybe would give anyone ideas for something similar to that like perhaps if you open your junk food cabinet you have to do X Ammount of whatever. Idk lol  

Posted by Its_Nanner

Damn. This kind of motivates me to work out if I bought some home work out stuff. My max for push-ups is 42 and that was last year. Now I only get like 35 for push-up test at school. Lol I needa work out more.

Funny side note:
One of my friends has a light that dangles from the ceiling and almost always you are like bound to hit your head on it if you don't pay attention. Anyways he had a sticky note on it saying if you hit your head on this you have to do 40 push-ups. Idk what this has to do with anything but thought maybe would give anyone ideas for something similar to that like perhaps if you open your junk food cabinet you have to do X Ammount of whatever. Idk lol

Lmao @ your side note. I have something similar.

I have an Xbox-360 and I rarely play, but when I do I do something like that haha. If I were playing COD or Halo, after every match I do 50 pushups.

Hahahaha.

And yeah dude! I'm glad it motivates. It's crazy because at my school lots of people ask what I do.  

Really nice work. I've been trying to start working out again as well. Good video too- inspirational.  

Posted by Shiz

I don't do any other workouts outside of Calisthenics - nope. I'm strict on it.
But every so often I do increase my reps and sets to an insane amount.
(Like 500 pushups a day, 200 pullups, etc.)

My max for pullups is 46 non stop, but that was last checked a few weeks back.
(This is without weight added.)

My max for pushups is 108 non stop (which is not that good to me now.)

I'm starting to slowly add weight to everything - 45 lbs to be exact, and divide all my reps by 2.

Thats pretty awesome :0 Adding weight to bodyweight exercises is one of the most badass things ever, I just started adding 45lbs to when I do dips and it is one of the most satisfying feelings ever at the end of a set.  

Posted by Fae

Really nice work. I've been trying to start working out again as well. Good video too- inspirational.

I appreciate your feedback. I was soooooo patient to post this. I started on this SO long ago.

Posted by MrSimons

Thats pretty awesome :0 Adding weight to bodyweight exercises is one of the most badass things ever, I just started adding 45lbs to when I do dips and it is one of the most satisfying feelings ever at the end of a set.

Bro, I have to tell you. Dips are my life.

Here's a challenge: Stick your legs out (straight) and do dips.
Have funnn haha.  

Posted by Shiz

Bro, I have to tell you. Dips are my life.

Here's a challenge: Stick your legs out (straight) and do dips.
Have funnn haha.

I used to hate dips so much because they'd hurt my collarbone after I finished a set (never found out if it was ****ty form or something) but then I tried them again after getting stronger and they're one of my favorite bw exercises. And I'm probably too tall to do that on the dip bars at my gym, ill have to go find a park playground sometime to try it out.  

I didnt think i could get
BIGGER

RAHHHHHHH
no shiz no!!

YOU CAN'T STOP ME NOW
I CAN DO PULL UPS
WITHOUT SUPPLEMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!


lol but actually, gr8 improvement. still trying to get into bodybuilding thnx to MrSimons showing me how  

I feel left out here bcuz i spend all my time on tumblr, sleeping and drawing but hey!
Super motivational, thx hulk for the mood boost  

Posted by Vicipower

I feel left out here bcuz i spend all my time on tumblr, sleeping and drawing but hey!
Super motivational, thx hulk for the mood boost

That's like..me.


That's amazing though, my jaw dropped at some of the things on the video. Extremely impressive!  

I couldn't watch the way you edited it to be dramatic made me cringe pretty hard...

btw gj  

Posted by Shiz

I have an Xbox-360 and I rarely play, but when I do I do something like that haha. If I were playing COD or Halo, after every match I do 50 push ups.

I really love the idea, of playing a computer game, and then exercising after each match, im definitely going to do this, for literally every computer game I play, its such a good idea xDD