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What is Calisthenics? A Beginner’s Guide

What is Calisthenics? A Beginner’s Guide Calisthenics is an alternative method of bodybuilding primarily through bodyweight exercises such as push-ups, pull-ups, chin-ups, parallel bar dips, leg raises, and others. The calisthenics movement has gained popularity over the years due to its no-equipment exercises. Just like in gym bodybuilding, calisthenics exercises and workouts significantly differ for beginners and advanced-level athletes. The range varies depending on the progression level, strength, endurance, and flexibility. Before going ahead into the movements that vary between beginner, intermediate, and advanced-level calthenics athletes, it is necessary to understand a few essential pointers that might come to mind while training. 5 Things to Consider While Beginning Calisthenics Q1. Would You Need a Good Diet? The simple answer is “Yes.” Without a good diet, you can’t build a desirable physique at the gym, and the same is true with calisthenics. Therefore, you must consult a ...
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3 Bodyweight Exercises That Will Burn Away Your Belly Fat!

3 Bodyweight Exercises That Will Burn Away Your Belly Fat! Have you ever felt a strong desire to reduce your body fat but struggled to achieve the desired results? Well, now you can up the game and burn your belly fat with bodyweight exercises. Bodyweight exercises, commonly called calisthenics, have always been part of the workouts. Some examples include push-ups, pull-ups, planks, mountain climbers, burpees, parallel bar dips, jumping, running, etc. However, today we are going to talk about the best bodyweight exercises that will burn your belly fat fast and turn it into dust. The 3 Most Effective Fat-Burning Bodyweight Exercises Running Running is one of the best bodyweight exercises, especially if you do it outdoors on a soft surface like park grass. However, one should always begin it after doing a warm-up. On average, running can burn 600 to 1000 calories per hour. But the question is, “Can you do one hour of running now?” If the answer is yes, then begin with it today and start ...

Why is Being Healthy Important?

Why is Being Healthy Important? Health deterioration is a common problem that comes with age. But a healthy lifestyle that accounts for social, mental, and physical well-being can provide numerous benefits. At the same time, it also ensures the delay or eliminates the chances of catching health-related issues, such as high blood pressure, diabetes, severe headaches, sickness, etc. The World Health Organization (WHO) cites a correlation of 60% between lifestyle and health-related factors and life quality. The report further states that an unhealthy lifestyle is the cause of illness, disability, or even death. Today, we will uncover the five crucial reasons for staying healthy. But before that, we would understand what being healthy means. What Does Being Healthy Mean? WHO defines health as “​a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity.” 5 Reasons for Being Healthy Enhances Your Confidence Staying healthy increases your ...

Intermittent Fasting: 10 Common Mistakes of Newbies (Part 1)

Intermittent Fasting: 10 Common Mistakes of Newbies (Part 1) A common weight loss approach taken by most obese people is to enter into an intermittent fasting diet plan. Unlike other diets and routines, it gives a window to consuming foods that suit a working professional's timetable and doesn't hamper their energy levels after the first week. Unfortunately, newbies tend to make a few common mistakes during this tight fasting schedule. On the other hand, others have learned about avoiding such mishappenings after going through a rough patch. Regardless of the scenario, anyone entering an intermittent fasting diet plan should avoid such errors at all costs, as they can prove detrimental to health. 3/10 Intermittent Fasting Mistakes (Part 1) 1. Subjecting Yourself to Extremely High or Low Calories Whenever someone enters an intermittent fasting (IF) diet plan, they also go into a calorie deficit plan, which can prove very harmful, as your body has its capacity. Subjecting to two...

5 Significant Advantages of Doing Plank Daily

Improving our overall physique and losing weight requires practicing uncomfortable yet necessary exercises. One of those exercises for some people is the plank. For beginners, staying in an isometric position for 30 seconds or more is challenging. People with belly fat will instantly feel their stomach hanging downwards and putting pressure on their back, abs, arms, and legs while practicing planks.  On the other hand, people with less than 20% body fat might feel tired after performing three to five sets of 30 seconds or more of this exercise.  Similarly, people with less than 10% body fat may feel their results need to be visible after finishing the plank routines. However, they are coming together but might require more effort or time.  Doing a plank becomes more challenging after finishing a HIIT workout, as many people still need to build a higher endurance level. Therefore, the experience differs significantly between people. 5 Health Benefits of Performing Planks D...

5 Exercises to Reduce the Risk of Back Pain

5 Exercises to Reduce the Risk of Back Pain Back pain is frequently noticed in people that don’t perform stretching, warm-up, and cool-down routines during a workout. It can also happen to people that don’t exercise. Others might have suffered back pain by being hyperactive and taking low rest intervals. The pain is also commonly noticed in people with a sedentary nature but display momentary strength by lifting luggage, shifting furniture, carrying groceries, etc. One of the most common tactics to recover from back pain is spray or balm. Although it helps in decreasing pain, it doesn’t guarantee non-recurrence. Therefore, it acts as a short-term solution. Maintaining a good back is important for athletes and fitness enthusiasts, as they have a keen interest in exercising, and it prevents them from practicing. At times, people have to take prolonged rest to recover from severe back pain. Calisthenics, body weight, and yoga exercises can help reduce such instances. 5 Must-Know Exercises...

Why Do People Love Parkour? 5 Reasons to Try this Sport

Parkour means clearing an obstacle with minimal effort. Nowadays, freerunning has become a part of it and involves acrobatic movements to make it look fancy.  It is one of the reasons Parkour has become so popular over the years. Most people have seen this sport by watching movies like the Prince of Persia, Columbiana, Boss (Hindi), and District 13. The sport also became vastly popular because of international events hosted by Red Bull and other companies. Even today, people have a keen interest in the sport's movements and use them aggressively in videos. Some athletes also play the tag game on which the Google Play game Vector is also based. It involves reaching the end of an obstacle journey without getting tapped by someone following you in the background. The real reason behind the popularity of Parkour is also hidden behind the exercises or movements involved in covering during a beginner, intermediate, or advanced level course. Let's shed light on some of the reasons. 5...

Why is Losing Weight So Challenging? 4 Reasons to Know!

Losing weight is a decision that is not taken lightly by adults. However, it is a fitness goal that most people fail to achieve. Taking the hard road of calorie deficit only works until you have lost weight. Once you resume your calorie surplus diet regime, the lost weight suddenly starts showing and rapidly increases, making you look much like before you lost weight. So, while calorie deficit isn’t avoidable, it shouldn’t be substituted with a calorie surplus regime immediately after achieving your fitness goal. Achieving your weight loss goal is not limited to a single reason. You may forget that with a gym or bodyweight workout routine , you are also building muscle mass, which can cause your weight to remain stagnant or even increase. As a result, standing on the weighing machine doesn’t prove beneficial. You should measure weight loss by looking directly in the mirror and checking whether you have incorporated body transformation or fat. Doing so would encourage you to make wise f...

How To Do a Handstand? (5 Simple Steps, Easy to Learn & Unforgettable)

Learning a new movement is always tough, but it is neither a waste of time nor unachievable. It begins with a mindset of learning the exercise and figuring out ways to do it. Handstand is one of the favorite exercises of gymnasts, fitness enthusiasts, and calisthenics learners. Essentially, it requires you to stand with your hands on the ground and feet upright or to point towards the cloud (as I like to say). Seems simple, right? It is if you follow a few steps. 5 Steps to Learn a Handstand Quickly 1. Practice a Wall Handstand The best way to approach a problem is often going head-on. In this case, it is practicing a handstand against a wall or support to rest your legs. You can begin by keeping a wall facing back and pushing your legs toward the wall. Eventually, you would be standing straight against a wall. Once you achieve this goal, try to do it opposite, i.e., your stomach towards the wall. Keep the back straight, as you could arch and hurt your back. Try to hold the handstand a...

How to Create Fitness Goals?

How to Create Fitness Goals? People often want to set fitness goals every year. However, only a few achieve it with concentrated efforts. Keeping achievable, measurable, relevant, specific, realistic, and timely goals can make reaching them almost impossible. However, taking a few specific steps can help to achieve more than the set goals. Unfortunately, the hard truth isn't available on most websites because they want to keep you motivated. But unlike them, I am not going to focus on them because you are already aware of such facts. To set fitness goals for this and upcoming years, focus on the following criteria: Go After Your Favorite Workout or Exercise Don't make a goal like losing 5 to 10 Kgs or achieving a specific physique. These factors require an experienced personal fitness trainer to help you throughout the day. The monthly costs of hiring such a coach can deprive your potential monthly income. However, an experienced fitness coach would help to achieve such goals w...