Anyone doing Calisthenics for Bodybuilding?

[bagusbagus]

Anyone doing solely Calisthenics for bodybuilding?
I want to get back in building my body however I can't afford gym at this city (£38/month+ have to signup for a year,fuk dat...)
I get my cardio+leg training from riding a bike everywhere so that's covered.

There's this kiddie excercise yard with few basic ''machines'' not far from me,they offer no resistance-as it's really just for kids/elderly I think ,however if you do it 1 hand at a time and grip it at odd position to get way less leverage you can still get some good resistance with enough reps. + I have spotted a few good branches which you can grip and do pull ups.
Would this be do-able and enough to get some good training?
Any tips doing training with just a stuff like this?

here's some pics of the stuff they have,

[Peperami]

The machines aren't callisthenics. They're machines, the same as in any other gym. They use your weight on the seat instead of a weight stack, but they're no different. You'll struggle to get much resistance out of them at all unless you plan on doing high rep/ pump training, and they seem to use a very strange plane of motion during the exercise.

Do they not have pull up/ dip bars?

Is there a Pure gym nearby? The days of there only being one gym in town and paying much more than £20 a month and being signed into a contract are pretty rare these days.

[Otispunkmeyer]

I don't body build but I work in some calisthenics (which from what I can make out is just body weight exercises, but in variations that make them very challenging) to stop getting bored or if I find the gym is heaving and there is a wait for machines/platforms.

I used this website for some ideas on progressions:

http://www.startbodyweight.com/p/exercise-progress...


One leg squats are quite tough! I have gotten to doing pistol squats with a bit of assistance from a bench (just to keep balance and help me at the very bottom). I can make these progressively harder by using plyo boxes and just moving to a smaller and smaller box until I can do 1 leg pistol squats unaided. Will take a while though!

And to be honest... you can do nearly everything at home. Except maybe pull ups.

[Peperami]

Otispunkmeyer said:

I don't body build but I work in some calisthenics (which from what I can make out is just body weight exercises, but in variations that make them very challenging) to stop getting bored or if I find the gym is heaving and there is a wait for machines/platforms.

I used this website for some ideas on progressions:

http://www.startbodyweight.com/p/exercise-progress...


One leg squats are quite tough! I have gotten to doing pistol squats with a bit of assistance from a bench (just to keep balance and help me at the very bottom). I can make these progressively harder by using plyo boxes and just moving to a smaller and smaller box until I can do 1 leg pistol squats unaided. Will take a while though!

Most find pistol squats difficult due to ankle mobility, not balance. The balance bit is pretty easy once you have the mobility. Try putting 1.25kg plates or a slim plank under your heels and this will help

Also, squatting with your knees and heels together will give you a feeling of the mobility required.