Calisthenics vs Gym: Which Is More Effective?

Calisthenics or Gym? 💪

2:17 40$ IS HALF MY WEAKLY PAY!

Captain, you need to launch a workout app

nah gym is too expensive, calisthenics is the goat

Whichever gets you to stick to it longer.. I chose calisthenics because I got tired of doing 12-16 different exercises each session and the only thing changing was the amount of weight I loaded was boring.. With calisthenics you always workout so you can unlock a harder variation and you work many muscles at once instead of isolating every god damn muscle so it's right up my alley.

As a gym rat I have so much respect for calisthenics people. It requires so much effort and discipline to have the slightest success in it, yet the mind-muscle connection that it provides is insane. I hope that in the future I will start training in a hybrid way and include calisthenics in my workouts as well!

3 semanas después de las flexiones diarias, pull-ups, abdominales, con cardio en mi máquina de remo, y me encanta cómo me siento.

I like both 😂😂

You can still do cathenthenics in a gym

Why not both?

TLDR… u can use dumbells for calisthenics can even use other people as resistance medicine balls were super common for Calisthenics

You don't have to choose 1, you can do both

a mix of both

Loved this video, keep up the great work!

Solution do both!!!

I started with calisthenics, but curentl am more focused in gym. And by the way, stuff like front lever and human flag, don have any functionality in real life. Just do basic calisthenics in the gym + the equipment in the gym.

WITH CALISTHENICS YOU CAN EVEN DO PULL UPS ON A TREE BRANCH

What if you do both?

Calisthenics. The gym sounds fun, too, though.

I thought, maybe I'll just try calisthenics 3 days/week. Then the gym trainer says "now work out" a month later. I think, fine. I'm a people pleaser. I can handle an extra 2 days. It'll keep my routine solid.

But now I have to work out again every night to please another person. WHEN WILL IT END??? Such a slipper slope. Be careful, folks.

Cal

I was aimi g catbelitic thr whole time, i want to use my body not showoff

Very useful video im gonna start doing both, i want strength, mobility and endurance

General rule of thumb: calisthenics trains you to move your own body, weights train you to move other objects

im 14, and i wanna do something like this, should i do this when im older, cuz sometimes i get told im weak at school

In calisthenics u skip leg day
In gym u r forced into leg day
That is why all calisthenics athletes wear track pants instead of shorts.

Finally someone who uses kg

2:40 the whole section about calisthenics is bullshit. Looks like the progression and weight loss as well. You do have easier versions of the exercises and progress is fast. Do your research first @Captain Workout

I prefer a mixture of both at the gym in the open space. I have an access of adding weight progressive overload, cardio and warming up by doing calisthenics and doing a burnout with calisthenics as well….I was able to transform and recomp my postpartum body through the gym by doing both.

I'm trying to hit some weights, then go wade up a river fly fishing. Wading is super fun. you work up stream so the current is your resistance, and you get to fish! great content my dude.

You can do both if you plan it right

Team both

I choose to mix both, take your simple compound exercises (pull ups, push-ups, squats, dl, rdl etc) and load them up to progressive overload, rather than using machines or accessory exercises which relies on many different muscles for functional strength due to compound movement

is it ok to do weightlifting and calisthenics every other week?

I've always had a preference for traditional/old/raw things (hence why general crafts with basic tools like blacksmithing, woodcarving with a whittling knife I made, and crochet, are things I do regularly), and considering the fact that I've always been large and heavy (130 kg, 1.87m; "built like a bull" as someone once mentioned), and I have several reasons more to avoid the gym (basically anything that has something to do with crowds and other people in general), calisthenics is pretty much a no-brainer for me. And if I need to make something a bit heavier, I still have a dumbbell (10.5 kg) to add weight.
Besides, I don't really care about muscle mass. I just need strength and endurance the latter of which you won't get as effectively at a gym. Sure you can do bicep curls really well, but if that's the only motion they're good for… then why have those muscles?
"Music blasting, weights slamming, lights buzzing" yeah you already lost me at music blasting. I will get overwhelmed which is something I really have to avoid or minimize. The problem (with ASD) is that after every overload and crash, your threshold gets lower and lower. I remember a time where I could be at a party for hours on end and don't really feel much. Now? 30 minutes at a relatively calm birthday, and I'm burned out.

anything is good, as long u start it

Listen, I've never been a very sedentary person. I trained in dance as a child; jazz, hip hop, and I constantly roller skated, I had great flexibility. I did months of circus training as a teenager and a year of Krav Maga. After 18, I started going to the gym, six months 5 times a week and then at 21 I did another five months 3 times a week.

The skills I grew up developing in childhood give me incredible support, but I can say with certainty that calisthenics is what has left me most satisfied in terms of physical appearance and development (maybe the circus wins in terms of development… but it required 3 hours of training twice a week, it wasn't easy).

I've been practicing calisthenics daily for four months. I'm passionate about the freedom it gives, the practicality. No time? I train for 30 minutes in my room. Feeling motivated and with free time in my schedule? I go to the park, feel the fresh air, train for two hours straight, sometimes just for fun. I'm constantly mapping out my difficulties, the skills I want to develop, and studying the human body and its capabilities. It's simple, but difficult. But every time I see myself one percent better at a new skill, it's a pleasure and happiness that can't be compared to simply seeing the number of weights I'm lifting increase.

Right now, I'm improving my crow pose, and I can finally do a pistol squat! I'm training to get out of the crow pose into a three-point headstand, and I can basically do it already. Adding flexibility to my training, I can already do a bridge like I did in my teens, and I'm almost back to my splits!

My point is: it's completely possible to progress in calisthenics, and if you already have some athletic background, it's even better. I would never trade it for a gym! But it's possible to gradually add some weight training to improve bone density and such; maybe when I have more money I can include two gym sessions a week, at least for my legs. Overall, I'm very happy.

There's also so much more options. Also "gym comes with cardio machines" as if you can't walk/run around without gym

1:43 the government would tax gravity if they wanted

Calesthenics

Gym. Calisthenics just makes me demotivated since it’s done at home where I can say “maybe later.” Whereas when I’m at the gym, my mindset is “You’re here already, just complete your workout.”

I do both. calisthenics in the morning and weights in the afternoon after work

Honestly
Since pullups are as he said pretty difficult i js started going to the gym at the start of my training then switched to mainly calisthenics with boxing training ,by then my body was pretty capable of doing at least all of the basic calisthenics exercises

I do calisthenics but I would add weight to it for example I do pushup with armor vest or do decline pushup

So gym seems to be the clear cut answer if you're older and need to be effecient. Great vid! Thanks!

What if I do both?