Practice #27 - Start Doing Calisthenics

1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:05,640 To start, this is the first episode that I'm recording in my new studio. 2 00:00:05,640 --> 00:00:08,720 So if you're on YouTube, you can take a look. 3 00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:10,400 It's pretty nice, I think. 4 00:00:10,400 --> 00:00:17,720 I got a chair that I'm sitting in and soon I'm going to get a tripod, but I got better 5 00:00:17,720 --> 00:00:20,600 lighting and I'm still working the lighting out. 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:27,280 I'm actually going to test right now to see if it looks good with extra lamps. 7 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:28,280 Let's see. 8 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:32,280 I'm not sure if I made a difference, but let's start this episode. 9 00:00:32,280 --> 00:00:35,080 You should cancel your gym membership. 10 00:00:35,080 --> 00:00:43,720 So for some context, let me just tell you that I've been lifting weights in the gym 11 00:00:43,720 --> 00:00:47,400 for a little over two years now. 12 00:00:47,400 --> 00:00:48,400 I love it. 13 00:00:48,400 --> 00:00:49,400 I love going to the gym. 14 00:00:49,400 --> 00:00:57,240 I love lifting weights, but there's something about lifting outside that is just so good. 15 00:00:57,240 --> 00:00:59,320 So different. 16 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:04,280 And this whole journey started probably a little over a month ago, maybe even a month 17 00:01:04,280 --> 00:01:06,040 ago, I don't know. 18 00:01:06,040 --> 00:01:10,440 But it was pretty much when I saw a video back when I was watching YouTube. 19 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:18,360 I saw a YouTube video by Hamza and he was talking about how he ordered gymnastics rings. 20 00:01:18,360 --> 00:01:19,760 And this was a long time ago. 21 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:26,360 This was one of his first episodes, his first ever YouTube videos. 22 00:01:26,360 --> 00:01:32,040 And he ordered the gymnastics rings because COVID closed all the gyms. 23 00:01:32,040 --> 00:01:33,480 So everyone was in lockdown. 24 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:37,120 So he still wanted to maintain his training. 25 00:01:37,120 --> 00:01:41,320 So he ordered gymnastics rings and started doing calisthenics. 26 00:01:41,320 --> 00:01:48,440 And so I saw this video and it just initially sparked an interest for me in gymnastics 27 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:49,440 rings. 28 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:50,440 And I started thinking about them. 29 00:01:50,440 --> 00:01:53,480 I started thinking, oh, I kind of want that. 30 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:58,440 Because the way he set it up, like the way he portrayed it was very cool. 31 00:01:58,440 --> 00:02:05,440 It was like the aesthetic of lifting outside under a tree or just even outside. 32 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:09,840 And so I got pretty excited. 33 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:17,960 And around this time, a little bit after watching that video, I went to the park and saw that 34 00:02:17,960 --> 00:02:20,080 they remodeled the park. 35 00:02:20,080 --> 00:02:23,680 I already knew that they were remodeling it, but I saw the final product. 36 00:02:23,680 --> 00:02:30,960 And I was pretty excited because they added in outdoor training facility. 37 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,480 It was small and it's just calisthenic stuff. 38 00:02:34,480 --> 00:02:42,840 But they added in this plastic gymnastics rings that are about waist level and maybe 39 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,800 knee height. 40 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:55,440 So I was basically using those for a couple weeks because I got excited about the gymnastics 41 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:58,640 rings and I didn't actually have the gymnastics rings yet. 42 00:02:58,640 --> 00:03:05,880 And so I'm using these plastic gymnastics rings that are at my park. 43 00:03:05,880 --> 00:03:07,000 And I actually really liked it. 44 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:16,280 I was doing basic movements like L holds, body weight rows, dips, all kinds of things. 45 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:23,360 And I was practicing my calisthenics while I was waiting for Christmas because I actually 46 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:26,760 decided not to buy gymnastics rings. 47 00:03:26,760 --> 00:03:29,560 Instead I decided to ask for them for Christmas. 48 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:35,240 And so I was waiting for Christmas for gymnastics rings and I got them. 49 00:03:35,240 --> 00:03:38,920 And it is, let me actually check the date. 50 00:03:38,920 --> 00:03:48,560 It's January 6th and I've been using the gymnastics rings outside pretty much two days on, one 51 00:03:48,560 --> 00:03:51,840 day off, two days on, two days off. 52 00:03:51,840 --> 00:03:57,200 So I go outside for the gymnastics rings on my push day and my pole day. 53 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,880 And then my leg day I go into the gym. 54 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:05,240 And then I do basically six days on and then one day off. 55 00:04:05,240 --> 00:04:09,640 That's basically what I've been doing around because that's when I need my rest. 56 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:17,440 And so I'm basically going outside maybe like four or five times a week. 57 00:04:17,440 --> 00:04:23,880 So I'm training outside and I train at, basically I start at 4.45 in the morning. 58 00:04:23,880 --> 00:04:30,400 I usually am actually starting lifting around 4.50 because it takes a couple minutes to 59 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:31,800 actually set up the rings. 60 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:38,560 But pretty much ever since Christmas I've been training on these gymnastics rings. 61 00:04:38,560 --> 00:04:43,640 And the first couple of days I was training under a tree. 62 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:50,360 But the tree that I chose was kind of lopsided and the specific type of rings that I got, 63 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:58,760 you can't really make very specific adjustments because it's a carabiner. 64 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:03,440 And so the adjustments you make are like inches upon inches. 65 00:05:03,440 --> 00:05:08,160 You can't go small, you can't make smaller adjustments than what they have set. 66 00:05:08,160 --> 00:05:15,240 And so the tree was uneven and I decided to just train underneath a straight bar, just 67 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:20,880 like the same bar that they set up the outdoor training facility. 68 00:05:20,880 --> 00:05:25,600 It's just like two kettlebells down there, just like two kettlebells attached to a pole 69 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,800 that goes up and down. 70 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:34,800 And so I'm training at five in the morning every day, not every day, but I'm training 71 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:40,000 five in the morning outside and no one's up. 72 00:05:40,000 --> 00:05:41,440 There's barely any cars. 73 00:05:41,440 --> 00:05:45,400 I live in a city so there are actually a few cars out. 74 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:50,520 But for the most part I'm all alone in the darkness. 75 00:05:50,520 --> 00:05:58,360 And since I live in a city it's not really that dark, it's very well lit at night time. 76 00:05:58,360 --> 00:06:01,960 But it's a pretty cool vibe, I gotta admit. 77 00:06:01,960 --> 00:06:06,800 And I've got a video coming up and if you're listening to it on the podcast, if you're listening 78 00:06:06,800 --> 00:06:13,200 to this episode on the podcast, then that video is most likely have already released 79 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:17,200 onto the podcast because this episode is probably not going to actually release until 80 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:18,960 like a couple of weeks now. 81 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:28,440 But the gymnastics rings, I'm outside in the morning training and I've been going pretty 82 00:06:28,440 --> 00:06:35,400 much every day that I have an actual workout planned and this morning was by far the most 83 00:06:35,400 --> 00:06:37,000 amazing morning. 84 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:38,160 Now let me tell you why. 85 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:45,800 It's because I woke up, did my normal routine, got ready, got hyped to go outside and then 86 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:51,960 right when I was putting my shoes on I just looked outside and it was snowing. 87 00:06:51,960 --> 00:07:03,840 And it was amazing because I biked down to the park, biked at 4.45 in the morning and 88 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:11,840 it's snowing dark outside, it's freezing as balls and I'm just biking with my lights 89 00:07:11,840 --> 00:07:17,880 on and I bike all the way down to the park and then I set up my rings. 90 00:07:17,880 --> 00:07:23,520 And the coolest part of it is that it was actually pretty bright this morning. 91 00:07:23,520 --> 00:07:30,760 It was crazy because yesterday it wasn't snowy and it was just the same brightness but since 92 00:07:30,760 --> 00:07:39,640 there was no snow yesterday it was darker and today the snow made the atmosphere brighter 93 00:07:39,640 --> 00:07:44,120 because I think it's probably because it's like reflecting off of the, like the light 94 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,840 is reflecting off of the snow or something. 95 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:56,520 But pretty much I'm out there at 4.45 in the morning doing pull ups and it is an awesome 96 00:07:56,520 --> 00:08:03,960 vibe because it's snowing, freezing as balls but I'm doing pull ups 10 sets of 10 which 97 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:09,440 is me pushing myself because for the past couple of years I've just been doing three 98 00:08:09,440 --> 00:08:17,160 sets of as many reps as I can and so that's usually like as of recently it was one set 99 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:23,960 of like 13, another set of maybe 12 or 11 and then another set of like 10. 100 00:08:23,960 --> 00:08:32,760 And so me doing 10 sets of 10 I push myself because I'm trying to actually grow my strength 101 00:08:32,760 --> 00:08:40,600 for my pull ups and my dips but I can't actually complete 10 sets of 10 fully yet so I have 102 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:48,280 to like do cheat reps but it's still worth it because I get extra muscle tearing but 103 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:57,040 I'm out there 5 in the morning and on my last set I have this tradition that I just did 104 00:08:57,040 --> 00:09:03,120 the first time I went out there and decided that I was going to do 10 sets of 10 I knew 105 00:09:03,120 --> 00:09:07,560 that it was going to be tough and so I said I was going to do it no matter what and it's 106 00:09:07,560 --> 00:09:13,080 going to be hard but I'm going to push myself and the first day I set up my rings and I 107 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:21,680 started doing the reps on set 4 I believe it was I was on my fourth set and I got to 108 00:09:21,680 --> 00:09:28,960 six reps and then I just stopped and I started to walk away and I was like no screw that 109 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:35,800 like get back on that bar right now and so I finished it I finished the four reps and 110 00:09:35,800 --> 00:09:42,160 then I was just like yeah that's how it's done and then just out of the blue I just 111 00:09:42,160 --> 00:09:49,640 started sprinting and I the way my park is set up is there is a hill there so you can 112 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:57,880 do hill sprints and it's probably maybe a hundred feet away from where my workout area 113 00:09:57,880 --> 00:10:07,480 is and so I'm walking I'm I just out of the blue start sprinting over to the to the hill 114 00:10:07,480 --> 00:10:12,640 and this was after me like literally yelling at myself like no you like you're better than 115 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:18,200 that like get back on that bar and I'm like out there five in the morning and I'm just 116 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:22,800 like yelling to myself and I just started sprinting out of the blue and I started sprinting up 117 00:10:22,800 --> 00:10:27,920 the hill and I was like just because that crap you pulled you're doing three hill sprints 118 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:32,520 so I just did three hill sprints and this was when I was in worse cardio shape so this 119 00:10:32,520 --> 00:10:39,320 was actually it wasn't like difficult but it was like it wasn't like easy you know and 120 00:10:39,320 --> 00:10:45,640 so I do these three hill sprints and then I was like okay and I was satisfied I was satisfied 121 00:10:45,640 --> 00:10:51,440 with my punishment so then I start running a jog back to my workout and then another 122 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:58,640 time out of the blue I just start taking off my jacket taking off my hat my gloves and 123 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:05,400 then taking off my shirt I completely I'm like I stripped down all of my clothes except 124 00:11:05,400 --> 00:11:11,040 for like my pants and my shoes obviously so I'm literally just standing there 28 degree 125 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:21,800 weather freezing and I'm in like my top half is exposed like I'm shirtless and no gloves 126 00:11:21,800 --> 00:11:29,320 no hat and then I was like okay time to run a lap and so I basically run a lap around 127 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:36,320 my entire park which it probably takes like only like four minutes it's not that far maybe 128 00:11:36,320 --> 00:11:39,680 it's less than four minutes I don't know but it's a it's a pretty quick lap so I just do 129 00:11:39,680 --> 00:11:48,680 a lap shirtless and that's a cool vibe too and so that was my tradition I just basically 130 00:11:48,680 --> 00:11:56,000 run a lap shirtless and I do my last set so once I get to nine sets I basically do the 131 00:11:56,000 --> 00:12:02,160 three hill sprints and then I do my tenth set of dips or pull-ups whatever it is that 132 00:12:02,160 --> 00:12:12,640 day and then I go and run a lap and the the last set and the lap around the park are shirtless 133 00:12:12,640 --> 00:12:17,920 so it's a pretty cool vibe and this morning was cool because I was running a lap shirtless 134 00:12:17,920 --> 00:12:28,680 in the snow 30 degree weather so it was pretty cool but I've just grown a very strong liking 135 00:12:28,680 --> 00:12:36,880 to training outside I actually prefer training outside over training in an inside gym so 136 00:12:36,880 --> 00:12:43,520 with that said you should definitely go pick your pick up yourself a pair of gymnastics 137 00:12:43,520 --> 00:12:49,880 strings and go train outside.