I'll Never Drop Old School Workouts. They Build Muscles

[@xNulg]

High rep calisthenics, burpees, running is all you need. Amazing channel

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Thank you

[@mmafan3]

Well, what's funny I actually started with calisthenics such as pushups, pullups dips, etc before I really got into serious weight training. I ordered the Charles Atlas program and while many may look down on it, it actually helped me a lot in terms of muscle growth and even confidence. I started lifting to get stronger for wrestling and football and then back to calisthenics when I was in military boot camp for 3 months. Oh, and Arnold's first book got me really started. I Lifted seriously but always did the pushups and pullups when I couldn't hit the weights. I lifted a bit after the ,military and through college but eventually tired of the gym environment and began solitary calisthenics. Save for a an old school boxing gym, i mean with the roof leaking, no AC, i won't ever set foot in a gym again in my life. Even when on vacation where a gym is available, I will go outside as I simply despise the atmosphere. If there is a calisthenics park around, that is a plus. Pushups, dips, pullups, squats and Ab wheel are all I need. On occasion I will use a T bar in my garage but that's it. Great channel and just subbed

[@guillermorueda6717]

Great info!!! I like you emphasize the basics....good nutrition and simple routines. Nothing fancy on either. Hats off!

[@Kostis_playsDrums]

I've been following the Iron Wolf's youtube training sessions for some time now, and the algoritm just threw your channel in front of me. Checked it out and looks great stuff man! Subscribing and incorporating your workouts in my routines! body weight, high reps...builds muscle, endurance, fatigue resistance. I personally haven't been lifting any weights since 2016, but noone would be able to notice that, because I'm more toned and striated than ever before! and never, I say never have I taken any drugs as per the fitness industry is pushing! f...k that! I'd rather be healthy and smaller, than big and unhealthy!

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Thank you very much. I hope my workouts will be of good use to you. 😊

[@Kostis_playsDrums]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics I’m quite sure they will be! 😉😀

[@damonclark5742]

@@Kostis_playsDrums Are you also against protein powders?

[@dayytube]

O.S.C could your share with us the correct breathing techniques needed during push,pull and static holds.plz.

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

of course. a video will follow very soon on that. thanks for the idea

[@franciscarabini7660]

Great video very motivated from it.thanks

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Glad you liked it!

[@r.f2173]

You look completely different when working out than you do in the other shots, it's interesting. You dress classy and in a low-key way in terms of showing off your muscles. I'd never guess how muscular you are if I only saw the shot of you in the sweater. Great videos by the way, I'm bingeing your channel right now, hahaha

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Thank you. What you say is true. Very rarely do I dress in a way that shows off my athletic and well-trained physique. Most of the time, you can't tell, and many who see me in swimming trunks for the first time at the pool are impressed by the proportions and how my body looks. But that's how I like it. Honestly, I'm tired of everyone trying to show off, be it excessive tattoos, muscles, etc., and girls showing off their behinds and so on. We live in times where decency no longer exists.

[@r.f2173]

​@@OldSchoolCalisthenics Well said, I completely agree. I like to be in shape not to impress others by wearing tight shirts and flexing all the time, but because it makes me feel good about myself and my health and I like to feel strong. "The body should be treated rigorously, so that it may not be disobedient to the mind." I only work out at home so only my parents and brothers ever see and hear how hard I work in that respect, and I don't wear clothes that reveal my physique in public. Unless I'm going swimming, hanging out at home, or being intimate with another person, I tend to keep my physique hidden. That's how I want to keep it for now. I'm proud of my body and my results and I look good, but I just don't feel the need to flaunt it.

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

@@r.f2173 i do the same. I see myself as a compound person, balanced. I have huge trust in myself and feel well by myself. Plus that I don't care to impress. So, maybe that's where it comes from.

[@r.f2173]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics Yeah I don't really understand some people's constant need for strangers' approval. I used to participate in those behaviours but I grew out of it a long time ago and I'm much happier. I've been in university classrooms where I'll see both men and women (but mostly women) take out their phones every 2 minutes to open their camera and check how they look. I can't help but wince when I see it and just hope they'll come to realize sooner rather than later that others look at them 5% as much as they think they do.

[@reinhard1474]

@@r.f2173there is nothing wrong with wanting to look good and show off your physique a little, but not being too obsessed with it is the key in my opinion

[@JivanCamoirano]

Great Video ! Totally agree with you .

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Glad to hear it!

[@southwestoffgrid]

I love your page. Awesome content

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Thank you

[@shawnlink6553]

How do you know when to incorporate different variations if I do pull ups do I do rose the same day with push-ups and handstand push-ups what I incorporate that the next day with legs

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

I suggest train the legs alone, no pushups and pull-ups except for when you do full-body training. When you train your leg muscles, speed, strength, endurance, then focus on leg exercises. But other than that, train push and pull in the same workout, it's an efficient way

[@snbeats5741]

Great video. I have actually started doing 10x10 training, I use it for dips, pull ups and squats. I will add additional weight if I can complete the 10x10. But how long should I rest between sets? I’m currently resting 60seconds

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

I used to rest 60 or 90 sec. Its enough

[@Jupitersonlyson]

Straight facts , love your channel. 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

thank you

[@nunomaia5513]

Great content

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

thank you

[@shawnlink6553]

Do you work chest same day you do 10x10 pullups?

[@PaulHoughton-d7x]

So how much muscle maximum can you build in general from high rep calisthenics using isometrics over the long term added in aerobic cardio 5 times a week and anaerobic cardio three times a week or is there no limit to how much you can build >longterm?

[@georgiosdoumas2446]

I think your muscle maximum is determined by your genetics, and through training you can either catch it, or go to the 95% of it, or 90% of it etc (it also depends if you started training at 15 years of age, or 18, or 21 or 25 years of age etc) An approximate way to see, is by looking at the thickness of your wrist , just wrap your next-to-index finger (the one we use to show the sign of f*ck 0ff) and thumb , and see how much free cm you have remaining on your thumb (the finger tip should touch your thumb in a position that will not be the tip of the thumb). Or take a measurement tape. People with thicker wrists have more room for muscular growth.

[@andyearthling1145]

Great Channel. Thank you. Greetings from germany.

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Thank you 🙇‍♂️. Greetings from Romania

[@andyearthling1145]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics i like romania. And i hope that one day i‘ll be there for living. Germany is falling.

[@shawnlink6553]

Define old school pushup pull up squat 10x10? Hownto incorporate hand stand push ups replace with push ups or do pushups with hand stands ?

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

begin with handstand pushups and continue with pushups. You can also add pull-ups in-between and make up a great upper workout

[@shawnlink6553]

​@@OldSchoolCalisthenicsmy main question is your only showing pull-ups do I do push-ups right after my 10 by 10 Pull-Ups

[@christophmau440]

So what about scheduling it like that? Mo 10x10 pull ups Tu 10x10 pistols We 10x10 Dips Th 5x20 Pull ups (lighter variation) Fr 5x20 air squats Sa 5x20 Push ups Su Rest Repeat

[@davidjones9850-u2m]

hi bro! been following your content for quite some time. i had a doubt, can an endomorph guy get below 10% body fat with serious calisthenics training?(of course having control on his diet)

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Yes, why not? I don't believe in this principle that endomorphs can't be lean

[@frog6054]

I've seen a lots of people said that you need to do your sets to failure or maxing out the reps in every single sets when you're trying to build muscle with calisthenics but it seems like your workout tend to shy away from sets to failure. Can you elaborate?

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

I go close to failure or extreme fatigue. I train until I either dont have sufficient strength to do a good form anymore, or by the lactic acid. If lactic acid comes, a few more time under tension and thats ot for me

[@frog6054]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics So, those 10 reps are close to failure? And when you find the 10 reps no longer challenging, you will added more reps? Thank you for answering by the way.

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Something like that, but experience tells me how much I can endure so i establish this rep range because i know it is hard, but not so hard it makes me quit in 2 or 3 sets. A rep range hard enough but submaximal, moderate

[@frog6054]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics I see. I've just done my pull up workout and doing 10 sets of 5 are more than enough for my body in the moment. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Any time

[@screwrecords6791]

What's your opinion about fast executed reps? (instead of slower controlled ones like you suggested in this video? I see a lot of people practice in this fast way, you too execute faster in some videos... I have knowledge of that, so I suppose there is a benefit for it. Thank you for your great, clever and helpful channel

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

explosive executions rely on anaerobic metabolisms, glucose, and hence, on the thick fibers, which is great stimulus for growth in strength and size. So do slow-mo reps because is good for muscle recruitment and activity, but the explosive stuff is mandatory too. There is a benefit and guess what, the next video coming this week, which is already done, is exactly about explosive moves and slow moves.

[@screwrecords6791]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics that's great my friend, your new video is going to be just in time for my request. And thanks for the awesome answer... One more question (I don't know if you will talk about it in your upcoming video) : is it a good idea to mix slow sets and explosive sets in the same workout series? Like for example, a single workout session of 10 sets, composed by 5 slow rep sets , and 5 fast reps sets

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

@@screwrecords6791 yes, do that.

[@screwrecords6791]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics thank you!

[@shawnlink6553]

Is doing around the world 10x10 a good routine u till your able to up your reps to 20x20

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

it doesn't work like that. you don't get strong that much all the time. around the world is a fatigue kind of workout, tough to maintain high numbers.

[@shawnlink6553]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics so please explain what's the best way to build muscle ? Work on one muscle group at a time ? Instead of doing a full body? And what is a good number of reps . If I want to build muscle ? I thought around the world was a muscle building workout

[@shawnlink6553]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics I watched all your videos I understand you said to do High Reps around the world is a high rep workout I see guys on KZbin doing old school prison workouts who do 20 pull-ups 20 push-ups and 20 dips I just want to know is focusing on one body part the best way to build muscle for instance instead of doing push pull and dip if I do 10 minutes of push-ups every minute on the minute 10 sets and then move to dips 10 minutes every minute on the minute and then move to pull ups every minute on the minute will that help build muscle

[@shawnlink6553]

​@OldSchoolCalisthenics so what calestenics routines will build muscle? What is a good regimen? After doing 10x10 pull ups what do you do next ? Is time under tension tje key to build muscle

[@3dfxvoodoocards6]

Excelent video. Ce inaltime si greutate ai ?

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

acum am 183-184 cm si 80-81 kg. Am tot variat pe parcursul anului intre 86 si 80

[@slycooper3938]

They do build muscle..... but they're f***ing tiring as heck. They also take hours and most people can't handle that fatigue or spare that amount of time. But they do work though.

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

you gave me a good topic to discuss, thanks. it's true, calisthenics is tiring you as hell. I will explain a bit on the aspect

[@shawnlink6553]

Do you do full body in one day, or do you train one muscle group a day?

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

I usually train solely the legs, and separately the upper body. I do various types of workouts

[@shawnlink6553]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics I know but one day do do pull-ups the next day push-ups dips excetera review do push pull on the same day

[@deurikin2466]

Does age effect muscle growth? Will a young person say around 17 build the same amount of muscle a a 23 year old?

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

A 23 is theoretically more prone for muscle building because of maturity of the body. But age is generally a number. We can have muscles as we age

[@leejohnson197733]

I have always done pull ups and dips and pushups but I need to learn skills as I feel I'm going no where

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

after I achieved some skills, i was like: what's now? then I began sticking more with basic stuff

[@leejohnson197733]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics i can understant that but i can only do an L sit for 15 seconds, and would like to hand stand and tuck planche but it feels impossible

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Well. Separate them maybe 🤔

[@leejohnson197733]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics ?

[@bhaskarborgohaincontent9834]

Basic exercises rule

[@George-um1ke]

What about push ups and dips?!

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

I may record a video on them as well. But it applies for them as well

[@George-um1ke]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics so 10 sets of 10 or 10 sets close to failure?

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Oo, no. Not that. You cant convert the exact same thing because is different, pushups are much easier. I will discuss it in details

[@George-um1ke]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics we will be waiting. Thanks.

[@diogogiglio]

I'm a beginner in triathlon (still doing the short ones) and calisthenics has been helping me a lot in my performance. Thanks for the videos.

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Great to hear!

[@rakeshgitm]

Advanced calisthenics is way more difficult than weight training if we start training in late 20s. That's one of the reasons I use weights and basic calisthenics like hindu pushups and prisoner squats.

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

I also found calisthenics much tougher in essence

[@Oldmanorange]

Those are some fancy monkey bars there.

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Yes

[@Anonymous77-s1s]

Is it safe to do the same exercises every time? For instance, I train dips 2x a week. Would that cause joint problems?

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

stay close, a video will follow :D. But shortly: nope. Train dips two times a week if you feel fine with them

[@Anonymous77-s1s]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics thank you!

[@semikolondev]

What I have a difficulty to understand how many reps to do , to build muscles :(

[@Kaledrone]

Literally just listen to your own body, do as many as you personally possibly can before hitting failure, that is literally it. High reps is personalized to the person, there is nothing complicated about this. Some might find 20 push ups to be high reps due to low fitness levels and some might not even find 80 push ups to be high reps, it's personalized to the person.

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

100%

[@glynevans6215]

Oh

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

yes

[@masterd_flabz7043]

I always recommend this style of training to newcomers. I call it the"Idiotproof" method.

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

😄😄 what is the story of the name?

[@masterd_flabz7043]

@@OldSchoolCalisthenics The around the world program is so brilliant in it's simplicity, I believe that you can not do this workout and not get gains. And that you can modify it to pretty much anyone, even an idiot can follow this program and get results. Hence is the name. That's kind of a short summary of the name

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

Yes. I agree. There are some routines it requires almost 0 knowledge about physical culture. Just action, thats it

[@rodbarrett1581]

My 3 year journey of calisthenics was not so fruitful. For 3 years I was consistent, disciplined, and trained with intensity. I have gotten stronger but little to zero added muscle. I got more defined and chiseled but no significant gains at all. So I took it up a notch and started using giant sets. 20 push ups, 10 pull uos, and 15 dips for each set no rest. Rest 2 mins between sets the repeat for 20 sets. I also started to add weights into my training. Using light weight and high reps. Over time this developed into a bad shoulder problem. Had to stop training for 3 months. Spent thousands on sports professionals, doctors, MRI, sonogram, lots of physical therapy. Seems I now have bursitus and some bicep tendinitis. My shoulder is better but not 100%. There is no cure and it is going to take a long time to fully heal. This has caused depression as well as all the expenses. I am and always have been very active and athletic so to be sidelined with an injury that no one could cure seemed hopeless. I am slowly training with bands but very light work . Basically starting over from ground zero. I pray I can get my shoulder strong and get my life back someday. It's more challenging because I am 52 so it will take longer. These injuries are from over use and doing the same movements in calisthenics. I always used perfect form and was careful . I will not be returning to calisthenics and will use weights. Maybe I will use some push ups and pull ups as finishers but that's it. Hundreds and hundreds of reps each week is punishing on the body and something eventually has to give. Like I mentioned I did not gain much muscle at all. When I started adding weights my chest and back started to show improvements in only a couple months. So I basically wasted 3 years of my life doing calisthenics. I should have just started with weights. Unless you have superior genetics you should take my story into consideration before you start busting out ridiculous reps for years like you see these guys doing on all these channels. It comes with a price. Again it could be genetics . But my body was no stranger to being used and tested. I am also a lifelong surfer so that's even more tax on the shoulders. Be careful when you train and don't try to mirror all the people you watch on yt. We are all made up different. One thing I know I will never do again is dips. Dips are a disaster waiting to happen. I did a lot of research on it and no human should be doing that movement. Cable Flys will do a much better job and a lot safer.

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

3 years of consistent work it's a lot and getting strong, also chiseled, for me counts as great results. But I know it's frustrating when you expect to get bigger and preserve a good body fat ratio. You trained a combination of methods and loads, something very similar to my training. I am sorry for your injury, I can understand how it feels since I've been out several times myself due to some stupid injuries, caused by my own stupid ambition and choices. I finally healed and I now train with more wisdom than ever before. It is true that dips can cause some shoulder problems. But that depends a lot on the individual. You should have change and mix a little faster. 3 years for pure volume and bodyweight it's a lot to endure and the body most probably took too much of it. I train with a very high sense of intuition. It's how I make my decisions now, and if I feel one workout doesn't worth doing it, I just switch. In fact, I had times when I stopped calisthenics and did only sports and aerobic. It felt right, then I got back to it. So what I am saying is that we should always be aware of exaggerations. Thank you for writing such a detailed message.

[@masonmalaguti3463]

Ur joints and ligaments man

[@OldSchoolCalisthenics]

yes, what about them?