When you Lose Passion to Calisthenics | My Story & Advice

[@FrinksmovementTV]

What are your specific goals for next months? Happy new year to everyone ;)

[@calisthenicsindia8498]

Intellectual god

[@fwoggangidk]

When other communuties realize what "art block" actually is life 😂😂 it's a terrible phase, sorry for ya buddy. Happy you got through it.

[@vexedev]

I feel you man. Mental burnout is a very real thing. One of the ways it can also occur is by going at it really hard 100%, ALL, the time... Every single workout is intense and requires 100% focus, do that over the period of a couple weeks and soon you won't have the mental strength to really do anything, let alone workout, nervous system failure, system overload, mainframe overload, whatever you wanna call it. The all or nothing like you said, now that you did the all, you have to FULLY do the nothing, as best as possible. Elliott Hulse talked about this, (I pretty much turn to his videos everytime I burn out), the yin and yang, the 1 and 0, we're so binary in nature, us goal setters. What I found helped was: - Dont wreck myself every session, monitor intensity closely - Have a "fun" (deload) week every 4/5 weeks where I get to do whatever fun things I want and just enjoy myself. Go out in the woods, setup rings on trees, have a fun workout in the park, etc. - Put myself in a much more demanding position than the skill I'm currently aiming for. e.g. if I'm working for planche, maybe I'll do a band assisted ring maltese with assisted grip, and just experience that feeling of being in a position that's higher than my goals. This will break out of the grind mindset and set a positive mind connection that, HEY I CAN DO THIS! It's a mental trick, if you can do it with assist, you can do it without. This will give you a huge boost and motivation when you come back to your regular training. Learned this from Bandon Wynn, I highly recommend you check his channel if you haven't already. - The high reps stuff you mentioned is a similar idea. Doing high reps/low intensity encourages that positive mind connection as well, that HEY brain, look at me I'm "successfully" accomplishing things! I'm succeeding! etc. Where as low reps high intensity there's not much of that happening, so your mind will start to associate "failure" just after a few reps. - You're your own best motivator. Esp since you record everything, I wish I had videos of when I couldn't do a pullup. You look back and compare now vs then, and go wow... Being proud of yourself and what you've accomplished, will help bring you back on track to do even more and make that gap even bigger.

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Maan soo true. Oh and i looked on some of your vids - and one i fopund was on programming and burnout/depression. Must say, pretty interesting stuff/advice

[@vexedev]

@@FrinksmovementTV Yep programming is very mental, before training it was my all or nothing so I'd get burnout and depressed quite often. Programming and training are similar in many ways and different in others. One way they're different is that in programming you're more easily susceptible to burnout because you know, if you sit down, stay late, program more, go 110% you'll get the result done much quicker, it's simple work put in = result put out, almost linear to a certain degree, but at the high risk of burnout. But in training, you simply cannot afford to do that, if you do that in one session you will notice it right away the next day, very tactile feedback. Training taught me that consistent small chunks of work will get major projects done. In programming I'd do inconsistent big chunks of work which wont get real projects done. We underestimate the work we can do over a long time and overestimate that of which we can do in a shorter period. That's why I'm in no rush to get planche etc.

[@matiasmolinas1472]

You have a new subscriber, this has so much value, deserves more exposition!

[@FrinksmovementTV]

I truely appreciate this comment. Thank you, I will do my best to continue and spread the good message. Cheers brother!

[@Thatguy-rh5ls]

"Record attempts and appealing stuff" Hit straight home 🥺

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Haha, yeah well nothing wrong about it as I said. But very easy to fall in the trap of doing only this stuff.

[@012workout]

Great topic to talk about and you did it very well like always, very good job ! I think it happen to a lot of guy and sometimes they completely stop even if they have a monster potential i find it so sad :( With the time of the day i would add make and respect your plan and just do it even if you miss a session it's not the end of the world . Personnaly it never happened to me , sometimes i 'm also fucked up and depressed but i train anyway wich is not the good approach too i agree. Thanks again and continue producing good content !

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Thank you so much brother. Well you say you train when you are "fucked up and depressed". I don/t consider that a bad thing. Its about recognising where the reason lies. Cause we all get caught up in negative emotions and they are inevitable. I found that many times training can actually help in this regard. If you feel stressed out by something and constantly think about it - physical activity many times can elevate mood. Well on the other hand the emotions/stress can be overwhelming, and thats when like i said we gotta learn not to be emotionally attached to our results, and just treat training as a long term process. Thank you again brother ;)

[@greenpowertemple]

Great video man! Really interesting topic. It happened to me with parkour once. Since then I switched to more calisthenics^^ However I’m coming back to parkour slowly as well and really resonate with what you shared

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Thank you! Sometimes shifting the area of improvement is what we need. All the best on your come back journey!

[@luisgotbars]

Injuries... Thanks for sharing this video bro, I felt really identified with it. Now that I am recovering from an elbow tendinitis, it is hard to stay without training, but I will overcome and retake my goals... Patience is a virtue, and a real challenge for people in love with fitness activities. If I were god, I would create a world without injuries haha. Regards bro.

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Yeah i know i know the pain brother. I hope you will recover soon from your elbow tendinitist and crush your goals ;) Keep staying positive and all the best to you

[@sexcommunist]

How did you get that injury? And how was your recovery?

[@luisgotbars]

@@sexcommunist iron cross. I concluded my joints are not ready to do it. So I don't try it again nowadays. About recovery, it was therapy and rest.

[@sexcommunist]

@@luisgotbars Thanks for sharing. I myself afraid of injuries. You commented a year ago, did you fully recovered or there was some permanent damage?

[@luisgotbars]

@@sexcommunist fully recovered 💪🏼

[@matteokarsten7762]

This is literally the most underrated calisthenics channel on KZbin. You really struck me ad very young! Hot old are you actually? Wish you the best😜🤙🏻

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Wow, thank you! Im 20 years old. New video coming up in couple of days. Best on the channel so far ;)

[@arlyedamcanales]

a bit late but i enjoy watching your story really insighful and helpful. showing to never give up!! i apprecited it this we must feel happy both mentally and with our physical body

[@FrinksmovementTV]

haha there's no late here. All the comments/insides greatly appreciated. I could not agree more. If I don't feel good emotionally or mentally, my body will suffer as well. It works the other way around as well. The key is identifying, understanding, accepting/resolving our problems or situations. Thats the only long term solution.

[@thedahakha]

Excellent video mate! Very relateble... Last year has had many ups and downs with regards to injuries and negative mindset, leading to many of the points you adressed in your video. Feels like its made at just the right time ;). Last couple weeks have luckily been more consistent, also with more of a beginner mindset. Quiting social media has had positive effects, mostly for time management, but has also lowered my enthousiasm a bit. Maybe heading back there soon ;). Anyways, thanks for the video! Good luck with training and getting those new/old goals!

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Thank you Roy. Yeah i can DEFINITELLY relate. And to be honest i still go through some tougher times. But these things definitelly help to push through those worse periods so you still gain what you can, and when things get better your not starting out from the beggining. Wish you all the best Roy and achieving all the goals you set for yourself

[@Ramoe69]

Very interesting! Nice to see someone bringing up such a niche discussion, I’m about 6 months into my Cali training so I’ve not yet experienced this myself, but I can definitely see this being useful to me in the future. Thanks 🙏

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Fantastic! Yeah i think its always good to know these things so you can be kind of "prepared". For now your new to this world and so just enjoy everything you do ;) Wish you all the best

[@piotrolejniczak670]

Interesting Stuff !!!

[@MpPalumbo]

Really appreciate this video, thank you for putting in the effort to provide such relevant content! Motivated me to make short term goals and start keeping track of my workouts! I am So guilty of going to the gym/park and just winging it 😅

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Thank you! Means a lot to me! What are the new short term goals you set for yourself?

[@MpPalumbo]

Frinksmovement TV For pushing: i would like to be able to do 5 free standing HSPU consecutively (i can only do 3 now). Pulling: 10 second full FL (can only do 5 seconds now) what are yours?

[@FrinksmovementTV]

@@MpPalumbo Wow great goals! Some of mine are 8 reps tuck planche pushups full ROM, floor HSPU x10 reps, weighted pullups 31KGx8 reps and to finally get full rom tuck FL rows.

[@madhavan8394]

Thanks for the video ☺️💪🏾

[@rosso7755]

That bit about not watching calisthenics/fitness media, KZbin etc as a first symptom is so true! Couple of months ago I used to watch Daniels Laizans, Chris heria, etc all the time. Then it started to slow down, I moved house, I got injured, new job, went on holiday just everything. I had some success, held a 5-8 second front lever did it for the camera. Then I started to just think "why?" Like why am I bothering. Still training, pushing my weighted pull ups and dips, fundamentals. I think I'm going to start training something new as well, I always loved the outdoors, hiking kayaking etc. So might start incorporating some expedition conditioning type training. I'm about a year in now, this all started 6 weeks ago or so. I thought I was going insane, how could I not love this? I've been loving this for 13 months! So thanks for this video, helps to know it's not just me

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Sooo true man. Im happy people find their own struggles in this video. We can all unite ;)

[@jaeyoonjo4247]

I discovered when I started focusing back on the basic sets and reps as goals on the exercises I could do, I found my passion again and saw myself improving. Did that with weighted cali for something I could objectively measure and now I'm trying it with pure bodyweight. Maybe this is why the pure sets and reps calisthenics people seem so consistent.

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Thats exactly my point! Fantastic to hear that! So what now your goals mainly revolve around bodyweight but still mostly sets and reps? Or do you start some skill work as well?

[@jaeyoonjo4247]

@@FrinksmovementTV Yeah now my bodyweight goals involve skills as well. Dynamics instead of statics to help with counting sets and reps. Also trying to do a lot of bodyweight basic sets and reps and secondary assistance lifts. I'm trying a variant of "one lift a day" and "pr every session" thing that a guy called John Phung posted on his blog.

[@FrinksmovementTV]

That sounds great! Well i can only wish you achieving all the goals and maintaining this right attitude. Oh and did not hear about the guy. Will have to check it out.

[@anthonywilson1754]

Another great video. My story is that I loved gymnastics from age 4 and kept going for 14 years. I was adopted so other gymnasts were like my brothers and sisters. Was adopted and brought to USA and in community with no boy gymnasts. Neighbors had a girl in gymnastics and I went to academy with them. But in school I got bullied. For me being bullied only made me train harder for gymnastics. After I got beat up my drive to train for gymnastics switched to build rock hard abs and overall increase in lean muscle. I ate a lot of food for the first time and hated it. But athletes at school told me to keep eating to build muscle. And it worked. I got motivated for gymnastics but performance suffered by increase in muscular and heavy legs (your other great video on legs). I decided at age 18 I could not continue in gymnastics. That went to my heart. But I had transformed my body and decided I could do bar workouts like my countrymen on KZbin. Right now I am age 21 and working in construction and needing to find friends to train with. And friends who let me be me and train my way--which includes aggressive abdominal training that requires a training partner to punch and throw down a medicine ball. Right now that is hard and especially in pandemic. Great video on motivation I will watch again as needed.

[@Shakaal01]

Thanks for the effort. It was very useful. Can't believe you have such few followers for the kinda value you add. All the best!

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Thank you so much!:)

[@drexeagler2746]

I really need this video. Thanks!

[@evil3570]

Great video everything was so spot on felt like you were talkin to me specifically 😹 my ass needs to stop being lazy

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Thats great to hear!

[@GutRegeneration]

This helped, thanks 🙏🏻

[@abd-yq2up]

Love you man

[@TypowyFitnesiak]

happened to mee to...I guess

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Happens to everyone at some point ;( Even to most hardcore ones like us haha

[@promohican8222]

Great video inspiring

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@cindyy3707]

new subscriber here. this is one of my favorite videos made by you. a very relatable story and i appreciate the realism + tips!

[@CalisthenicsNation]

Cmon

[@MajidBenhenneda]

Great video man

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Appreciate it

[@alxnd_r6345]

I simply cant imagine myself being unfit and not doing the things i do. Turning 30 at the end of the year. Been working out since i can remember and i always tried new things too. The only thing that bothers me is getting married having children and working obviously and on top of that adding workouts. I simply wont stop i will find a new doable routine. I know if i stop it will destroy me

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Great attitude. Never stop man ;) We can always make it work somehow. Im sure you will do so

[@saadahmed2113]

installing a pullup bar at home today.

[@lonevoyager6026]

My problem is worse than this :( I'm still stuck at 12 pull ups and I can only do like 35 lbs for 4 reps on pull ups and I've been training for like a year. It sucks so much to have plateaus when I'm only a beginner. I've been stuck for many months now.

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Did i say i got this numbers after 1-2 years? I train for 6+ years already and before starting I could not touch my toes or do a muscle up (which i learned after 1-1.5 years ;) ) Please take a look at my answer under the leg training video. And take a look at this instagram.com/p/B4Srul8JAy6/?

[@kalkulator3517]

The break for me lasted 14 weeks, first 8 i trained for flaire and in the next 6 weeks every 2-3 days I would do some handstands and 1 - arm handstands trys (whole sesson would not last more than 40 min).

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Let me know how its going!

[@lonevoyager6026]

Frinks, please tell me how you got a 46kg chin up only after 1-2 years of training. I have no idea how you got so much stronger than me but you trained the same years as me or maybe like a bit more.

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Hey man i answered your comment under my last video. Take a look at it ;)

[@emiki6]

Keep in mind, that you say "f" instead of "th". "f" is a lip-teeth sound and "th" is a tongue-teeth sound. You may try to be aware of it and maybe correct it. Great content, thank you!

[@FrinksmovementTV]

Sure! Thank you!

[@emiki6]

@@FrinksmovementTV 🙏