Calisthenics

[AM1235]

Can people really become from fat to shredded with only calisthenics? Keep in mind pull up bars don't count (because I had one installed but I became too heavy)

[rhadam]

Fat loss is a product of sustained calorie deficit. Calisthenics is a great system to get in shape and gain muscle.

[AM1235]

Fat loss is a product of sustained calorie deficit. Calisthenics is a great system to get in shape and gain muscle.

Thanks. But can you become ripped noticeably without a single weight?

[rhadam]

Thanks. But can you become ripped noticeably without a single weight?

Re-read my post.

[FrancisSoyer]

When it comes to calisthenics. The military is the best.
They are the originators and pioneers. This is run and
Gun cardio. Literally explosive training.



This is there biggest and number one competitor.
Olympic gymnastics! Being that they are at such
an extreme.



They also use weights.

[CarterJ2007]

Depends on what you mean by ripped. If by "ripped" you mean absolutely peeled, shredded, visible muscle striations and noticeable vascularity (granted, vascularity is largely determined by genetics too).... then yes, because how lean you are, as rhadam said, is a result of a caloric deficit. That in itself does not require a single weight to be picked up.

BUT, "ripped" doesn't inherently mean aesthetically pleasing. If you're going for that shredded muscular look, you are going to have to put in the work to build the muscle which is an entirely different set of processes in the body.

FYI, unless you're a beginner or have a particularly high body fat %, getting shredded and gaining muscle are pretty much mutually exclusive. You can't do them both at the same time, so I'd focus on getting big FIRST, then cutting down to be lean (most people can sustain 10 - 12% bf to be considered comfortably lean, I wouldn't recommend going into the single digit space).

[grwthenics]

weight management depends on your calorie intake. However, any type of workout helps to burn calories. Calisthenics exercises is compound bodywight movement that burn more calories than weight lifting