Which one is Better? | GYM WORKOUT VS CALISTHENICS

GYM WORKOUT VS CALISTHENICS  

Nowadays people are really fond of fitness, and for that purpose they are going to gym lifting weights and doing different exercises. Although People usually get confused between working out in the gym which consist of weights or heavy machines and on the other side they have their own body weight exercises for example pull-ups ,chin-ups , push-ups and muscle-ups which is difficult for an individual who is not able to do more than 15 reps of pull-ups. I have seen many of people who don’t know whether to go for gym or calisthenics ,and here I am going to give a glance on gym and calisthenics. 

Firstly we will talk about calisthenics, the main motto of this is to aware people about calisthenics.  In Calisthenics , you need no weight it is commonly known as body weight training. It includes body weight exercises which you can do anywhere. So now I begin with exercises:

Upper body exercises

Push Ups: push up is a great exercise for your chest, shoulder and triceps. Push up is of two types the one is T pushups and other is arrow pushups. In T pushups we spread our elbows out to be in line with the shoulders which put more strain on shoulder and it won’t target pecs and triceps muscles whereas in arrow push ups the position of your body and arms makes an arrow with a head pointing in a forward direction, arrow push ups are more effective as it targets triceps, pecs, chest and shoulders all together.

Pull ups: pull ups are of two types one is wide grip and other is narrow grip, wide grip pull ups target your biceps and latissimus  dorsi whereas narrow pull ups targets your chest, shoulder, Biceps and abdominal muscle.

Chin ups: chin ups are basically for biceps, it hits your biceps a bit harder. For more advance you can go more narrower.

Dips: it targets chest, shoulders and triceps.

For more advance you can add weight and do your exercise slowly like all the way down and all the way up.

Lower Body Exercises

One of the most effective lower body exercise is squats. Stand on your feet wider than your shoulders and toes making an angle of 10 degree and go down by pushing your hips back and knees out. You can do many repetition as you can in one minute and then take a rest and go for another set. For more advance you can go for one leg squats and you can even go for squat jump. Side lunge is a great exercise you just need to open your legs twice wider than your shoulder and keep your right leg straight and push your hip back and to the left. And then do same with your left leg. There are many more exercises like side step squats, lunges, calf raises. 

What to eat in post and pre workout?

Post workout

• Sweet potato with salmon
• veggie and protein packed pasta
• meat with brown rice

Pre workout

• Eggs(boiled)
• peanut butter on wholegrain toast
• sweet potato with salmon

Now in last I want to give some information about Gym. Gym consists of weights and machines it enables you to lift weight according to your strength and it builds muscles. Moreover from what I observed, is that you can build muscle mass easily if you are going to the gym and you can target all your muscles, so gym is a great idea if you want to have big muscles and u are really interested in body building. Although gym requires supplements , proper diet and food you need to eat before and after workout. As we all know that gym is all about discipline, so I advise you to have some guidance of your trainer or someone who is in this profession from several years, if you are a beginner. Gym is not about lifting weights it is about your diet, rest or then weights can do their best job. It is very essential that what you eat before and after workout Before workout you should eat something because when you are working out , body burns the same amount of fat. If you are not eating anything before workout then it can cause muscle loss. You can eat plenty of things before workout such as brown rice (1/2 cup) , banana and almond butter, sweet potato with steamed broccoli. 

After Workout: During workout you lose glycogen stored in your muscles. The sooner you start refueling yourself after workout the better off you’ll be. People usually go for protein shake included half of a banana, protein powder, almonds or almond milk, Peanut butter sandwiches.

This blog contains every information for you to start working out even at home, hotel, park and even at gym. It doesn’t matter whether you have equipments or not, you must have place to do exercises but you must have an ordinary bar it would help a lot.

The main purpose of writing this blog is to aware people about calisthenics which allows you to do exercise anywhere. I am coming with some more exercises and proper diet plans in my next blog.
Now you can get fit at home!!!!!