Welcome to calisthenics-gear.com, your online portal for all things calisthenics.

In case you’re not familiar with the term, calisthenics is a form of training that consists of:

“gymnastic exercises to achieve bodily fitness and grace of movement.”

Despite being a rather general definition, the latter portion highlights the main differentiator when comparing to other fitness activities. A calisthenics practitioner has full control of his body weight in a graceful manner, and focuses very much on movement.

Achieving this state of graciousness can be challenging though, and for that reason, in 2017, we started calisthenics-gear.com with the mission to provide the very best advice on gear for practising calisthenics.

Calisthenics Gear

We believed that there was a lack of information regarding the gear that could really take your calisthenics to another level and as such we published, and regularly update, guides for the best calisthenics gloves, bars, and many others.

We’ve compiled all the gear necessary to have a complete calisthenics home gym without spending much money. Some of our favourite gear includes:

Calisthenics Bars

The below item came as a bit of a surprise, but it is quite popular among our readers. Despite being marketed mainly as a weight rack, it actually works quite well as a calisthenics bar. It is relatively cheap

Our favourite backyard pull up bar comes from pullup-dip. What we most like about it is that it is by far the easiest bar to set up of all the kits we’ve tried:

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A dip stand can be used in a variety of ways. Besides the obvious, it can be used for static exercises, such as the l-sit, and for australian pull-ups, handstands, russian dips, and many others.





Mixed Calisthenics Gear

Wrist wraps and gloves are also a popular request amongst our readers. The items below are the most popular:

Resistance bands are like the weights of bodyweight training. Add or remove resistance to progress in any given exercise. Compatible with pull-ups, muscle-ups, front and back levers, planches, and can even be used to stretch.





Parallettes

A pair of parallettes is such a great and cheap addition to your calisthenics home gym that we’re willing to bet that over half our readership owns a pair already. If you don’t, we recommend going for a pair of wooden ones, such as the ones below. They are more durable and, in our opinion, look sexy as hell.





One of the main advantages of calisthenics is its ability to focus on very particular muscles groups and focus on progressions within those muscle groups. An example would be the Australian push-up, to pull-up, to muscle-up progression. However, what happens when you reach the maximum progression or want to focus on a certain movement of which you can already easily do 12 reps? In that case, adding weights to your body, through a vest or belt can work miracles.

This is just one of the many examples in which gear can accelerate your goals.

Over time, calisthenics-gear.com has evolved to offer advice on other areas, such as:

Calisthenics Programs

Due to popular demand, and after trying out many calisthenics courses our selves, we’ve compiled and reviewed all major paid programs into one big blog post.This list is a work in progress that is updated continuously based on our own experience and feedback from our readers. However, we believe that it is the most comprehensive list available online.

We’ve also developed our own 30 minute beginner friendly workout, which can be done pretty much anywhere.

Calisthenics Exercises

Besides overall training programs, we like to occasionally do a deep dive into particular exercises that are essential for your progressions in calisthenics.

The muscle-up, for example, is a calisthenics-gear.com favourite, about which we have written extensively. Read more here.

When you approach a new exercise, it is important to focus on movement first and strength after. This will ensure a faster and less injury prone progression.

Calisthenics Diet

Have you ever noticed that factors outside of your workout have a huge influence in your performance?Well they do. Your diet, stress levels, and sleep/rest highly influence your progression.

With that in mind, we’ve written extensively about the calisthenics diet and vegan calisthenics.

By eating smaller and more balanced meals, you can rebuild muscle faster and thus progress faster in calisthenics. Our guides will teach you exactly how to do that.

If you can’t cook and prepare all the meals by yourself, then supplements might be the ideal solution for you. In fact, even if you do, calisthenics supplements might be more effecient than normal home cooked meal in delivering the exact macro nutrients that you need.

Certain supplements, such as creatine, are seen by some as controversial and risky. In this article, we cover all pros and cons of each type of supplement as well as recommendations for suppliers.

And that’s it folks, make sure to follow us on pinterest and facebook to stay up to date to all the latest calisthenics news and articles!