"Street workout - it's not just a class on the bar ': What you did not know about street training

Everyone thinks that street workout - it's just a class on the bar. This is not true

Street workout - a subculture that promotes training on outdoor sports grounds as a free and effective alternative to traditional fitness clubs and fitness halls. Just look at those who are engaged on the horizontal bar and parallel bars for several years to make sure: such training can give excellent results in terms of health, strength and beauty of the body.

Many people think that on the horizontal bar and parallel bars can only be tightened, push-ups and rock press. This is not true. Using imagination, you can come up with a huge variety of exercises and combinations thereof, which not only will increase the burden on the training, but also to make it more interesting. Creativity - one of the key features of street workout. This is clearly demonstrated in the video below.

The idea of ​​street workout goes far beyond the playground. It is the transformation of achievements obtained on the bar, in the achievement of real life. Many people have told me, getting to know their street workout has changed for the better, helped to get out of the hard life situation or decide to seriously change your life. For example, to move to another city, go to a new job or to go to a prestigious university.

Another part of our subculture - a social, which is expressed in the principle of "everyone teaches everyone." We do not dwell on yourself, but on the contrary, seek to share their experiences with others. And we do it for free. Local community-based outdoor areas with horizontal bars now exist in many cities in Russia and in other countries.

In sport you are competing with others in the street workout - with himself

Sport - a zero-sum game: if one wins, the other loses. This condition is the basis for any kind of sport. That it creates a competitive component. The problem is that this leads to negative consequences. Yes, everyone wants to develop in order to win others, but none of the competitor athlete does not reveal to you the secrets of its preparation. He does not want you to become a better, stronger and even more have surpassed it.

Sport, even a team - it's like the story of the individual victory, and street workout - about the collective.

In vorkauterov attitude to defeat the other. We believe that the only person you really are competing - is yourself. And every day you have to strive to be better than it was yesterday. So I do not think about how to outdo anyone. I think about how to become better and to help someone get better, too. If I find an effective way to double their number of pull-ups in the past month, then happy to share it with everyone.

Today, success in training tomorrow - everything else

Imagine for a second person who is dissatisfied with his life and, in particular, his reflection in the mirror. Let's say his name is Basil. He learns about the street workout and decided to try it. The first thing that Basil will need to do - is to go out and find the nearest site to the horizontal bar. Ie street workout from the beginning makes a person to leave the comfort zone and begin to do something. Already at this stage, many difficulties arise, as they are shy of other people, their shape and the fact that they can not do anything. But if Basil set a goal, then he will find a way out. Will look for sites away from home, engaged in the early morning or late evening.

Photo: Anton Scherbakov / WorkOut Photostock

Gradually overcoming their insecurities in order to achieve goals has a positive effect on the character and strength of will of Basil. Over time, he began to notice a change: lost shortness of breath, pulled stomach muscles appear. At some point, these changes are starting to take notice and others. And now comes the work of Basil elated. He sees that hard work can make a difference here. Then he decides to transfer to a new position in the company, which has long wanted to get there, but he lacked confidence. Basil pulls technical knowledge, written on English courses and applying for a position in the European branch of the company.

This example is, of course, exaggerated, but it shows well how one change leads to another. A still begins with a first step, - for example, with horizontal bars and rods. And the main task of street workout-culture - to bring a person to them.

On the bar, as well as in the gym, you have only one way - hard work

Do I need a coach to get results? Not. Do I need different colored powders in jars? Not. Do we need fancy simulators and the latest fitness techniques? Also no.

All you need to get in shape - it regularly perform simple physical exercises and to deal with its power. Pull-ups, push-ups, sit-ups and balance of calories - that's the whole secret of success.

If you're doing on the street the bar, no one you will not be fit to practice, and paid for the ticket money will not put pressure on the conscience. Can you think of a bunch of excuses to stay home and lie on the couch, but if you want to get results, then you have only one way - hard work.

Vorkautery not interrupt your workout. Even at -40 ° C

Photo: Anton Scherbakov / WorkOut Photostock

Street workout - a street subculture, so we are engaged on the bar all year round regardless of weather conditions. And I'm not just talking about Moscow. Our guys were engaged in Chita and -40 ° C. There is nothing complicated in the classroom in the cold, although it imposes certain restrictions on the content of training. Need to dress warmer, longer warm-up and warm-up, focus on simple exercises and increasing the number of repetitions.

Start training - just

I can hardly be mistaken in saying that on the horizontal bar and parallel bars can engage people of all ages and gender. The variety of exercises with its own weight allows to pick up the load at any level and to develop gradually. It is hardly possible to come up with something a little more affordable and effective.

A few years ago we launched the site WorkOut. His goal - to unite all vorkauterov from different cities and countries and enable them to communicate and share their experiences. The site has a huge WorkOut base outdoor sports grounds. It is possible not only to see where the nearest horizontal bars, but also to find out who they trained. So you can meet like-minded people who live nearby.

For those who began to study from scratch or returned to training after a long break or injury, we have developed a free educational program called "100-day street workout." Each day, the participants receive a block of the information contained in the response to some popular question, and perform a small training facility adapted individually at their level training. The program has a mobile app for iOS and Android.

We did not reinvent the wheel. All knowledge about sports nutrition and exercise have long been known. We just collected information from more than 1000 sources, starting with the school textbooks in biology, chemistry and physics to modern publications in international scientific journals. Processed, structured and presented in the form of a 100-day training course. All you need to do party - to apply this knowledge.

Base sites, all reference materials and the "100-day street workout" available free of charge. If you want to bring yourself into shape, bring up the willpower or just to feel part of street workout movement, the best time to start - now.

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