Should I practice running or calisthenics/bodyweight training?

kieran9323 · 2017-09-07T18:17:55+00:00

I have a feeling that you most likely will fail, all the while not pushing yourself as much as you could. Just join a boxing/MMA/BJJ gym and go there 5 times per week, you'll have your new friends, calisthenic, running and they'll push you to your limits all the while you won't need to think at all, just do what they tell you to do. You don't need to limit yourself, there are kids your age training twice a day 6 days a week, fighting every other weekend with bare elbows in Thailand. Thousands of them actually. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPiB8kdUMqc

01234five · 2017-09-07T18:21:44+00:00

You can (should) do both, or replace running with HIIT.

Calisthenics won't make you big as much or as quickly as weight training would, but it will do.

Doing both calisthenics and some form of "serious" cardio (I highly recommend HIIT) will get you lean as fuck.

If you have a good skeletal structure (broad shoulders and angular face mostly ), the lean "not-too-massive" look will do you well.

Always run after doing calisthenics. Always do HIIT after calisthenics (you don't want to deplete blood-glycogen before muscle growth exercises).

And if you're not gonna count your calories (you literally don't even need to count, just estimate. No need to track all your macros hardcore, either) at lest stop eating junk food. But count your calories, and eat enough protein (1g per pound of body weight in freedom units).

quicklogaccount · 2017-09-07T19:04:18+00:00

You should probably be quite lean already, so do some serious body weight training and it'll help you getting some mass. It's not nearly as effective as a gym though.

As for the diet, only crazed chicks and hardcore fitness folks actually count them. What people will do is follow an eating plan. You can do one for yourself, there are millions of how to guides for cetogenic, low carb, paleo and intermittent fasting diets online, unless you're really bad at common sense and math in which case you'll want to hire a pro.

Stop saying shit like "I'm addicted" too. Even if you are, it's still your problem and whether you excuse yourself for it or not it fucks your ass all the same.

At your age you can eat some junk food so don't bother a lot. I never did proper research about it since my only weak spot food wise is chocolate, but I'm pretty sure you can stuff your ass on it once a week and it won't harm you if you still eat enough proteins.

Title	Should I practice running or calisthenics/bodyweight training?
Author	Braka42
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Date	September 7, 2017 5:46 PM UTC (8 years ago)
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