What i like most about your channel is your honesty on how long it takes to manage a skill. Fitness industry here on youtube makes me really anxious, as if i am not progressing fast enough or that i am somehow kind of weak or unable to learn. But whenever i feel this way i try to remember you saying "enjoy being a beginner" and i feel a little better/motivated ♥ :)
@@StephsHealthMatters yeah. i also try to remember what my context is...where "i am" when attempting to do something. for example, when i tried my first knee assisted push ups i was about a year and something without going to the gym and always have struggled with upper body strenght. i am not flexi AT ALL, also. which makes some moves kind of difficult, so it's a slow process for me. not comparing myself with people who have more free time to train or have another background in terms of strenght/flexibility or in terms of HEALTH itself has helped me to let it go a little bit. those "learn something extremely hard in 7 days" are so unrealistic, it's just not worth it.
Me too. The level of pressure to see weight loss as soon as possible literally made me stop exercising. I felt like it was too much for me. I want to have fun first. That sport seems sooo cool to me, I love the way you can simply start easy and get harder but still workout. It's not like feeling you are doing nothing
It took me two years to be able to do a regular push-up. Lol It shouldn't take that long, 6 months to a year I think is how long it should have taken me. I needed to be doing exercises that improve core strength just as much as push-ups along with my usual exercises that improve upper body strength.
One of the things that gets most people to quit their training is being overly ambitious when they start. Dont pick a random 1 and a half hour long training plan right from the start. Start small with 20-30 minutes and start including this routine in ur daily life as often as your able to. Add exercises once the initial hurdle of starting your workout is gone ideally this includes everyones favourite: cardio Also if your struggling with reaching a certain number of for example pullups count backwards instead of fowards because this way your mind goes 3 ...2...1 so your automatically more focused on the fact that your ALMOST at your desired number Once your body has adapted to training wich takes between 3 to 6 month you should start to increase the intensity gradually with each workout or on a weekly basis The more you push yourself the faster you will reach your goals but be careful to not build up so much stress that it makes hate your workouts. Push but stay within your own comfort zone
I started exercising last February and I had zero fitness. I took a few months off at the end of the year and my fitness went downhill. Since January I have been working so hard and at the park the other day I managed to do the monkey bars (couldn't even hold myself before 😂). It felt like such a massive achievement I was so proud! It really is such an amazing feeling when you can finally do something
You are the kind of PTs that the world urgently needs since it’s so overwhelming to be bombarded with quick fixes workouts that do nothing other than make you feel abnormal, a looser, incompetent and simply frustrated which equals to a bad mindset towards exercising. As you perfectly stated, calisthenics and exercises in general should be about small but consistent growth, positive mindset, and most of all having fun with our bodies great abilities to learn and get better. God bless you Lucy and everyone reading this!
Thank you Lucy for your explaining. I'm 62 years and saw the great moves you can do with calisthenics. So I'm starting out with learning the basic moves and hope to live long enough to master a perfect handstand. It's wonderful to see how you present your video's, you shine and that is super to see you enjoy it so much. Keep posting and have fun.
The part about unlocking a skill…I felt that. I almost cried because I remembered my first (horrible) pull up :) it‘s so good to know that we can all relate to stuff like this
Thanks for the video, do not think you could ever bore me, At 72 need good breaks between sets and reps, so I sit and watch videos like yours picks me up and keeps me going, so thank you again great listening to you.
I have just found you after beginning to dabble in calisthenics. I love your style, and having watched your 'how I progressed from being a beginner' video, and I am feeling inspired and intrigued to learn more - and to give it a real go. I love the idea of the commitment required for progress. I will definitely be following along with your videos and programmes. Thanks!
Yesterday I did my first pull-up. And it looks really easy (I spent only 3 weeks to do that) unless you know what a hard work stands behind it: 7 months of bodyweight training, 3 months of weight training and 3 weeks of dedicated work to do a pull-up. So, don’t let yourself give up, you will do whatever you want to achieve, just be patient and dedicated! Thank you, Lucy for inspiration and I send you hello from Russia!
Love when you share about calestetics! I don't know anyone who does this style of training. So there's so many skills I want to learn but struggle with the progressions to get me ANYWHERE! I Also appreciate that it takes awhile! That takes some of the pressure off 🤣 Would you be intrested in making tutorials on specific movements and the progressions to get there? I.E how to use resistance bands to help get a front lever or muscle up. Things like that? You are incredible 💪
For me it's also been a struggle to not compare myself against my past self. Around ~10 years ago I'd gotten down to a normal weight, was running 5k 3x per week, and was up to minute long planks and head and hand stands against the wall. At the time I was still super unhappy with how my body looked and still wanted to lose more weight. Then I had a bad bout with the flu and lost two weeks of training and a bunch of weight and muscle. Between still being unhappy at my "target" weight and the loss of strength and stamina I just sort of... gave up. Which is super sad to think about now, because it seems so silly in retrospect (poor young early 20's me and her lack of wisdom and years of therapy). But it's also clearer to me now that I was in it for all the wrong reasons. Now between pandemic and a sedentary work-from-home job I'm so much further behind in fitness than I ever have been. I only found your channel recently, but your honesty in your personal journey has been so refreshing! The idea of moving my body out of love and passion instead of as part of some punitive and/or militant regime had been foreign to me. I feel like you've given me the final push I needed to let go of the shame over what I lost and to start feeling excited about the journey again!
Even though I’m a gymnast, I wasn’t been able to do full correct pushups. I watched many of Lucy’s vids and started with incline pushups and reducing the height of the incline. I am now able to do pushups on the ground correctly, with a full range of motion and it’s great because my strength has improved so much and the frequency of injuries has reduced so much. Thank you Lucie 💕Sending good vibes to everyone here!
Excellent video. Working on doing pull ups in the gym with the weight assist on. I'm excited to back down the "assist" and get to the point I'm pulling up my own weight.
Thanks for your input, especially on the realistic timeframe. I've started doing Calisthenics three months ago and the progress really is very slow. I've been doing yoga for the past 8 years and that experience definitely helps with the mobility and flexibility :)
I'm so happy I found you channel! I really want to start with this sport and it is hard to find any UA-cam workouts made by a woman. So your channel really helps me with this starting motivation (and I hope I can keep my motivation up :D). So please keep making your videos, they help so so much!
Thank you, Lucy, for being so inspiring! It's so satisfying seeing someone who feel well and loves what they're doing! Thank you also for being so encouraging. I'm gonna keep working towards that first muscle-up!
Thank you for this! I got out of a calisthenics workout today, feeling really discouraged towards the end. But I need to keep reminding myself that I’m still just a beginner and won’t see results/improve rapidly overnight!!!!
Hey! I completely love your videos! I was training in the gym before covid. It was fun and it helped me a lot, but it was also so expensive. Now I'm trying to get into calisthenics and your videos are sooo helpful! Thank you!
Inspirational thank you so much. I've been practicing hand stands for only 3 weeks and I'm already seeing so much improvement. I video myself so I can actually look back and see the progress:)
This video is great, but for me as a super beginner, I don't know what all these moves mean. I obviously know what a squat or pull-up is but the other stuff went over my head, it would be great if you could add images or videos to show the movement you are referring to.
Very motivating video. I‘m doing Asana yoga for more than one year yet and don‘t feel like I have made any substantial progress. Still struggling with doing several Chaturangas in a row, holding L-sit or wall plank for more than 10 s, etc. However, I still enjoy the workout.
Helpful info for the beginner like me, thank you so much. Enjoy the process..💪 Would be more interesting if you can explain by adding more pictures or wording in your video👌😉
I LOVE calluses! They mean I'm working and progressing and helping to protect my hands - just like they do for the bottom of your feet. Tough skin is an advantage
Great channels and informative video. It gives me incentive to work on my wrist flexibility, compromised due to psoaratic arthritis,to hopefully manage a push up or two in the fullness of time. I also have trouble getting all the way down into a squat with my heals on the ground,. Do you have a video on this? Lastly is that a model of a purine molecule you are wearing around your kneck.
Do you have a video on mobility & flexibility and progression/regression? Could you make a video on those things if you haven't yet? That would be super helpful, especially for beginners like me :) I'm sending sunshine to everyone here!! ☀️
Would love it if you could talk about whether heavier people can try calisthenics. Obviously, the heavier you are, the harder the exercise, also I think, the potential for injury is much higher. At what weight is it not advised to do this? Or what adjustments can heavier people make?
Heavier people can still do calisthenics Just resort to easier versions of exercises like knee or incline push ups instead of regular push ups Even pull ups can be swapped for leg assisted pull ups Core can be trained with knee tucks, planks etc It's only the skills that are exponentially harder the heavier you are Don't be afraid just do the stuff you can eventually you'll be able to do more and more
In bare foot martial arts, callouses are such a huge part of being able to do the art comfortably and we can be very protective of them. There's nothing worse than getting a pedicure, losing the callous and the next time you go to pivot hard, tearing off a chunk of skin on the ball of the foot. It makes the next week almost unbearable and there's a noticeable drop in performance for about a month. Embrace the callous
I’m 15 5’9 I was 260 in February and I’m 212 now I see no progress in fat loss for my body. The only thing I see is my arms are flabby. I went down in size for shirt and pants. But my belly is still there. I find it harder to lose fat. At the start I was doing only cardio but then started calisthenics but wasn’t consistent since I was going outside playing basketball
What would the unique calisthenics pro (aside from the no need for equipment), in comparison to lifting weights? Also, since I noticed you lift as well, do you know if it's possible to achieve the similar definition and strength with doing only calisthenics? Thank you💫 Oh and do we want the progressions video!😊
Generally calisthenics is not as effective in building strength and size after you reached a certain level. There are ways to equalize it but it requires equipment like weighted wests or other kinds of external weights to increase resistance once your bodyweight isn't challenging enough However most people will never reach this because their training quality or quantity isn't optimal for reasons
@@xXxTripleHxXx Once you reach the point (and already far before that) where your bodyweight is not challenging anymore (in any calisthenics exercise), you are already super strong, muscular and defined. Furthermore, there are so many super challenging arm balances that I think this point cannot be reached unless you are professional with at least a decade of experience.
I'm working on handstands and after two days, my forearm hurts so bad I can't hardly do anything. Did I totally injure myself? I want to continue to practice and don't want to lose progress. I'm frustrated and concerned that it will always be something that hurts.
Very very very basic plain english... I like your information so far.... I just subscribed so i have not seen all the videos however (favorite word of mine not negatively) can you suggest a complete basic workout ? Posture Flexibility Mobility Calisthenics Ab/Core Meals/Diet Of course normal person with normal recuperative system and has a regular employment of Mon -Fri.... Not a hard CHALLENGE..... Also love that accent....
Great channels and informative video. It gives me incentive to work on my wrist flexibility, compromised due to psoaratic arthritis,to hopefully manage a push up or two in the fullness of time. I also have trouble getting all the way down into a squat with my heals on the ground,. Do you have a video on this? Lastly is that a model of a purine molecule you are wearing around your .
What i like most about your channel is your honesty on how long it takes to manage a skill. Fitness industry here on youtube makes me really anxious, as if i am not progressing fast enough or that i am somehow kind of weak or unable to learn. But whenever i feel this way i try to remember you saying "enjoy being a beginner" and i feel a little better/motivated ♥ :)
Agreed. Great having a REAL perspective. Video title isn't learn a hand stand in 5 minutes.
@@StephsHealthMatters yeah. i also try to remember what my context is...where "i am" when attempting to do something. for example, when i tried my first knee assisted push ups i was about a year and something without going to the gym and always have struggled with upper body strenght. i am not flexi AT ALL, also. which makes some moves kind of difficult, so it's a slow process for me. not comparing myself with people who have more free time to train or have another background in terms of strenght/flexibility or in terms of HEALTH itself has helped me to let it go a little bit. those "learn something extremely hard in 7 days" are so unrealistic, it's just not worth it.
@@hosanafernandes2433 great thoughts
Me too. The level of pressure to see weight loss as soon as possible literally made me stop exercising. I felt like it was too much for me. I want to have fun first. That sport seems sooo cool to me, I love the way you can simply start easy and get harder but still workout. It's not like feeling you are doing nothing
It took me two years to be able to do a regular push-up. Lol It shouldn't take that long, 6 months to a year I think is how long it should have taken me. I needed to be doing exercises that improve core strength just as much as push-ups along with my usual exercises that improve upper body strength.
One of the things that gets most people to quit their training is being overly ambitious when they start.
Dont pick a random 1 and a half hour long training plan right from the start.
Start small with 20-30 minutes and start including this routine in ur daily life as often as your able to.
Add exercises once the initial hurdle of starting your workout is gone ideally this includes everyones favourite: cardio
Also if your struggling with reaching a certain number of for example pullups count backwards instead of fowards
because this way your mind goes 3 ...2...1 so your automatically more
focused on the fact that your ALMOST at your desired number
Once your body has adapted to training wich takes between 3 to 6 month you should start to increase the intensity gradually with each workout or on a weekly basis
The more you push yourself the faster you will reach your goals but be careful to not build up so much stress that it makes hate your workouts. Push but stay within your
own comfort zone
I started exercising last February and I had zero fitness. I took a few months off at the end of the year and my fitness went downhill. Since January I have been working so hard and at the park the other day I managed to do the monkey bars (couldn't even hold myself before 😂). It felt like such a massive achievement I was so proud! It really is such an amazing feeling when you can finally do something
Well done! 😊
You are the kind of PTs that the world urgently needs since it’s so overwhelming to be bombarded with quick fixes workouts that do nothing other than make you feel abnormal, a looser, incompetent and simply frustrated which equals to a bad mindset towards exercising. As you perfectly stated, calisthenics and exercises in general should be about small but consistent growth, positive mindset, and most of all having fun with our bodies great abilities to learn and get better. God bless you Lucy and everyone reading this!
Holding a forearm stand has taken me about a year of practice, so gratifying when you start landing the things you’ve spend so long working towards.
Thank you Lucy for your explaining. I'm 62 years and saw the great moves you can do with calisthenics. So I'm starting out with learning the basic moves and hope to live long enough to master a perfect handstand. It's wonderful to see how you present your video's, you shine and that is super to see you enjoy it so much. Keep posting and have fun.
How’s it going? Any progress on your calisthenics?
The part about unlocking a skill…I felt that. I almost cried because I remembered my first (horrible) pull up :) it‘s so good to know that we can all relate to stuff like this
Thanks for the video, do not think you could ever bore me, At 72 need good breaks between sets and reps, so I sit and watch videos like yours picks me up and keeps me going, so thank you again great listening to you.
I’m so touched by the honesty and compassion you have!! Thank you!!!
Thank you so much! xxx
I have just found you after beginning to dabble in calisthenics. I love your style, and having watched your 'how I progressed from being a beginner' video, and I am feeling inspired and intrigued to learn more - and to give it a real go. I love the idea of the commitment required for progress. I will definitely be following along with your videos and programmes. Thanks!
Yesterday I did my first pull-up. And it looks really easy (I spent only 3 weeks to do that) unless you know what a hard work stands behind it: 7 months of bodyweight training, 3 months of weight training and 3 weeks of dedicated work to do a pull-up. So, don’t let yourself give up, you will do whatever you want to achieve, just be patient and dedicated!
Thank you, Lucy for inspiration and I send you hello from Russia!
Congrats!!!
@@ley1029 Thank you!
"Comparison is the thief of joy" - love it 😀
Love when you share about calestetics! I don't know anyone who does this style of training. So there's so many skills I want to learn but struggle with the progressions to get me ANYWHERE! I Also appreciate that it takes awhile! That takes some of the pressure off 🤣
Would you be intrested in making tutorials on specific movements and the progressions to get there? I.E how to use resistance bands to help get a front lever or muscle up. Things like that?
You are incredible 💪
Your channel is so fun, empowering, and nonjudgmental! Thanks!😄
For me it's also been a struggle to not compare myself against my past self. Around ~10 years ago I'd gotten down to a normal weight, was running 5k 3x per week, and was up to minute long planks and head and hand stands against the wall. At the time I was still super unhappy with how my body looked and still wanted to lose more weight. Then I had a bad bout with the flu and lost two weeks of training and a bunch of weight and muscle. Between still being unhappy at my "target" weight and the loss of strength and stamina I just sort of... gave up. Which is super sad to think about now, because it seems so silly in retrospect (poor young early 20's me and her lack of wisdom and years of therapy). But it's also clearer to me now that I was in it for all the wrong reasons.
Now between pandemic and a sedentary work-from-home job I'm so much further behind in fitness than I ever have been.
I only found your channel recently, but your honesty in your personal journey has been so refreshing! The idea of moving my body out of love and passion instead of as part of some punitive and/or militant regime had been foreign to me. I feel like you've given me the final push I needed to let go of the shame over what I lost and to start feeling excited about the journey again!
Even though I’m a gymnast, I wasn’t been able to do full correct pushups. I watched many of Lucy’s vids and started with incline pushups and reducing the height of the incline. I am now able to do pushups on the ground correctly, with a full range of motion and it’s great because my strength has improved so much and the frequency of injuries has reduced so much. Thank you Lucie 💕Sending good vibes to everyone here!
Excellent video. Working on doing pull ups in the gym with the weight assist on. I'm excited to back down the "assist" and get to the point I'm pulling up my own weight.
Thanks for your input, especially on the realistic timeframe. I've started doing Calisthenics three months ago and the progress really is very slow. I've been doing yoga for the past 8 years and that experience definitely helps with the mobility and flexibility :)
Yes, please, do a video on progressions/regressions! ☺️ Great video. 💕
I'm so happy I found you channel! I really want to start with this sport and it is hard to find any UA-cam workouts made by a woman. So your channel really helps me with this starting motivation (and I hope I can keep my motivation up :D). So please keep making your videos, they help so so much!
I love the joy on your face when you're talking about working for a skill!
Thank you, Lucy, for being so inspiring! It's so satisfying seeing someone who feel well and loves what they're doing! Thank you also for being so encouraging. I'm gonna keep working towards that first muscle-up!
Wow I didn’t know how much I needed this video right now ☺️ you’re a great inspiration
Thank you for this! I got out of a calisthenics workout today, feeling really discouraged towards the end. But I need to keep reminding myself that I’m still just a beginner and won’t see results/improve rapidly overnight!!!!
This is literally what I was looking for❤
Hey!
I completely love your videos! I was training in the gym before covid. It was fun and it helped me a lot, but it was also so expensive.
Now I'm trying to get into calisthenics and your videos are sooo helpful!
Thank you!
Inspirational thank you so much. I've been practicing hand stands for only 3 weeks and I'm already seeing so much improvement. I video myself so I can actually look back and see the progress:)
i thought u looked so nice in that picture u posted. so glad it gave u some confidence.
Many thanks to you and the translator in the subtitles, very valuable and inspiring words!
I love the part on comparison! THank you for this!
This video is great, but for me as a super beginner, I don't know what all these moves mean. I obviously know what a squat or pull-up is but the other stuff went over my head, it would be great if you could add images or videos to show the movement you are referring to.
Very motivating video. I‘m doing Asana yoga for more than one year yet and don‘t feel like I have made any substantial progress. Still struggling with doing several Chaturangas in a row, holding L-sit or wall plank for more than 10 s, etc.
However, I still enjoy the workout.
Helpful info for the beginner like me, thank you so much. Enjoy the process..💪
Would be more interesting if you can explain by adding more pictures or wording in your video👌😉
I actually would love a progress and regress video!
Greate video dear 💙
Can feel ur love towards what you r doing truly beautiful inside out
Seriously love following you! You are such an encouragement for future fitness goals!
I am excited to get into that stuff as well, looks more fun and interesting than just gym membership
Lucy, you are so inspiring! Trying to follow your tips and advices. Thanks a lot. From Russia)
I LOVE calluses! They mean I'm working and progressing and helping to protect my hands - just like they do for the bottom of your feet. Tough skin is an advantage
Love your energy girl!! Keep up the good work!
Great channels and informative video.
It gives me incentive to work on my wrist flexibility, compromised due to psoaratic arthritis,to hopefully manage a push up or two in the fullness of time. I also have trouble getting all the way down into a squat with my heals on the ground,. Do you have a video on this?
Lastly is that a model of a purine molecule you are wearing around your kneck.
Do you have a video on mobility & flexibility and progression/regression? Could you make a video on those things if you haven't yet? That would be super helpful, especially for beginners like me :) I'm sending sunshine to everyone here!! ☀️
Wow you are so motivating😊
I really feel like getting started right now 💪
I think you are my new idol🥰
Your enthusiasm is contagious :-)
New subscriber here , love your honesty and presentation lucy !
Would love it if you could talk about whether heavier people can try calisthenics. Obviously, the heavier you are, the harder the exercise, also I think, the potential for injury is much higher. At what weight is it not advised to do this? Or what adjustments can heavier people make?
Heavier people can still do calisthenics
Just resort to easier versions of exercises like knee or incline push ups instead of regular push ups
Even pull ups can be swapped for leg assisted pull ups
Core can be trained with knee tucks, planks etc
It's only the skills that are exponentially harder the heavier you are
Don't be afraid just do the stuff you can eventually you'll be able to do more and more
Hey, Just found your channel ... Inspiring, so thank you !!
So, so helpful!!! Thank you!!!❤
I love your hair! What do you say to your hairdresser to get it so nicely cut and shaping your face well?
Awesome advice Lucy 🙏🙏 thank you 😊
In bare foot martial arts, callouses are such a huge part of being able to do the art comfortably and we can be very protective of them. There's nothing worse than getting a pedicure, losing the callous and the next time you go to pivot hard, tearing off a chunk of skin on the ball of the foot. It makes the next week almost unbearable and there's a noticeable drop in performance for about a month. Embrace the callous
These were some awesome tips 🤩🤩
I’m 15 5’9 I was 260 in February and I’m 212 now I see no progress in fat loss for my body. The only thing I see is my arms are flabby. I went down in size for shirt and pants. But my belly is still there. I find it harder to lose fat. At the start I was doing only cardio but then started calisthenics but wasn’t consistent since I was going outside playing basketball
You’re the best!
Can you please do audio description for your workouts? I am blind. I hope you can see this.
Good advice. Thank you
Loved this video and your empathy. You are really encouraging and inspiring! Thank you so much!
I'm waiting for an intermediate/ advanced calisthenics workout for so long 🥺
🔥🔥🔥
What would the unique calisthenics pro (aside from the no need for equipment), in comparison to lifting weights? Also, since I noticed you lift as well, do you know if it's possible to achieve the similar definition and strength with doing only calisthenics? Thank you💫 Oh and do we want the progressions video!😊
Generally calisthenics is not as effective in building strength and size after you reached a certain level.
There are ways to equalize it but it requires equipment like weighted wests or other kinds of external weights to increase resistance once your bodyweight isn't challenging enough
However most people will never reach this because their training quality or quantity isn't optimal for reasons
@@xXxTripleHxXx Once you reach the point (and already far before that) where your bodyweight is not challenging anymore (in any calisthenics exercise), you are already super strong, muscular and defined.
Furthermore, there are so many super challenging arm balances that I think this point cannot be reached unless you are professional with at least a decade of experience.
Love your videos)))
I'm working on handstands and after two days, my forearm hurts so bad I can't hardly do anything. Did I totally injure myself? I want to continue to practice and don't want to lose progress. I'm frustrated and concerned that it will always be something that hurts.
omg fine I'll do it
Calisthenics unlocked the power of calluses; all natural renewable exfoliators when I wash my face.
First like and comment 💕💕💕❤️❤️💪👊💪👊
Very very very basic plain english...
I like your information so far....
I just subscribed so i have not seen all the videos however (favorite word of mine not negatively) can you suggest a complete basic workout ?
Posture
Flexibility
Mobility
Calisthenics
Ab/Core
Meals/Diet
Of course normal person with normal recuperative system and has a regular employment of Mon -Fri....
Not a hard CHALLENGE.....
Also love that accent....
Can I do learn calisthenics from yoga or karate ?
Testing
First
Hi
Great channels and informative video.
It gives me incentive to work on my wrist flexibility, compromised due to psoaratic arthritis,to hopefully manage a push up or two in the fullness of time. I also have trouble getting all the way down into a squat with my heals on the ground,. Do you have a video on this?
Lastly is that a model of a purine molecule you are wearing around your .