How to get a Muscle Up from a Big Guy
about 8 years ago ago Uncategorized Barstarzz
So you’re 200+ lbs and wanna muscle up just like everyone else? I know it must be frustrating seeing smaller guys flying around. I know I’m there now. I am weighing in at 200lbs a lot heavier than when I was a couple of years ago. I can tell you first hand it is much
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Hannibal For King’s “Around The World” [Infographic]
about 8 years ago ago Work Outs Barstarzz
Being one of the main pioneers of this new age calisthenics movement, Hannibal is almost always a main reason why other athletes started training with their own body weight. Here in Barstarzz, one of the most popular videos we ever made was with Hannibal himself, where he shows us what he did for training when he was just getting started.
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Strong is Beautiful – Crystal Iglesias
about 8 years ago ago Uncategorized Barstarzz
Our newest video features crossfit owner Crystal Iglesias. She owns Crossfit Giant in New Jersey. After giving birth to her son she felt like she gaining weight for the first time in her life. This motivated her to get started with fitness and her first form of working out was Crossfit. On her path of always
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How to Learn A New Strength Skill
about 8 years ago ago How TO Barstarzz
So whats the best way to learn a new strength skill? Is it bodyweight exercises, weight lifting, or attempting the skill itself over and over again. Well none of the above. Although you do need (should have) a very general level of fitness to start training for any skill, you need to do specific exercises
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Working out too much destroy your gains?
about 8 years ago ago Opinion Barstarzz
Answering a youtube question by Michael Cassonova on his new training regime. He commented on our last video explaining he has been training calisthenics for a year now 5-6 days a week. He plans on adding a 40lbs weight vest to his workout as well as starting concurrently a 3 day a week weight lifting
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15 Pull Ups, But Cant Muscle Up?
about 8 years ago ago Blog Barstarzz
So you can do 15 pull ups but you cant muscle up? Are you sure they are correct pull ups? If you are working towards your muscle up than your pull ups should be explosive. From a locked out position you want to pull up as high as you can (chest – neck area) as
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