Robert
is practicing Calisthenics
in New York, New York, United States

Biography

As a kid, about 15 years ago (back in 2002) we would go to the bars and do sets of pull ups, dips. When bored at home I would do push ups.

Then, in a few years I immigrated to the U.S. I lived in Spanish Harlem and it was a common picture that people would train on a scaffold or other street structures. Sometimes I would do these routines as well to keep myself in shape.  

Then at some point I started training in the gym with weights. It was difficult to be 100% consistent with exercise, because these workouts did seem to be quite monotonous and boring. I would get bigger temporarily, then when I would leave the exercise I would get smaller. Besides gym I also used to do rollerblading, ice-skating, running, biking, playing soccer etc. I did notice the benefits from other sports, but gym training that was supposed to make me stronger was just making me bigger. Back in the end of 2011 I saw someone do muscle up - I tried and was unable to do it.

Some sort of revolution started in my head. I thought - why am I lifting weights if I cannot lift my own body? I made a decision to dominate my own bodyweight first. In a few days I checked YouTube to see if there are other people who have the same mindset. I found videos of Denis Minin and Hannibal for K...

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