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How to lose weight and burn fat with Calisthenics, according to John Abraham’s trainer – GQ India

Aug 1st, 2017

So youve heard of Calisthenics, but have no idea what it is. And all those fitness videos on Instagram of celebrities going at it with fast-paced benchpresses and front and back lever pull ups have already convinced you that its not for you. Especially because the closest youve gotten to starting your fitness journey is taking the stairs back up at work after going for a smoke postlunch. And youre probably thinking yourebetter off sticking to that five pound dumbbells and praying to God you dont sprain yourself. But theres a lot more to calisthenics than being the preferred workout of celebrities. And chances are it could work better for you than it does for celebrities and folks who are already fit and even help you lose weight quicker than slogging with those ten pound dumbbells. If thats piqued your interest and got you thinking about giving Calisthenics a second thought, we got celebrity trainer Vinod Channa, the man behind the startling fitness journeys of the like of John Abraham and Anant Ambani, to decode what exactly it is and why you should give it a second look.

Unlike weight training, which focusses more on strength and stamina, Calisthenics primary focus is improving mobility and endurance, says Vinod Channa. It does this by using your body weight and combining it with workouts with fast paced reps that aid joint mobility and muscle use.Hecontinues, What Calisthenics is all about is getting the kind of movement that we were so used to as kids, back in our adult lives. Weve all played physical sports during childhood. And we were all so used to jump from considerable heights or climb up a tree. But now, we find the mere thought daunting because weve lost that kind of mobility. Calisthenics aims to bring that back.

Contrary to popular belief, Calisthenics isnt just the kind of high-level fast-paced heavy workout thatwe see celebrities doing. In fact, the more sedentary your lifestyle is, the more benefit you get from calisthenics, he reveals andexplains, What you see in the videos is the kind of high-level Calisthenics that you perform when youre already a year or more into the training. There are a number of lower level routines, such as rubber-band pulls, that people can start with.

Compared to weight training, the primary advantage of Calisthenics is the speed at which one can progress, according to Channa. He explains, In weight training, it might take one years to get from lifting fivepounds to 30 pounds. This is primarily because when we do weight training, we get easily scared of all those big weights. In Calisthenics, since we use the body, we start with our entire body weight, or parts of it. And within months, we can easily get to the stage where we use all of it. The progress is extremely quick and while losing weight is a subjective affair, anyone will see results in Calisthenics quicker than with weight training. You start with around 25 per cent of your body weight but within months you can get to using nearly all of it.

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