World War 2 cannon used for Calisthenics training
Fun on a Gun Street Workout
Huge advantage of bodyweight training: it is totally low cost!
One thing that I love in bodyweight training is that it is very low cost. The only equipment one needs
to buy are some clothes and maybe a pair of shoes. If you train at home, well…it is up to you, maybe clothes are not necessary, he-he. Anyway, Calisthenics requires only your body and some minimalistic equipment that you do not need to buy as these can be found in parks, streets, playgrounds, you name it. Expensive gym fees are history. Training can be fit into my daily routine pretty easy this way.
Bodyweight training has the advantage of total freedom
Freedom and the quality and quantity of freetime are key factors in my life. I am pretty much bound by the daily 3 dogwalks I must do, so I am happy for every minute of extra time that I have.
Another thing which I find really important and wonderful, that I can train at home whenever I want to. I am not bound by stuff like travelling to gym, putting on layers of clothes before travelling, and basically the whole training can be kept pretty simple by not having to do anything to get to a gym because I simply do not need one. Okay, I have a bar drilled up on my wall, but that is it. If you are considering setting up your own street – or room – wprkout ’gym’ at home, it can be done with some bars for chin-ups and maybe parallel bars. Yeah, these can cost some money, but the amount can not be compared to the price of buying so-called regular gym equipment like barbells, weights, all sors of power machines and so on. I see guys on a parallel bars doing amazing things, and they are ripped
like hell.
’I earn my respect in the streets, so far, ghetto’s been good to me’
This is the verse from one of my favourite rap songs from YZ from the great basketball movie Above the Rim. My hood has always been good to me too. I avoided fights and gangs, did not have any problem with the local people and the streets have always provided my with great basketball courts to
play ball and ride BMX Flatland and, as you see, some World War 2 cannons that I am training on.
Find your own equipment to train on. Keep your eyes and mind open.
These wartime monuments are great for doing some pull-ups, push-ups, hanging leg raises and L-holds on them. The diameter of the barrels of the cannons are kinda big. It is a great challange to find a grip on them. I even had to clutch my hands to be able to hang down from the smaller cannon.
The muzzle of the bigger cannon that I was doing some windshield wipers on is a bit sharp. It could be seen from the grin on my face when I jumped down after finishing the wipers and a short L-hold on it. The muzzle also has some greasy dirt in it, this is why I was cleaning my palms with the nice, colourful fallen autumn tree leaves I found on the ground.
We also used to have a World War 2 tank here near my BMX Flatland court. If it was still here, it would make a great heavy object for me to train on.
