i just started moving into a more calisthenic style training after the local gym I trained at shut down. Over the last few months, roughly 4-5 months, I've bounced around trying different programs to see which would fit my goals, style, and current needs. The whole time, I compared the different knowledge of individuals to one another not by credentials, but what their programs brought to the table and offered.
I'm still very new to the strength and conditioning world, I'm currently double majoring in exercise science and biology, but looking back over my knowledge and the amazing knowledge of coaches, online or physical, everything comes down to one thing I skipped when I started my body weight journey. The Basics. I took for granted the strength I systematically gained on the barbell movements and thought this training would be a piece of cake and I could skip over movements as basic as the push up and start training for a planch....
As i stated in another topic, after 2 months of progressing from frog-tuck planche, I developed tendonitis left elbow. Its better now, but it forced me back. A few weeks a go I went back and started "actually" testing each element... So much for my barbell strength carrying me through all this. It turns out, I could barely get past most of the PE3 strength elements.
I guess in short, these basics I looked down upon, have really opened my eyes these last few weeks, and I look forward to progressing with everyone.
