Some examples of the best known athletes are: Adam Raw, Vladimir Sadkov, Dimitri Kuznetsov, Nikita Anisimov, Lada Pridal, among others. They begin to create a school with their own style and movements where the strength of their static exercises stands out, such as: irons, front levers, human flags. The good aptitude of urban athletes who use these structures, added to the fact that in many cases they have been trained since childhood by performing workouts with their own body weight (dominated, push-ups, bottoms, verticals, etc.) since they go to school, makes Street Workout and Calisthenics an inherent tradition in these countries.įor this reason, they start to stand out quickly. Whether it was because of the belief of the possibility of war conflicts or because of the great qualities of their athletes in high competition, they made it possible for the streets of these countries for a long time to have good installations of fixed bars, parallel bars, low bars, rings, etc. In Europe, and more specifically in the east, the broad gymnastic tradition existing in countries such as Russia, Ukraine and the Czech Republic, since the former USSR, made clear the use of this sports discipline, Street Workout and Calisthenics. Īll this drives the arrival of the brand Name or the brand: Street Workout, with the first world championship in 2011. Little by little, new movements of sports gymnastics, parkour and many other sports begin to be introduced, mixing everything and adding creativity and innovation, performing the exercises to the rhythm of music. This caused this discipline to cross the borders of the United States and spread throughout Europe. Defining it in 3 words: CAP COMMUNITY, ATTITUDE AND PERSONALITY. Videos of Bartendaz also appeared and would also collect this philosophy of healthy and non-problematic life. In training, the enthusiasm and motivation to go every day to overcome each exercise they learn, getting a healthy lifestyle habit both physically and mentally.īut the 'boom' of this sport begins around 2008 indirectly thanks to athletes such as Hannibal for King or Zef Zakavelli and the use of new social networks or video platforms such as YouTube, through which exercise videos were uploaded on the street, with some called “Thug Workout or Ghetto Workout” (since gangsters practiced it) (Pioneer group in street training, but without any social background). More specifically, in the Bronx neighborhood in New York, it is where the members of this group train every day with many young people of different ethnicities and different social situations, helping them to live day by day thanks to the friendship and the bonds that are formed. This movement has a lot of potential to help all these young and not so young people, when they carry out their activity fundamentally in public places, accessible to all, as it does not imply an economic expense and, above all, due to their group character, which allows developing values as important as companionship, effort, integration, respect, tolerance, self-esteem, discipline, etc… This last group begins in a pioneer way to incorporate into their ranks people at risk of social exclusion, offering them healthy motivations and aspirations that separate them from a life relegated to ostracism. From Brooklyn and New York, exponential growth has emerged in recent years thanks to groups organized in the United States such as Ruff Ryders and Bartendaz. The street lamps, bars and the ground were used as if they were a large gym on the street.īut we will have to wait until 2005 to see Street Workout as we know it now. It is in the late 80s, early 90s, when the revolution of this sports movement begins in the streets of Brooklyn when African-American men competed to see who was the strongest using their urban environment in parks or public squares. This sport that can be practiced in the street, outdoors or where desired, and today, due to the economic situation that many countries are going through, people who do not want or cannot spend money in gyms, can use it to work out for free. Without political, religious or economic contextualities, Street Workout is for everyone, regardless of age, sex, ethnicity or physical level of people. This discipline is based on positive values such as respect, education, equality, social integration and help among its members. The Calisthenics or Street Workout is a sport and a social movement based on the exercise of the body through the body weight itself following a healthy lifestyle.
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