What I Love Pure calisthenics focus - I like calisthenics and was excited when this journey came out! Novel exercises - After doing 7-9 journeys (can’t remember the exact number, as still waiting for the feature to view past journeys ), I get new stuff. One-legged jumps appeared at the beginning of this journey, first time for me, and I absolutely love them.
MARKETING CONSIDERATION
In my opinion, the journey has a small marketing issue.
While technically accurate (calisthenics = any bodyweight work), recently in fitness communities the understanding of calisthenics has evolved to refer to advanced exercises like pull-ups, dips, front levers, human flags, etc.
I personally expected to see exercises with a pull-up bar in almost every session, and I’ve seen the same feedback from other users. However, most sessions are done entirely on the floor and may not have any advanced exercises.
Suggestion:
Have two journeys:
Foundational Calisthenics (floor-focused)
Advanced Calisthenics (bar/skill-focused)
TECHNICAL FEEDBACK
Begins with very basic level: Is this journey supposed to forget your fitness level? Even past the 1st week, it kept giving me very basic exercises for my level.
MY WORKAROUNDS
Using Adapt ro request Harder, Much Harder and/or Another session. I’ve had to play with the Adapt option trying ~10 different combinations of settings before every session, until I’d get something suitable for my level + trying to get some bar exercises.
Doing several single exercises of my choice after each session to demonstrate to Coach that I’m able to do more advanced exercises.
CLOSING THOUGHTS
Today, I got a beautiful varied and challenging workout, that included one new cool exercise too - box jump overs! I still had to use Adapt > Harder though.
While enjoying the journey’s novelty, the algorithm needs better cross-journey memory.
Would love to hear if others experienced similar adjustments!
You didn’t get some new exercises which I experienced? I got one-legged jumps and some others. Perhaps I was incorrect to assume that it was related to the journey, and I simply got new exercises as I use the app more and/or as I now work out at the gym and have all the equipment.
Yep, I too train on my own. I like this journey for having 2 bodyweight sessions per week, and I do 2-3 other sessions with weights on my own. I wouldn’t like to only do this journey and nothing else, unless it had more bar/skill-focused exercises.
Been almost 2 months since I’ve completed the journey but I don’t really remember any “new” exercises.
I’m not saying journey is bad. Only that it’s nothing “new” in my case.
I find to have a better balance with dumbbell gain + skill training on the side and occasional run once a week or every other depending on fatigue.
I also do the Calisthenics Journey and get the One Legged Jumps - but also got these on that Woman Exclusive Journey before.
I like the Calisthenics Journey although I had to disable the pull up bar due to an injury. It feels like that Woman Exclusive one including men.
It’s quite good for core strength and leg work (supporting me on biking and rope skipping).
Pure calisthenics focus - I like calisthenics and was excited when this journey came out!
), I get new stuff. One-legged jumps appeared at the beginning of this journey, first time for me, and I absolutely love them.