Talk:Calisthenics

message: This page needs an introductory paragraph before the first header.  It is also being vandalized, perhaps by a couple people. Oddity- (talk) 01:10, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Maybe it was only vandalized once.  Well all I know is the United States section was deleted, but I reverted that. Oddity- (talk) 15:46, 23 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fix-up 

message: I have generally heard that with squats one generally only wants to bring the legs parallel to the ground, not to squat "as far as he can". I could be wrong, though.
I agree - going beyond this I think is what causes joint damage to the knees.
No it does not do any damage to the knee joint , epsecially not without weight on for high repetitions.
You are doctors or at least sports exercise professionals?  No?  Then cite your sources. -- Rogerborg 14:35, 14 November 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Squats 

message: Are you supposed to wait a day inbetween calisthenics exercises like you are supposed to in weights lifting exercises? Rayman123 22:45, 28 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Rest Period? 

message: "not part od gymnastics" but in this cathegory?  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 77.114.174.153 (talk) 14:45, 23 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Gymnastics? 

message: I've come here from  where it's reported that the Spartans did calisthenics in preparation for battle. If this was widespread it should probably get a mention here, also some sources as to what the calisthenics they did entailed, was it just general exercise? Pbhj (talk) 14:14, 29 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  preparation for war 

message: I understand the Australian verion of calisthetics to be something quite different than the term meaning basic excercise. Should they not be split, with a suitable disambig? There would seem to be a lot to write about for both, with different audiences of interested readers.YobMod 15:46, 1 May 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Done. Bullzeye contribs 06:49, 5 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Split

message: Why is the picture demonstrating calisthenics of smiling, happy Japanese-American prisoners in an internment camp? This is profoundly beeping offensive and I am removing it. anon
:Because they're doing calisthenics. Removing the article doesn't alter history. I found the link to Manzanar interesting and it informed me about something I knew little about. This article is linked from that one, most likely why the image was there. If you were so offended would it have hurt to have found some other image to replace it with? Pbhj (talk) 02:31, 3 August 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: You are referring to  particular Wikipedia:Featured picture by Ansel Adams?  Which he stated was intended to document strength and resilience of internees against all odds?  Indeed, a deeply offensive portrayal of a historical injustice. Almost as offensive as the injustice itself. I'll erase all trace of it and put some blander photos up. Feel free to be offended by them. --Whoosit (talk) 17:25, 4 August 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: Pictures of calisthenics

message: Dynamic tension is just the name Charles Atlas gave to calisthenics, the two articles should definitely be merged, 
this would also help with the bias toward recent sources.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Garushulion (talk • contribs) 14:58, 5 July 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I thought "dynamic tension" also involved isometrics?  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.83.220.57 (talk) 21:41, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Yes dynamic tension is a particular kind of isometric & isotonic strength training, if it were to be merged somewhere it would be to muscle contraction. ··gracefool☺ 22:03, 17 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Dynamic Tension

message: 2 of the "see also" links are broken. Are they in need of fixing or removal? Discuss. onyx321 12:24, 28 April 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Broken see also 

message: Paul Wade's book "Convict Conditioning" provides an interesting intersection for calisthenics as a means of injury recovery and strength training (his focus). 
I've added this new section and hope to add more.
Wade suggests there are a "big six" of exercises: push up (chest), pull up (back), leg raise (core/abs), 
and he has a progressively difficult set of 10 versions of each.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 199.83.220.57 (talk) 23:49, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  paul wade convict conditioning  

message: Too much of United States slant. That is not the summation of the world or even the English-speaking world.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 94.168.167.108 (talk) 17:35, 18 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  History Section 

message: I removed the following section from the article, as I found no mention of it anywhere else. Also, it misspells Callisto and presents the female nymph as a male god.
:The legend tells that in a horribly cold day the god Kallisto decided to wrestle hand to hand with his friend the god Yemo (or in English Yemish) to get warmed up. The thing is Yemo hated secretly Kallisto, so they began a fight to death. Kallisto, horrified and about to die because Yemo was very strong, asked for help from the demigod Heracles, who gave Kallisto the skill to move his muscles harmoniously so he could defend himself with grace. The legend ends with Yemo being sent into exile to the barbarian lands.
--5.102.203.219 (talk) 15:43, 14 July 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mythological origin 

message: I noticed a section in the article about "smacking one's ass". I'm assuming it's vandalism, but as only both a calisthenics and wikipedia hobbyist I'd rather ask about it than delete. Just seems clearly like a vandal.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.152.51.175 (talk) 13:02, 9 August 2014 (UTC)
replies: text: Of course it was vandalism. In future, go ahead and be bold! ··gracefool 💬 21:15, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  'Ass smacks'? 

message: Clicking the link of "Hyperextension" leads to a page that doesn't agree with this one about what a "Hyperextension" exercise is  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 170.140.105.11 (talk) 14:53, 19 March 2016 (UTC)
replies: text: It does agree - it describes a version without equipment as well as the one described here. Anyway I've edited Hyperextension so it's clearer now. ··gracefool 💬 21:15, 20 March 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Hyperextension 

message: I would like to develop a section that broadly discusses training methods for different goals. Eg. How people train if they want to increase lean muscle mass, or improve strength, or endurance. TPen94 (talk) 04:56, 20 October 2023 (UTC)
thread_title:  Training Methods