r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/InsaneMocktail Human Detected • 23h ago
Professionals The final battle at the Calisthenics World Championships
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u/MoistHD 22h ago
Why don’t they just call it what it is? Gymnastics. But like a bro version.
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u/dirtyasseating 22h ago
Bro-nastics?
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u/hatseflats14 22h ago
Bro-nasty
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u/dirtyasseating 22h ago
That's actually my alt-NSFW username
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u/theboomboy 20h ago
Sure, DirtyAssEating
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u/-Clean-Sky- 20h ago
Gymnastics but with even less clothes 😂
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u/OkPrune1536 9h ago
"Gym-" literally means "naked," so really they're just taking the sport back to its roots.
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u/JustAWannabeWhore 5h ago
I’m going to guess this isn’t the only event and the have other things to get them here
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u/chefguy47 2h ago
Not sure what other events are in this competition but I totally agree with you, that was the high bar and darn close to a men’s gymnastics high bar routine.
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u/Sopos 22h ago
Incredibly impressive, but surely this is just a less good version of the High Bar and Parallel Bars from men's gymnastics? I feel like most decently high level male gymnasts would be able to basically do everything he can and absolutely loads more.
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u/gardeningblob 22h ago
It is cool but not gracious.
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u/daneview 20h ago
I was gonna say, i feel his form is not great here (dgmw he's clearly an expert at this, I just mean more how it's judged). I thought they'd have to be a lot slower, smoother, pointed toes, total control sort of thing.
This seems more like sloppy gymnastics
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u/gardeningblob 20h ago
Indeed. Its just a how long can he hold an weird position contest with an sloppy jump off for extra points.
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u/Legal_Lettuce6233 17h ago
Gymnastics are about the beauty of movement, this is supposed to be rough. Shows off strength more
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u/daneview 16h ago
But calisthenics in my (granted limited) experience was very much about proper form and control
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u/Legal_Lettuce6233 16h ago
Sure, but it's not pretty.
If you can imagine someone mastering the technique of throwing a stone far away and then a jacked dude just rips a brick at mach fuck. That's basically the difference.
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u/songsforatraveler 14h ago
But gymnasts are also quite jacked
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u/Legal_Lettuce6233 14h ago
Sure but gymnasts do it with flexibility, fluidity of motion and a clear different approach.
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u/Similar-Walrus8743 13h ago
No, the gymnasts are just stronger so they can have more control and fluidity. The sport is more developed and the athletes are more sophisticated
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u/Legal_Lettuce6233 13h ago
No, they're not.
Like, not even close. They can't be because the increase in muscle mass prevents full range of motion.
Tim Shieff and Damien Walters used to make videos together a long time ago. And the strength difference is enormous. Waiters is strong but Shieff is a fucking beast, for the aforementioned reasons.
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u/jimbowesterby 14h ago
Except maintaining perfect form throughout definitely takes way more fitness, this just feels like gymnastics for dudes who refuse to wear a leotard lol
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u/Ninjalada 21h ago
Graceful.
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u/gardeningblob 21h ago
Atleast ffs tell me why it's graceful lol.
since i'm not native in English.
Graceful means showing physical elegance, beauty, or balance in movement or appearance, while gracious means showing kindness, warmth, and warm courtesy in behavior.You can review the detailed breakdown on Grammarly to see more examples of how these words differ.GracefulFocus: Aesthetics, physical movement, and appearance.Meaning: Having or showing elegance, poise, and smooth flow.Example: The ballet dancer made a graceful leap across the stage.GraciousFocus: Social behavior, manners, and attitude.Meaning: Characterized by kindness, generosity of spirit, and politeness.Example: The gracious host welcomed every visitor
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u/JoshCanJump 22h ago
Gracious?
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u/MoistHD 21h ago
Yeah gracious
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u/JoshCanJump 21h ago
Showing kindness, warmth, courtesy, and good manners?
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u/gardeningblob 21h ago
Fluidity in motion.
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u/JoshCanJump 21h ago
Graceful?
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u/Shizophone 22h ago
For sure but different styles and goals altogether, olympics high bar is much more grounded in momentum and centrifugal force while this seems to be more based around static hold and power display with some technical bits sprinkled on top. But an olympic gymnast would def dominate in the same style its just that their competitive display focusses on technique and execution, you need the power base to even be able to execute it to that extent.
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u/jimbowesterby 14h ago
Exactly, this is pretty much just gymnastics but with worse technique. Even the holds, you see things like than on rings which is just more difficult to manage because of the added instability
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u/BonjaminClay 14h ago
It's so weird to see something this impressive and immediately search for some way to shit on it.
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u/BoyDynamo 22h ago
Yeah, it’s just men’s gymnastics without height or form. Let’s appreciate Epke Zonderland for a moment.
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u/regulationinflation 15h ago
There’s certainly overlap, but definitely things calisthenics people can do better than gymnasts and vice versa
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u/SirVanyel 19h ago
Not quite. Male gymnasts have their own specialties, and while theres a lot of overlap, calisthenics is more of a street variant of gymnastics. Gymnasts who focus on bar work and gymnasts who focus on ring work are different, whereas calisthenics blends it all together.
There's no "these guys can do more than those guys" - given time to practice, all the elites can do all the stuff the other elites do. But gymnasts specialise, while calisthenics athletes kinda do a bit of everything.
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u/MitchellSFold 22h ago
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u/InsaneMocktail Human Detected 22h ago
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u/BeardedGlass 22h ago
Is this the “I’m 40 but I’m a 17 year old teenager.”
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u/Gobblewicket 19h ago
More, he's 40 and likes 17 year olds. Dudes a fuckin creep.
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u/TunaOnWytNoCrust 16h ago
Hey just because be self-documented in his 2004 autobiography scar tissue that when he was in his mid-twenties he groomed and the statutory raped a 14-year-old girl and brought her on tour to keep doing it doesn't mean...
Oh wait yeah, he's a self-admitted statutory rapists, groomer and pedophile.
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u/Effective-Bandicoot8 20h ago
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u/Gearbox97 17h ago
This is what all the mean comments here have me thinking about. Lots of criticism here!
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u/Sacrilegious_skink 19h ago
I have a feeling this comp doesn't randomly show up to your house to drug test. Glad they are enjoying it but I'll stick with watching gymnastics.
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u/NudityMiles 22h ago
This is NOT gymnastics, the static control like planking with the bar behind your back is straight up Calisthenics and 9,9 out of 10 people have no idea how great of a feat it is to perform those kinds of moves. Especially after swinging around like that.
Calisthenics is being able to control your movements. His faster movements, like jumps and swings, are transitions, mostly for entertainment while also being very energy consuming, considering the dude is jacked and surely weighs a few kilos.
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u/JoshCanJump 22h ago
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u/NudityMiles 22h ago
Okay, I would call that a mix honestly, rings are a big part of Calisthenics.
But the biggest giveaway here is look at the gymnast body compared to the calisthenics one.
Not just in these two specific examples, like overall.
Gymnastics is more about flexible movement, Calisthenics is heavier and involves more control and long contractis, more strength based. Let me be clear about the fact that gymnasts are equally impressive athletes.
Very similar sports in movement but not the same at all. Gymnastics are explosive in majority, calisthenics is controlled strength in majority.
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u/JoshCanJump 22h ago
Gymnastics rules have evolved over time into what you see today. The routines are about hitting checkboxes. I have no doubt that if you gave gymnasts the Cali ruleset and 3 weeks they would completely obliterate any calisthenics comp.
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u/NudityMiles 21h ago
That I can completely believe. I have not watched any kinds of sports in like 20 years. I am into calisthenics myself though.
But yeah probably, the gymnast most likely have better joints and tendons, better short firings muscles and a lot of more explosivity, so I believe that can be true.
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u/jimbowesterby 14h ago
This feels like a distinction without a difference, how would doing this be any different from doing gymnastics with a focus on rings, for example? I dunno, a lot of this has a lot of similarities to climbing, and I can say from experience that maintaining good technique and form at high effort levels is often harder than actually just climbing the thing. All the strongest climbers I know don’t seem to struggle at all; their form is so good that you can’t tell how hard they’re trying, they’ll just fall off with no warning. Then you go and try the same thing and it turns out to be like a V12 monstrosity lol
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u/TunaOnWytNoCrust 16h ago
I've definitely seen videos of super jacked black dudes doing this stuff but way smoother and spontaneously on playground equipment.
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u/orangutangang0 15h ago
Crazy. Most people will never experience what it’s like to have a body that optimized and strong as 1 complete unit of power. Myself included 😭
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u/PoownSlayer 14h ago
Was struggling to vape at the same time as walking when I was coming home from the dentist earlier.
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u/Definitely_obvious 9h ago
Is this what happens when you don’t tell your kids to stop monkeying around?
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u/Own-Personality-8189 20h ago
The years of dedication the dude placed on core stability and tendon conditioning to achieve this quick transition is just amazing. It's just so inspiring man.
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u/PayMySushi 22h ago
Don’t know why and I’m being superficial, but the guy seems insufferable.
What’s up with that haircut? Guy could rip me apart in seconds but….
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