Some of the moves make people stop and stare – they have a real wow factor
I spent my formative years in Chapeltown, Leeds. We called it the ghetto. You had a lot of people with no social or economic mobility, and tensions between different communities. In 2011, I saw my friend get murdered; he was shot in the face. It was a horrible time in my life where I was looking for role models, father figures. I found them in the park, at the exercise bars.
Calisthenics describes any form of bodyweight training, from familiar moves like pull-ups, push-ups and sit-ups to moves you might see in Cirque du Soleil. Crazy stuff, like handstands at the top of a high bar. It’s a real leveller. It doesn’t matter how much money you’ve got, or how much education you have: 10 push-ups are 10 push-ups to a billionaire or to somebody on benefits. It creates a real unity in communities. I’ve been to parks all around the world and I can walk up to guys I’ve never met before in my life, work out with them, and somebody will always ask if I’m going to be there next week. That’s what calisthenics is all about.
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