Winter training outside is the perfect opportunity for developing and increasing your grip strenght, if you're using thick gloves. It makes your forearms work harder than usual in order to just keep hanging on the bar, for example. And when it's time to take those off, you'll feel much stronger and confident when it comes to hanging/gripping movements. Second thing I'd like to mention is that depending on the actual winter itself you might want to schedule your workouts either in a circuit style or split them in a manner that will allow you not to freeze over the course of workout. If during the winter it's -5/-7 celcius degrees outside - that's fine. Where I live temperatures occasionally can go down straight to -25/-30 celcius degrees. Working out for more than 30 minutes during such temperatures could prove to be, well, problematic. Last thing is kind of very specific, but maybe someone had the same issue. During really cold weather be careful with breathing and, specifically, with handstanding exercises. To elaborate - whenever I'm doing handstand pushups, bloodflow goes directly to my face and head, which is normal. The problem is when I try to push myself during those exercises, I breath really deep through nose and mouth. And due to the cold exposure and increased blood pressure in blood vessels and capillars inside my sinuses, they often rapture and then I have either bloody snot, or minor nose bleeds. So, in case you have shitty sinuses like I do, you might want to pay attention to handstanding exercises and breathing during those.
macknumber9 im coming down from Pennsylvania lived in new york aswell for most of my life and to be honest its time for the move im 29 and im sick of the cold n snow lol
@@someotherguy43 I came down at 32 from CT....i wasn't going to wait til I was old enough to retire like most...fuck that lol...im in st Pete area...so much to do here.
This is perfect! My friends and I from Sweden bring my rings and parallettes to a playground close to my house multiple times a week. This will surely help!
2 years ago i trained on -16° on the playground next to my apartment, but funny enough there were 2 guys on the bench drinking beer ,, so i was not sure who is crazier, me or them ? hahah
Thanks, I'm from Florida, but I'm spending a month in Virginia, and I got it done today, but it was 19% not too cold for some, but like I said I'm used to Florida weather. Tips are great so thank you. Be blessed
great advice, never occured to me to bring a towel, I do these exercises on the table in the park, have a huge shopping bag I use, I can wipe it clean easy :)
Yeah same here, watching this for some inspiration, it looks beautiful there lol, all I see is darkness, wind and rain lol. Still a good video though, thank you. Edit: Just today that is, it's not like that everyday, I can't wait for the summer, the rain is a touch warmer 😀
You can buy great winter workout gloves at home Depot or Lowe's. You'll need to look around for gloves that don't have padding but you can find them. Super durable, warm, and grippy.
@BeaverLT - Yes, remove layers when you get too warm as sweating in a cold environment can be dangerous. If your clothes become saturated with sweat, their thermal properties diminish significantly, and the evaporation of the sweat can further drop your core temperature (especially if you have depleted your calorie reserves and/or become dehydrated, as all of your cells and bodily processes need good hydration to function properly). An injury is also more likely when areas of the body become cold. I'd advise layered clothing, adding or removing as necessary to maintain a normal temperature, a towel for drying, and some dry clothing to change into or cover yourself with when you've finished training. :)
@@aleksandarnikolovski7535 - You can still get hot at minus twenty degrees if you are training hard and wearing many layers. Sweating in the cold can be dangerous and lead to hypothermia/exposure.
Hey Matt. How can I progress to the side starfish style plank you do? I can do 3x30 seconds of a normal side plank but I'm having trouble progressing it further to something that is challenging yet attainable for me.
I contracted everything as hard as I can leading to no muscle dominance during a squat but I don't feel fatigue after squatting continuously for 15 min. Of course I do feel tension while pushing myself up from the concentric phase. What should I do to feel the fatigue without mixing isometric for the squats?
@RedDeltaProject I remember you made a video saying, DOMS isn't necessary to know you'll grow but you did say high fatigue of that muscle. I can't progress because my stiff ankles keeps making me fall no matter how tensed up my glutes hamstrings and calves are for balance. I've been holding onto something stable during my squats to prevent me from falling.
I'm not a fan of unilateral workouts because It makes me believe in muscle imbalance in legs. Could a better alternative be having weight vests or add weight inside a very strong thick bookbag?
I want to ask you something. All this stuff about "you're only allowed to workout 3 times a week because you need to rest for an entire day between" stuff.. It doesn't make sense to me. My uncle is a scaffolder. He doesn't go to the gym, he doesn't work out. He just.. works. Putting up and taking down scaffolding. Every tuesday and thursday he doesn't call up and go "oh sorry boss I need a rest day"? No. He goes to work! EVERYDAY. Putting up and taking down heavy scaffolding, carrying it around above his head, on his shoulders. And he is JACKED and RIPPED with huge BICEPS. Other examples are builders, bricklayers. Why are they all so jacked and huge when they work EVERYDAY? Or dustbin men of the old days before wheelie bins. They were also always huge, carrying those big metal bins everyday over their shoulders. They didn't have rest days?? So how did they get so much muscle? Since stopping my 3 day a week workout and working out everyday instead I've seen so much more improvements and feel so much better. monday-thurs I work at maybe 75% intensity, then friday & saturday I workout to 100% intensity. Sunday full day of rest, then back to 75% intensity monday-thursday.
I agree, You don't need to rest from working out, you just need to recover from fatigue and the body will adjust to a given workload over time. One key point is the variation of workload though. Somedays are easier than others on the job so varying the workload in a daily workout is key.
@@RedDeltaProject nice! glad to get your take on it. the whole "only workout 3 times a week thing" just never sat well with me for the reasons I gave. Always confused me. Clearly nobody told those steel workers they're only supposed to go to work 3 times a week or they won't get big and strong xD And yeah. I've adopted a high frequency low volume programme. 6 days a week. So on Monday I might do pushups, squats, calf raises, dip bar dips, then tuesday I'll do chinups, leg raises, crunches, and some isometric holds to work on my grip and balance, like just hang onto the pullup bar for as long as i can until failure, then wednesday planks, lunges, burpees, bench dips etc etc etc. Friday & Saturday I'll increase the intensity and add an extra exercise or two on anything I need to work on. I feel much happier, healthier and active than when I did a whole bunch of 8-10 different exercises all at once just 3 times a week :) Thanks for all your videos by the way! Since other month I've lost so much weight** and I'm no longer ashamed to take my top off. **fat, technically I've put on weight strangely according to the scales, but I just don't look fat anymore.
Your uncle doesnt carry that weight to failure, otherwise he wouldnt be able to work all day. Instead, he has a low to moderate intensity throughout the whole day and can build a huge amount of volume throughout the week, so of course he will be jacked. Having restdays for muscle groups makes sense if you have a high intensity workout that is supposed to get the muscle to failure
working out in the cold . . . is an art in itself.
Winter training outside is the perfect opportunity for developing and increasing your grip strenght, if you're using thick gloves. It makes your forearms work harder than usual in order to just keep hanging on the bar, for example. And when it's time to take those off, you'll feel much stronger and confident when it comes to hanging/gripping movements.
Second thing I'd like to mention is that depending on the actual winter itself you might want to schedule your workouts either in a circuit style or split them in a manner that will allow you not to freeze over the course of workout. If during the winter it's -5/-7 celcius degrees outside - that's fine. Where I live temperatures occasionally can go down straight to -25/-30 celcius degrees. Working out for more than 30 minutes during such temperatures could prove to be, well, problematic.
Last thing is kind of very specific, but maybe someone had the same issue. During really cold weather be careful with breathing and, specifically, with handstanding exercises. To elaborate - whenever I'm doing handstand pushups, bloodflow goes directly to my face and head, which is normal. The problem is when I try to push myself during those exercises, I breath really deep through nose and mouth. And due to the cold exposure and increased blood pressure in blood vessels and capillars inside my sinuses, they often rapture and then I have either bloody snot, or minor nose bleeds. So, in case you have shitty sinuses like I do, you might want to pay attention to handstanding exercises and breathing during those.
Fantastic tips here Alexander, thank you very much I really appreciate it.
Tip #6 - move to Florida ;)
macknumber9 lol thats exactly wat im doing in june.
@@someotherguy43 nice man good for you....i moved here over 3 years ago from the north....you will enjoy not having a winter as you know it anymore...
macknumber9 im coming down from Pennsylvania lived in new york aswell for most of my life and to be honest its time for the move im 29 and im sick of the cold n snow lol
@@someotherguy43 I came down at 32 from CT....i wasn't going to wait til I was old enough to retire like most...fuck that lol...im in st Pete area...so much to do here.
LOL
it is nice this time of year.
I’m from Florida and just moved to Michigan. I’m used to being outdoors 365 days a year in a t shirt so this definitely helped keep me on track! 👍🏼
Best of luck in the move there Zach, that's quite the adjustment for sure!
This is perfect! My friends and I from Sweden bring my rings and parallettes to a playground close to my house multiple times a week. This will surely help!
Awesome! Totally jealous of you guys, nothing like rock'n at a playground with a few toys and good friends.
Yes! I'm in Vermont too and I have to shovel a good space for pushups, but the refreshing air makes it so worth it.
I agree, nothing like getting some colder air in the lungs to wake up in the morning.
builders thick rubbergloves are ideal for winter calisthenics good grip waterproof and withstanding the cold
Thanks for the recommendation, I'll certainly look into those
Great video. I'm always training outside even in -15° and I'm in great shape all year round. Ty for some extra motivation Matt :)
You crazy hard-core fool! lol
I love it!
2 years ago i trained on -16° on the playground next to my apartment, but funny enough there were 2 guys on the bench drinking beer ,, so i was not sure who is crazier, me or them ? hahah
Thanks, I'm from Florida, but I'm spending a month in Virginia, and I got it done today, but it was 19% not too cold for some, but like I said I'm used to Florida weather. Tips are great so thank you. Be blessed
great advice, never occured to me to bring a towel, I do these exercises on the table in the park, have a huge shopping bag I use, I can wipe it clean easy :)
Cyprus for autumn,winter for me this year. It's been great. :-)
So beautiful weather for calisthenics... Even on the ground. But not when it's just above freezing and raining all day like in Europeeeeee uugh
Yuck, I agree, it's that cold rainy weather that's the hardest to endure.
Yeah same here, watching this for some inspiration, it looks beautiful there lol, all I see is darkness, wind and rain lol. Still a good video though, thank you.
Edit: Just today that is, it's not like that everyday, I can't wait for the summer, the rain is a touch warmer 😀
Perfect for living in Normandy in the winter! Thanks Matt!
Beautiful country out there, I was there when I was 14 but too young to really appreciate it.
You can buy great winter workout gloves at home Depot or Lowe's. You'll need to look around for gloves that don't have padding but you can find them. Super durable, warm, and grippy.
Great tip, thanks!
Please send a link. Battling to find something suitable
What about rain? Especially when it's a few degrees above freezing- definitely not happy times!☔😣🌨.
Rain jacket and pants, its all about proper clothing.
Mr. Potato head wtf I just asked the same exact question, THEN read yours...
@@borism.5375 you live in b.c west coast to?😃💪
Mr. Potato head Nah, not Canada. South Europe. It should be snowing at -10 rn... Not raining after hot summer days...
outside bars are always so thick that my small hands (womens xs gloves) cant grip them correctly, with gloves its even more impossible. what can i do?
Great tips Matt, don't the gloves make you lose grip? Is it harder to hold on the bar with pullups for example?
They can and do depending on the gloves you use, but then again, that could be a benefit depending on what you're going after.
Just what I needed. Btw if I get hot I should layer down or still wear 3 layers like before?
You wont get hot on -20 C ..
@BeaverLT - Yes, remove layers when you get too warm as sweating in a cold environment can be dangerous. If your clothes become saturated with sweat, their thermal properties diminish significantly, and the evaporation of the sweat can further drop your core temperature (especially if you have depleted your calorie reserves and/or become dehydrated, as all of your cells and bodily processes need good hydration to function properly). An injury is also more likely when areas of the body become cold. I'd advise layered clothing, adding or removing as necessary to maintain a normal temperature, a towel for drying, and some dry clothing to change into or cover yourself with when you've finished training. :)
@@aleksandarnikolovski7535 - You can still get hot at minus twenty degrees if you are training hard and wearing many layers. Sweating in the cold can be dangerous and lead to hypothermia/exposure.
@@previouslyachimp thanks
@@AMG_gang - You're welcome, happy training!
I was slightly injured and the cold made wrist feel worse I gotta wait until I'm fully healed
For sure, listen to your joints and don't move too aggressively without a good warm up.
Hey Matt. How can I progress to the side starfish style plank you do? I can do 3x30 seconds of a normal side plank but I'm having trouble progressing it further to something that is challenging yet attainable for me.
Try lifting the heel of the top foot up but keep the toes together. That's a sort of intermediate step between the two.
can i still workout if it's like 0*C?
For sure! Just make sure to layer up, bring water and stay warm
lol can I do it in -20 ?
I contracted everything as hard as I can leading to no muscle dominance during a squat but I don't feel fatigue after squatting continuously for 15 min. Of course I do feel tension while pushing myself up from the concentric phase. What should I do to feel the fatigue without mixing isometric for the squats?
Things seem fine, maybe just time to progress to harder variations like upper body assisted single leg squats.
@RedDeltaProject I remember you made a video saying, DOMS isn't necessary to know you'll grow but you did say high fatigue of that muscle. I can't progress because my stiff ankles keeps making me fall no matter how tensed up my glutes hamstrings and calves are for balance. I've been holding onto something stable during my squats to prevent me from falling.
I'm not a fan of unilateral workouts because It makes me believe in muscle imbalance in legs. Could a better alternative be having weight vests or add weight inside a very strong thick bookbag?
Hi buddy!you don’t wear socks?it seems to be freaking freezing over there!
I am, they are just a really low cut which I don't recommend for snowy weather!
What's the name of that exercise pls? 1:23
That's a standard fixed bar triceps extension.
Don't stretch outside, and bring either a yoga mat, cardboards, or more towels haha
Bro is cold to me... 48°F.. in Texas... Yikes lol
I was just talking with someone here in CO who was from TX.
It was 9 degrees here this am lol
@@RedDeltaProject no thanks, I'll stop complaining then lol... No excuses though, got a great calisthenics workout in still 💪
i live in massachusetts hi neighbor newenlander.
Yo yo! I'm right above your border at the moment in Souther Nashua NH
@@RedDeltaProject thats about 45 mins from me. I live in a town right out side worcester ma. paxton.
@@RedDeltaProject I know nashua.pretty good I used to work there.for a while.
@@RedDeltaProject how do you like the area?
Don't lick those metal poles
Second
No... Just no. I'm from Sweden. We don't have calistenics parks and... No.
Me first
First reply
@@aleksandarnikolovski7535 second reply
Where do I send you guys your rewards for being the first couple comments?
@@macknumber9 Send me DM
@@aleksandarnikolovski7535 the prize is a bag of my dogs crap....because that's all that it's worth to be the first comment.
I want to ask you something. All this stuff about "you're only allowed to workout 3 times a week because you need to rest for an entire day between" stuff..
It doesn't make sense to me.
My uncle is a scaffolder. He doesn't go to the gym, he doesn't work out. He just.. works. Putting up and taking down scaffolding.
Every tuesday and thursday he doesn't call up and go "oh sorry boss I need a rest day"? No. He goes to work! EVERYDAY. Putting up and taking down heavy scaffolding, carrying it around above his head, on his shoulders.
And he is JACKED and RIPPED with huge BICEPS.
Other examples are builders, bricklayers. Why are they all so jacked and huge when they work EVERYDAY?
Or dustbin men of the old days before wheelie bins. They were also always huge, carrying those big metal bins everyday over their shoulders.
They didn't have rest days?? So how did they get so much muscle?
Since stopping my 3 day a week workout and working out everyday instead I've seen so much more improvements and feel so much better. monday-thurs I work at maybe 75% intensity, then friday & saturday I workout to 100% intensity. Sunday full day of rest, then back to 75% intensity monday-thursday.
I agree,
You don't need to rest from working out, you just need to recover from fatigue and the body will adjust to a given workload over time.
One key point is the variation of workload though. Somedays are easier than others on the job so varying the workload in a daily workout is key.
@@RedDeltaProject nice! glad to get your take on it. the whole "only workout 3 times a week thing" just never sat well with me for the reasons I gave. Always confused me. Clearly nobody told those steel workers they're only supposed to go to work 3 times a week or they won't get big and strong xD
And yeah. I've adopted a high frequency low volume programme. 6 days a week. So on Monday I might do pushups, squats, calf raises, dip bar dips, then tuesday I'll do chinups, leg raises, crunches, and some isometric holds to work on my grip and balance, like just hang onto the pullup bar for as long as i can until failure, then wednesday planks, lunges, burpees, bench dips etc etc etc. Friday & Saturday I'll increase the intensity and add an extra exercise or two on anything I need to work on.
I feel much happier, healthier and active than when I did a whole bunch of 8-10 different exercises all at once just 3 times a week :)
Thanks for all your videos by the way! Since other month I've lost so much weight** and I'm no longer ashamed to take my top off.
**fat, technically I've put on weight strangely according to the scales, but I just don't look fat anymore.
Your uncle doesnt carry that weight to failure, otherwise he wouldnt be able to work all day. Instead, he has a low to moderate intensity throughout the whole day and can build a huge amount of volume throughout the week, so of course he will be jacked. Having restdays for muscle groups makes sense if you have a high intensity workout that is supposed to get the muscle to failure