Calisthenics & Powerlifting during quarantine with MARKO ŠTIH

Frinksmovement Podcast

Welcome to the second episode of Frinksmovement podcast. Today I invited my friend Marko to discuss the current world situation from the perspective of powerlifters and calisthenics athletes. Marko is a respectable coach - that mainly works with clients online - who are focused on powerlifting and/or bodyweight training goals. Thanks to that he has an objective view on the issues people from both worlds have to deal with. The quarantine not only caused the fitness centers to be closed, but the whole spectrum of other issues. From the mental health and attitude to training equipment, nutrition and lack of schedule. Obviously powerlifters are the group that seems to be the biggest victim, and thats why I made that the focus of todays discussion - to help these without an access to weights and barbells maintain their gains or at least slow down the loss of them. What exercises should they do, what mindset will save them from frustration, and is switching the priorities a good idea? We also addressed calisthenics athletes who in general seem to use more and more tools in their training as the discipline is growing. Bodyweight training nowadays is not only about training with our bodyweight like the name suggests. Bands, chains, weights, parallettes, gymnastics rings and pullup bars are some of the basic equipment used by serious calisthenics athletes. Can these people continue developing their strictly bodyweight skills without an access to gym - only with the floor and doorway pullup bar? These are some of the questions I gave Marko and did not get disappointed with answers. Below Im leaving you the timestamps so you can skip to the parts that are interesting to you. Enjoy

0:00 - 3:30 Introduction of Marko, current situation and establishing the topic of further discussion. 3:30 - 13:35 What is the right mindset and what attitude should we have towards training during quarantine, what if you compete? 13:35 - 27:00 Calisthenics athletes left with only floor and doorway pullup bar - can they keep progressing and improving in their bodyweight goals? What should they focus on? What if someone does not have an access to pullup bar? 27:40 - 34:00 Should Powerlifters switch their goals to bodyweight for the time of quarantine? 34:00 - 43:00 Should a bench specialist focus on planche pushup progression or improving pushup endurance as a replace for bench? 43:20 - 55:40 Advanced bodyweight leg training for powerlifters? Opinion on pistol squats, dragon squats, matrix squats, Glute Ham raises. 55:40 - 1:07:00 How this situation affects coaching and fitness world in general? 1:07:00 - 1:10:15 What is the best home training investment for powerlifters and calisthenics athletes? 1:10:15 - 1:18:00 The nutrition during quarantine, should we continue cutting/bulking, stressing out about diet? 1:18:00 - 1:27:30 - Summary 1:27:30 - 1:32:09 - Ending

Marko:

https://www.instagram.com/s.marko/?hl=en

https://www.instagram.com/powermed.si/?hl=en www.powermed.si

Me: https://www.instagram.com/frinksmovement/?hl=en