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Street Workout

Street workout is bodyweight training on bars, parallel bars and outdoor parks. Depending on context, it centres on clean basics, freestyle, static holds, strength endurance or power-and-strength competitions.

LevelVariant FamilyFitness CategoryFitness / calisthenics

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Classification

Category Fitness / calisthenics

Family Fitness

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Bodyweight training and competition culture on bars, parallel bars and parks.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like strength, skill progression and outdoor training.

Cost Often free in a park; a band, optional chalk, weather-ready clothing and a progression plan help. Possible club/gym fee, coach, band, parallettes and competition/workshop costs. Calisthenics park, street-workout group, club, outdoor fitness group or gym with bars. Do not treat freestyle, basics and power-and-strength as identical formats.

First progress Basic progress in a few sessions; advanced skills take months.

Fitness level low to high

Was du brauchst

pull-up bar
parallel bars
stable shoes
optional band
optional chalk
training plan

First steps

learn warm-up
practise clean rows and push-ups
train assisted pull-ups
scale dips
build skill goals slowly

Calisthenics park, street-workout community, WSWCF-adjacent clubs, outdoor fitness group or gym.

Prepare shoulders/wrists, check equipment, avoid wet bars and progress before max attempts.

Weitere Angaben

Tags fitness, strength, street-workout, street-workout-calisthenics, fitness-calisthenics

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Show clean skills, combinations, repetitions or strength performances depending on format.

Teilnehmer

athletes individually or in teams.

Teamgröße

individual, battle, crew or team by event.

Spielfeld

bar/parallel-bar and park apparatus area.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

execution, difficulty, repetitions, load or time.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

bars
parallel bars
bodyweight
possible band/chalk

Wichtige Regelpunkte

unclean execution
missing range of motion
time/format breach
unsafe behaviour

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

WSWCF
World Street Workout and Calisthenics Federation (WSWCF)

About World Street Workout and Calisthenics Federation WSWCF · federation-guide · high
Competition types and differences WSWCF · competition-guide · high
How to Start Exercising At A Street Workout Park GymBeam · beginner-guide · medium