Gym versus Street Workout / Calisthenics comparaison.

Now when i've been long enough on both sides i can clearly rip them apart to list you the pro's and cons of both.
These are two very different training styles the only thing in common between them is that they are physical activity.
However both of them offer unique pro's that are worth it to try to fit both of them into your schedule.

And not to just speak empty words i'd say for myself that starting this spring (may to be more specific) i'll start incorporating calisthenics into my training routine to reap the benefits of it. So i guess that i'll be very busy doing 5 x sessions in the gym and 2 x on the BARz.

Now to the good part...

Street workout

Pro's (listed in no particular order):

- You get to breathe fresh air. Not to be underrated.

- You socialize more because somehow the people doing street workouts are more friendly than the gym rats. I've met more friends on the barz instead of the gym. I've given more advises to the little fellas working out for the first time instead to the "know everything" gym rats.

- You build endurance. It was possible for me to do 8 exercises for 4 sets each with barely 30 seconds rest between sets and not feel tired after the workout.

- You successfully target your whole body and develop muscles that are often neglected in the gym.

- It is more spectacular to be able to do a "superman" or front or back lever than to deadlift 500 lbs.

Cons:

- Sadly you're not able to build lean body mass that fast. Compared to the gym you build mass at maybe 3-4 x slower rate than in the gym.

- There are, however, some muscles that cannot be trained well enough (and the worse part is that they are ~50% of your whole body). You've probably guessed that those muscles are the leg muscles.

- It is damn hard to get started if you've never worked out before in your life. The discipline required to get started & keep going is often the breaking point for many of the people.

- You're dependent on the weather outside. Probably the biggest con for me. 

Gym

Pro's:

- Building mass faster is probably the biggest pro of the gym. With the proper training plan and nutrition you're going to grow like a beast in no time. I've often been told that i'm "no natural" and "cycling" and i'm so tired of that that i just brush it off and say "yeah, man, i'm on my 5th cycle".

But trust me - training hard and eating right really pays off !

- You can train no matter the weather outside.  

- You can successfully target specific muscles (like the inner pecs part for me) in the gym while you can't target a specific muscle doing street workout.

Cons:

- Your overall endurance will suffer.

- You get some kind of "stiff" instead of flexible.

- You get to breathe in the sweat, dust and other smells in the gym which is gross to me.

- If you're skinny - everybody looks at you with disrespect. if you're average - no one bats an eye on you. If you're however above average and even advanced - almost everybody keeps looking at you. No, no, keep staring at you. Either with admiration or disrespect. Personally i don't like people looking at me at  the gym because i've worked my ass off and did a lot of sacrifices to get to that level and i'm not happy when someone is judging me.