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Kat Storr

I did callisthenics for beginners - trust me, these 6 moves are the easiest way to get stronger quickly

Kat Storr doing callisthenics for beginners in back garden, lunges and plank.

When I first spoke to a friend about callisthenics, I figured there was no way I could do it. All I'd seen about the workout on social media was muscled men and women doing handstands and an almost excessive number of pull-ups. Absolutely not for me.

After talking it through with her, I realised that's an elite level of the workout. Thinking you have to do a handstand to do callisthenics is like thinking you have to lift your own bodyweight above your head to do strength training. There are levels.

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