What is Calisthenics?
Calisthenics is a form of exercise consisting of a variety of movements that exercise large muscle groups (gross motor movements), such as running, standing, grasping, pushing, etc. These exercises are often performed rhythmically and with minimal equipment, as bodyweight exercises. They are intended to increase strength, fitness, and flexibility, through movements such as pulling, pushing, bending, jumping, or swinging, using one’s body weight for resistance. Calisthenics can provide the benefits of muscular and aerobic conditioning, in addition to improving psychomotor skills such as balance, agility, and coordination.
Urban calisthenics is a form of street workout; calisthenics groups perform exercise routines in urban areas. Individuals and groups train to perform advanced calisthenics skills such as muscle-ups, levers, and various freestyle moves such as spins and flips.
Sports teams and military units often perform leader-directed group calisthenics as a form of synchronized physical training (often including a customized “call and response” routine) to increase group cohesion and discipline. Calisthenics is also popular as a component of physical education in primary and secondary schools over much of the globe.
What is Parkour?
Parkour (French: [paʁkuʁ]) is a training discipline using movement that developed from military obstacle course training. Practitioners, called tracers or traceurs, aim to get from one point to another in a complex environment, without assistive equipment and in the fastest and most efficient way possible. Parkour includes running, climbing, swinging, vaulting, jumping, plyometrics, rolling, quadrupedal movement (crawling) and other movements as deemed most suitable for the situation (not to be confused with freerunning).[4][5] Parkour’s development from military training gives it some aspects of a non-combative martial art.
Parkour is an activity that can be practiced alone or with others and is usually carried out in urban spaces, though it can be done anywhere.[6][7]Parkour involves seeing one’s environment in a new way, and imagining the potential for navigating it by movement around, across, through, over and under its features.[8][9]
Parkour as a type of movement was established by the French David Belle in 1988[10][11], however the practice of similar movements in various communities around the world leads to discuss the relevance of such an attribution.[12] The discipline was popularised in the late 1990s and 2000s through films, documentaries, video games and advertisements featuring the Yamakasi.
Parkour in India (Bangalore)
A name to reckon with in the world of fitness training, Chaos Faktory is redefining the meaning of fitness in India. As champions and promoters of fitness training of the most challenging and thrilling kind, Chaos Faktory has brought intricate fitness forms and skills like Parkour, Free-running, Martial Arts, Gymnastics and Calisthenics to the shores of India. Based on the concept of both- fight and flight, the skills one masters at Chaos Faktory gets learners surpass their limits and attain physical and mental strength of the rarest kind.
The Founder, along with his brother, have been committed to the mission of creating awareness about the fitness movements they offer to people, including children. November 2017 saw Chaos Faktory achieve another breakthrough as it opened its first Parkour gym in Bengaluru. The Chaos Faktory Gym is a pioneer as it is the first Parkour gym in India and also happens to be one of the largest trainings in India as it is offering multiple movement forms of Parkour to anyone interested in pursuing it across the nation.
They continue to play a key role in making Parkour a part of the streets of India!
If you aren’t at your fittest, worry not. Chaos Faktory’s Parkour Movement is designed to condition you in terms of strength, stamina, endurance, flexibility, mobility and agility. A bit of hard work and you should be able to land those back flips, jump walls and monkey your way through obstacles with the help of elite trainers at the gym. And get fit while at it.
If you know the ABC’s of fitness and want to delve right into training, Ninja Movement is ideal for you. However, the team at Chaos Faktory will test your fitness levels before signing you up for this one. You can check if the sport is for you by signing up for a single paid session here.