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Street workouts are a physical activity performed in outdoor parks or public facilities. The movement behind street workouts became popular in Russia, Israel, Myanmar, Morocco, Eastern Europe, and the United States, especially in New York City, Los Angeles, Chicago,Uzbekistan, Philadelphia, Miami, Baltimore, Washington, D.C., and other urban East Coast neighborhoods.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] It is a combination of athletics, calisthenics, and sports.[8] "Street workout" is a modern name for calisthenics (or bodyweight workouts) in outdoor parks. There are also street workout teams and organized competitions for exercises such as pull-ups, chin-ups, push-ups, dips, rows, muscle-ups, sit-ups and squats. A street workout also involves static (isometric) holds such as the human flag, front lever, back lever, L-sit and planche.[9]
Street workouts are divided into two main branches, strength training and dynamics. Strength training includes isometric holds such as the planche, the front lever, and the back lever. This form of exercise also includes single-arm pull-ups, muscle-ups, single-arm push-ups, and more. Dynamic exercises including switchblades can be connected with other moves in order, to create routines or sets.
Some of the benefits of street workouts according to those who do it are:
- It is completely free;[10][11]
- It can be performed at any time anywhere[10]
- No training or gym equipment is required;[12]
- It promotes healthy living, and a desirable physique can be attained with it;[13]
- It is a social event.[10]
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- ^ "Fitness goes gymless with street workout | The Manila Times Online". www.manilatimes.net. 24 May 2014. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
- ^ "The Effect of Calisthenics Exercises at Various Intensity on Girl Students' Figure and Cardiorespiratory Functions--《Journal of Guangzhou Physical Education Institute》2003年06期". en.cnki.com.cn. Retrieved 2016-01-15.