Preparing for My First Calisthenics Competition: Weeks 4-6
this post is still a work in progress. come back at a later time to see it in its final form✨
last updated: Jul 31, 2026
Week 4
I have bought 6kg of rice, eager to try out the rice bucket exercise soon.
The workouts are getting easier and smoother. I can feel my body adapting to the new stimuli and my body awareness increasing.
I set a new PR for bodyweight dips with 23 reps! Before I started this preparation four weeks ago, I didn’t even know I could do 10, because I’ve never tried.
Also the hyperextension exercise with weight is slowly becoming one of my favourites.
Back then, when I was suffering from lower back pain from herniated discs, I avoided this exercise entirely.
It’s been 8(!) years since I last did it.
I was quite surprised how fast and well my body picked up this exercise and my lower back seems to love it.
Decided to do a reel of my week.
Fun fact: I first uploaded it during an unpopular time and it received less than 100 views. Took it down and reuploaded it a few days later and now it has 12k views.
I don’t want to waste too much time studying the algorithm, but I’ll take advantage of easy strategic tweaks.
this post is part 2/3 of my preparations