Street workout

Street workout is a sport people do mostly in outdoor parks or public facilities, such as equipment in schoolyards. It is a combination of athletics, calisthenics, and sports. Street Workout is modern name for bodyweight workout in outdoor parks.

Most popular exercises are Pull-ups, Chin-ups, Push-ups, Dips, Muscle-Ups, Sit-Ups, Crunches, Squats etc... Street workout also involves some static holds like Human flag, Front and Back lever, Planche, etc...

Street workout is extremely popular among younger generations. It is very attractive and completely free. Part of its popularity comes from ability to build a great physique and the other part is that it promotes healthy and sociable lifestyle.



Basics of Street workout
A typical street workout consists of:


 * Athletics exercising - a system of exercises with various levels of exertion provided for health strengthening, development of strength and stamina, as well as, for shaping an athletic constitution. Athletics exercising is used to increase strength level, develop physical shape and for rehabilitation.
 * Calisthenics (Kalestenos) – is a complex of many simple exercises which are performed using purely body weight. The aim of these exercises is to train muscularity strength and to evolve comprehensive fitness.
 * Calisthenics (Kalestenos) – is a complex of many simple exercises which are performed using purely body weight. The aim of these exercises is to train muscularity strength and to evolve comprehensive fitness.

Teams
In Street Workout people often create teams, biggest world list is on madbarz.com/teams website, there are 389 teams on the list but number is growing rapidly.

World Championships
The first World Championship took place in Riga, Latvia August 27–28, 2011.

World Champions
2011: Yevgeny Kozyr (Ukraine)

2012: Yevgeny Kocherha (Ukraine)

2013: Andzejus Zilo (Lithuania)

World Street Workout and Calisthenics Federation
WSWCF was founded in Riga, Latvia 2011. The current president of the WSWCF is Maris Slezins