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Through the years calisthenics or natural body weight training has been

getting more and more popular especially with the existence of fitness

greats who, with much passion and dedication, have helped promote the

discipline. Now we see so many people and groups doing what is popularly

known now as street workout. In this post were featuring 49 of these

fitness greats. Here are 49 of the best calisthenic masters in the world.

Hannibal For King (yes, thats really what he calls himself)

is best known as one of the most intense body weight
calisthenics experts in existence. He has been known to do
hanging ab flutters, straight arm flagpoles off a fence or gate, and other
unbelievable body weight calisthenic moves.

Learn more about him on Facebook and YouTube.

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 Hit Richards is the founder and president of The
Calisthenics Kingz, an organization of professional
performance-based fitness training experts whose mission is
to promote fitness through calisthenics. This organization aims to let people
know of the benefits of natural body weight exercises.

You can check out Hit Richards on Facebook. Learn more about The
Calisthenics Kingz on their website, Facebook and YouTube.

Al Kavadlo is a successful personal trainer who favors

progressive calisthenics as opposed to traditional weight
training. He is known throughout the world for his feat of
strengths and has been appointed lead instructor for the Progressive
Calisthenics Certification. He is the author of Raising The Bar: The
Definitive Guide to Pull-up Bar Calisthenicsand will soon release his latest
book Pushing The Limits! Total Body Strength With No Equipment.

Visit Al Kavadlos blog and YouTube and Facebook pages. You can also
check out the official Facebook page of his blog.

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 Meckanimal, also known as Godfrey Ali, was inspired by
Hannibal For King to pursue a life with calisthenics. He is
a personal trainer and avid believer of calisthenics based
workouts.

Find out more from his website, on YouTube and Facebook.

Juice, a personal trainer from New York, is another true

disciple of calisthenics or as they call it, the Beastmode
workout.

Check him out on YouTube and Facebook.

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 Adam Raw is an amazing calisthenics expert from the
Czech Republic.

Find Adam on YouTube and Facebook.

The Bar Brothers is a calisthenics workout team who uses

effective body weight exercises for strength.

Look these guys up on their website, Facebook andYouTube.

Denis Minin is the Ukrainian Michael Jordan and is very

much into body weight calisthenics. He has an organization
called Street-Workouts.org which aims to keep kids off the
streets by inspiring and motivating them to do something with their lives.

You can find Denis on Facebook and YouTube.

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 Lada Pridal is another body weight calisthenics enthusiast
from the Czech Republic. He started his training in 2009
and has since then changed his way of life with calisthenics.

Check out his amazing workouts on his YouTube channel.

Ido Portal is an internationally renowned fitness instructor

who specializes in body weight fitness training and
gymnastics oriented strength and conditioning training. He
studied martial arts as a kid, discovered capoeira, and went on to train in
various disciplines such as gymnastics, boxing, yoga, dance and lots more.
Taking everything he learned from these and his studies of the human body
and sports, he developed a system of movement more commonly known now
as the Ido Portal Movement. Ido Portal is also known as a great speaker,
motivator and coach.

You can read more about the movement on Facebook and YouTube.

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 Frank Medrano is an extreme calisthenics athlete and
personal trainer. He was a track athlete in high school and
became interested in bodybuilding soon after. In 2010 he
started doing calisthenics from watching YouTube videos and being inspired
by the likes of Hit Richards and Kalosthenos. Frank also changed his diet
and became a full vegan. He encourages others to tap into their bodys
potential and develop a better physique through free weights and
calisthenics.

Learn more about Frank on his website and Facebook. Check out his
incredible moves on YouTube.

Mike Fitch is an experienced fitness professional who

decided to seek out new ways to workout when his daily
routine no longer challenged him. He created the Global
Bodyweight Training or GBT system. The GBT system
incorporates elements of several fitness programs including strength training,
parkour, gymnastics, capoeira, breakdancing, and other body weight
disciplines.

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Read more about Mike and Global Bodyweight Training on theirwebsite,
on Facebook and YouTube.

Jim Bathurst is an award winning trainer, athlete, and

certified specialist in strength and conditioning. He created
his website Beast Skills to help others with their own body
weight training, gymnastics and acrobatic skills through tutorials.

Check out more from Jim on the Beast Skills site, on Facebook andYouTube.

Pavle Djurdjevic is from Bosnia and is well known for

street workout, which is a mix of gymnastics and
acrobatics done out in the open (thus, the term street)
and in freestyle mode, meaning the one doing the workout can incorporate
anything he feels like doing. This keeps the workout fun and fresh and
continuously challenging.

Find out more on his Facebook and YouTube pages.

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 Pavel Rudometkin is one of the youngest in this list. He
started doing calisthenics as a young teen. He currently
runs The Fortress, a website which features workouts and
training programs that folks can try on their own.

You can read more about Pavel and The Fortress on

his website, Facebook and YouTube.

Willy Weldens is a French body weight strength athlete

and performer. He is known for his amazing acrobatic
performances and feats of body weight strength during his
shows.

Visit Willy Weldenss website, YouTube channel, and Facebook page.

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 Terroll Lewis is from the UK and is the man behind Block
Workout. He founded Block Workout in 2009 and he
started giving classes based on his training style. Block Workout uses natural
body movements and weight exercises to improve ones fitness. Block
Workout is now one of the fastest growing movements in the UK.

Read more about Terroll and Block Workout on

their website,Facebook and YouTube pages.

Edward Checo is the man behind Barstarzz, an

international team of bodyweight experts who aim to
inspire people to work out. Of course, this group trains
using creative calisthenics or freestyle calisthenics.

You can find Barstarzz on their website, on Tumblr, Facebook, andYouTube.

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 Daniel Vadnal is well known as a gymnastics and
bodyweight expert. He runs FitnessFAQs.tv which features
tutorials and information on how to do body weight
training and gymnastics strength training. It aims to show people that they
can

Check out Daniels amazing moves and workouts on Facebookand YouTube.

Obsidian from Manchester is a parkour athlete who uses

incredible body weight exercises for strength training.

For more of Obsidians amazing street workouts, check out

his YouTube page.

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 Jerome Fitness is focused on giving educational
information and tutorials related to fitness, flexibility, and
nutrition. It is hosted by Jerome, a Dutch fitness
enthusiast, who wanted to inspire others to work out and better themselves.

Find out more on the website, Facebook and YouTube.

Sonny Lupica founded the Bar Master Crew of Sicily, Italy.

Sonny began his training in calisthenics in 2012 and some
of his friends started joining him during his workouts. His
goal is to promote calisthenics in his country.

Check out this guy and his crew on YouTube.

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 Tee Major is a personal trainer and strength coach. He is
also currently serving as military group fitness instructor in
the United States Army. He was an athlete in his teens and
went on to become one of the best trainers in the world. Tee Major Fitness
aims to help people improve and change for the better through small
attainable goalsin line with the Japanese Kaizen philosophy.

Check him out on his website, YouTube, and Facebook.

Danya Che from Moscow happens to be a clinical

psychologist by profession but chose to devote his life to his
workout or vorkaut, a combination of gymnastics and body
weight training. The workout is associated to street workout.

Check out his Youtube page here.

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 Danny Kavadlo is a nutrition consultant and personal
trainer whos been doing strength training and calisthenics
for over 25 years. He is also well known for being one of the
key players in making street workout as popular as it is now. He also
happens to be Al Kavadlos brother.

Learn more about Danny on his website and YouTube page.

Sam Tribble is a champion gymnast and he founded Tribb

Sports, Giants Gymnastics, and Team Spinnovation. He is
also one of the members of the original Strength Project
team. Strength Project is an all-around fitness team that doesnt solely focus
on acrobatics only or calisthenics, but promotes any type of movement as
long as it is an efficient, practical, and safe way to reach your goal.

Check them out on YouTube, Facebook, and on their website.

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 Naka Athletics, created by gymnast and strength and
conditioning coach Carl Paoli, is a training program that
caters to all action sports athletes. The program focuses on
strength and conditioning, nutrition, physical therapy, and trampoline or
freestyle work. It aims to help athletes build a solid foundation to take their
passion to a higher level. Naka Athletics also design the Gymnastics
WOD program to help athletes build their gymnastics foundation.

Read more about Naka Athletics on their website and on YouTube.

KRAP Style is an Italian Freestyle Sports Association. It

also happens to be a popular clothing brand and the owner
of one of the biggest indoor parkour facility in Europe.
KRAP promotes all types of freestyle sports such as parkour, freerunning,
capoeira, snowboarding, skateboarding, mountain biking, juggling, and any
other freestyle sport you can think of. The group aims to promote a life
philosophy that incorporates the values of sports, creativity, socialization,
determination, mental and physical well being, and love and respect.

Find out more on their website, Facebook page and YouTube channel.
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 The Body Practice promotes a complete body workout
system with no training equipment required. The workout
consists of intervals of various exercises incorporating
calisthenics, yoga, martial arts, static and dynamic exercises. The group
offers workshops, DVDs of their workout programs, and even a training
program for those who want to teach the system.

Find out more on the official website, Facebook and YouTube.

Ugis Rozenbahs is well known for calisthenics and ghetto

workout or street workout. His passion is to inspire other to
workout and live a fitter and healthier lifestyle. He believes
in working out without the use of weights or equipment, just your own body
weight. He founded Street Workout Valmiera.

Check him out on Facebook and YouTube.

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World Street Workout and Calisthenics Federation (formerly World Street
Workout Federation) is a non-profit worldwide organization that brings
together street workout enthusiasts and organizations on a global level. The
federation organizations international events such as the Street Workout
World Championship. The WSWCF works to develop street workout as a
professional sport and social movement and for it to be recognized as such.

Find them on their website and on Facebook.

The mission of Street Workout Worldwide is to bring

together street workout athletes from all over the world and inspire others to
go for their dream or their passion.

Check out their Facebook page for more information.

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 BarStarzz is a group of calisthenics experts who strive to
inspire people all around the world to workout. This
international team train using what they call creative
calisthenics which is unlike what most people are familiar with.

Find them on their website and on Facebook.

MadBarz (formerly Bar-Community) is basically a

community of all the bodyweight and street workout
enthusiasts in the world. In Bar community, they can share
experiences, street workouts, training styles, and programs.

Find these guys on Facebook and on their website.

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 Gold Medal Bodies provides complete body movement
program that incorporates bodyweight training and
gymnastic rings exercises to develop ones fundamentals
strength, agility, balance, and control.

Learn more on their website and Facebook page.

Strength & Conditioning is run by Nick Fazio whos all

about bodyweight training, calisthenics and explosive plyometrics. Fazios
YouTube channel features home exercises and workouts for anyone who
wants to get fit

Find out more on Facebook and YouTube.

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 Bar-Risan is a calisthenics or street workout team from
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. These guys consider themselves
amateur but they can already do some pretty amazing
feats. Their goal is to simply do their best to inspire others to workout the
way they do and live a healthier lifestyle.

Find out more on Facebook and YouTube.

Bar-Monsterz is a group from Amsterdam. It was founded

by Aviator and Johnny Cake. They started with
calisthenics in 2010 and created a group with a few other
athletes.

Check out Bar-Monsterz on their website, Facebook, and YouTube.

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 Svetice Workout is an organization in Croatia and its main
purpose is to promote street workout or calisthenics and
personal development. Its about extreme street workout
and going beyond your boundaries.

Learn more from their Facebook and YouTube pages.

Pull Up Portugal is a community of street workout athletes

and enthusiasts.

Learn more from their online forum and Facebookpage.

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 Ranjit Bhachu is one of the most well known street
workout athletes in the UK. Hes known for his incredible
strength. Hes a part of Street Strength UK team.

Check him out on Facebook.

Luis Rodrigues is a bar athlete and is a member of Pull Up

Portugal.

Check him out on Facebook.

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 Kevin Soler is a member of Frances Street Workout 83, an
organization which aims to spread awareness about street
workout and encourage more people to get in shape. He is
very well known in the international street workout competition circuit.

Find out more about Kevin and Street Workout 83 on

theirwebsite, YouTube and Facebook.

Jordan Hill is a member of Bar Brothers Florida, a

bodyweight training group who likes to call their workout
baristhenics. Jordan considers himself a fitness freak
and a great motivator. He only wants to see others progress in their
development.

Check out Jordans YouTube channel and check out Bar Brothers Florida
on Facebook.

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 Corey Hall is also of Bar Brothers Florida. Like Jordan he
also calls himself a fitness freak and loves helping other
people achieve a healthy lifestyle

Check out Cores workouts and tips on YouTube.

Team Physix is a bar/street workout team from Norway.

They focus on bodyweight training to be successful not in only their fitness
goals but in other aspects as well. They also strive to motivate others live a
healthier lifestyle.

Find them on YouTube and Facebook.

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 Calisthenic Movement is a team from Germany. Like most
of the individuals and groups on this list, they also aspire to
inspire people to take charge, get fit, and choose a healthy
lifestyle.

Learn more about them from their website and Facebook page.

Bar-Maniacs is a calisthenics crew from Serbia. They began

training in 2012 and are dedicated to helping others and
motivating others to do pursue a fit life.

Check Bar-Maniacs on Facebook and visit team member Dejan

Stipics YouTube channel for some crazy workouts.

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 Bar Angelz is the only group in this list that is an all-
womens group. These Angelz strive to promote, encourage,
inspire, and motivate women to become stronger through
calisthenics.

Find out more on their Facebook and YouTube pages.

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