Unconventional Athletes Issue 5
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How many are in your group and are<br />
many women involved?<br />
Our group class has about 30 people<br />
and we have 2 regular women. Overall,<br />
it’s about 93% men and 7% women.<br />
You are ripped, there’s no denying it,<br />
but does it come down to bodyweight<br />
training or do you follow a special<br />
diet?<br />
More recently I’m more careful with my<br />
diet, but I have trouble with that when<br />
I travel. I’ve had a couple of crashes on<br />
my diet. I’m better eating pretty clean<br />
now. I’m a pescatarian, so I’ll eat fish<br />
and eggs, but I won’t eat chicken or<br />
beef, and I try to get a lot of veggies.<br />
What are some of the moves that you<br />
do best?<br />
The planche push-ups. I was getting<br />
really good at them back at a time<br />
when it wasn’t really that popular.<br />
I think I’m very skilled at plyometric<br />
movements on the parallel bars, the<br />
ones that are explosive and dynamic.<br />
I’ve seen people at a really high level<br />
struggle to do some of the stuff I do. I’m<br />
bigger than the average guy you see<br />
doing this sort of stuff, I’m weighing<br />
in now at 200 pounds, and usually the<br />
guys you see jumping around doing<br />
this are around 160 or less.<br />
Tell us a bit about competitions. Who<br />
arranges them? What’s involved?<br />
I’ve arranged some of the New York<br />
ones. The international competitions<br />
are hosted by the WSWCF or the<br />
World Street Workout & Calisthenics<br />
Federation. The team has done great<br />
and me personally I’ve done pretty<br />
good. I used to be really passionate<br />
about freestyle but I don’t practice as<br />
much freestyle as I used to. Freestyle<br />
is when you make up your own moves,<br />
patterns and combinations from the<br />
skill set you’ve learned. You’re judged<br />
on how well you present it. The cold<br />
weather makes it too hard to practice it.<br />
What are your plans for the future?<br />
We plan on teaching online classes on<br />
our website, Barstarzz.com. We are<br />
planning to have an online membership<br />
(for a fee) so people can sign up and<br />
see (similar to the App) an exclusive<br />
section where you can learn different<br />
workouts for the day and see your<br />
progress. This should be launching<br />
within the month.<br />
What’s your advice to beginners?<br />
I suggest exploring a lot of the free<br />
information on the internet. In addition<br />
to Barstarzz sites, Google things and read<br />
a lot of articles. Look at them all. Don’t<br />
just rely on one article. After that you<br />
might consider buying DVD’s or taking<br />
lessons. Also, take it slow and be patient.<br />
Everyone progresses at their own pace.<br />
The planche<br />
push-ups. I was<br />
GETTING really<br />
good AT them BACK<br />
AT a time when<br />
it wasn’t really<br />
THAT popular.<br />
You can catch up with Edward Checo on the following links:<br />
MAIN WEBSITE: http://barstarzz.com | FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/Barstarzz<br />
YOUTUBE: https://www.youtube.com/user/OfficialBarstarzz | INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/barstarzz/?hl=en<br />
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