{"id":429,"date":"2019-10-05T23:06:48","date_gmt":"2019-10-05T16:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leminhha.vn\/?p=429"},"modified":"2020-07-16T15:44:54","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T08:44:54","slug":"the-red-bull-calisthenics-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/leminhha.vn\/?p=429","title":{"rendered":"The Red Bull Calisthenics Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last weekend (28th and 29th September) was pretty fun. We gathered a team, trained hard, and took part in a calisthenics competition. I also got to experience an outdoor concert for the first time.<\/p>\n

The Team Calisthenics Competition<\/strong><\/h3>\n

About a month ago I got news that Red Bull was sponsoring and teaming up with the Vietnam Street Workout & Calisthenics Federation to organise a massive street sports festival spanning 2 days.<\/p>\n

(The Vietnam Street Workout & Calisthenics Federation is essentially a group of amateur calisthenics enthusiasts who work to promote the sport by holding events and competitions.)<\/em><\/p>\n

The festival features athletes representing Street Dance, Parkour, Skateboarding, and Street Workout. For the Street Workout part, there are both team and individual competitions.<\/p>\n

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The promotion poster for the event<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To take part in the team competition, we must gather 5 members to do the following:<\/p>\n

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  • 70 Dips<\/li>\n
  • 40 Pull-ups<\/li>\n
  • 100 Push-ups<\/li>\n
  • 60 Tyre flips<\/li>\n
  • 50 Burpees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    With me, Phong and D\u0169ng doing the pull-ups, push-ups and tyre flips, we had to find 2 more guys to handle the dips and burpees. Fortunately I got Tu\u1ea5n Anh from the arm wrestling team and Mr. Ba our AC repairman to do the burpees.<\/p>\n

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    The team all in the red Fit.n.Grit shirt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    We trained for a couple of weeks leading up to the competition. We didn’t aim for prizes or anything since there were a couple of all-star teams who were ridiculously strong, so the goal was just to do our best and have fun.<\/p>\n

    I ended up going all gung-ho in the pull-ups part, and ended up ripping two pieces of skin off my palm. That stung like hell.<\/p>\n

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    That hurt!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    It was a very enjoyable experience overall. Every team did their 110%, and the organisers (the referees, volunteers, MC) gave their heart and soul for the event.<\/p>\n

    We ended up clocking 14m13s in total, which was quite a bit behind our target of 12m30s. Still, everyone took great care to ensure flawless form.<\/p>\n

    Mr Ba got sick just before the day, but luckily he made it in time. Dude’s stamina is bananas. He ploughed straight through 50 burpees in one set!<\/p>\n

    The Outdoor Concert<\/strong><\/h3>\n

    By the late afternoon everyone had left. I stayed behind to catch the concert featuring some big names in the Vietnamese music scene.<\/p>\n

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    Some of the artists featured<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

    I was kind of excited as this is the first time I’ve ever been in a real concert. I was most curious about the crowd energy — this was mostly the late 1990’s and early 2000’s crowd, and I haven’t been around them much.<\/p>\n

    The concert was certainly fun. The singers were very energetic in their performances; the crowd danced and sang along. That’s it for me though.<\/p>\n