can i do a calisthenics routine while having to do Physiotherapy exercises?#1864

never exercised before, just some warmup with knee pushups, sit ups before volleyball. i wanted to start the 6 day calisthenics routine (push up leg raises, pullups squats, bridges twists, repeat and sunday rest) but i also need to do 120 minute of Physiotherapy exercises for scoliosis and hyperkyphosis a week, 20 minutes daily with sunday rest. can i combine the calisthenics routine with them? or it will break the rest of muscles? the exercises for my back are 4 of 5 minutes, so i do a rep and rest some seconds, rep and rest until 5 minutes passes for exercise: 1: Sit with your back against a wall. self correct. Raise your arms, keeping them straight, and press your hands and head against the wall. Lift one foot and then the other, repeating the movement 8 times. 2: In a seated position with your back (below the shoulders) resting against the table and your elbows supported: extend the thoracic spine while inhaling, followed by four alternating arm extensions. 3: Stand with one leg in front of the other. Self-correct. Bend the knee and shift the shoulders forward. Perform a lunge while extending the torso with the help of the arms. Push the arms (kept straight) backward 8 times. 4: Lie face down with your arms at your sides. Lift your shoulders and arms off the ground for 8 seconds.

Hey. This is Chrys, one of the trainers at Hybrid.

Yeah, you can probably combine them. The physio work doesn’t automatically “cancel out” your recovery from the calisthenics, especially since it sounds like it’s mostly controlled corrective work.

That said, since you’ve basically never trained before, I wouldn’t feel like you HAVE to jump straight into 6 days of calisthenics on top of 6 days of physio. You could start with the physio exactly as prescribed and do the Hybrid routine at an easier level or even just 3 days a week for the first couple weeks. Then add more once you see how your body handles it.

I’d also keep the physio as the priority since it was prescribed specifically for your scoliosis and hyperkyphosis. If any Hybrid exercise causes back pain or makes the physio exercises harder, scale that movement down.

The main thing is just not trying to go from zero to superhero schedule in week one 😂