Calisthenics workouts have grown tremendously over the last few years. It’s no longer the underground discipline it used to be not too long ago.

As calisthenics rose in popularity, a host of names have risen to stardom in the field of calisthenics and bodyweight Training.

This is a list of 69 of these stars, or calisthenics masters.

I tried to include people with different styles and from different countries. These are people that inspire me personally, and I’m sure they will inspire you too.

If your favorite calisthenics athlete is missing from this list, please let me know in the comment section. I’m thankful to everyone who left suggestions on the earlier version of this list. This update would not have been possible without your feedback.

FRANK MEDRANO

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 body’s potential and develop a better physique through free weights and calisthenics.

BARSTARZZ

Barstrzz is a workout team founded by Edward Checo, with the aim of inspiring popele to live a healthier life style. Barstarzz are constantly reaching for more creative ways to ise calisthenics, resulting in a constant stream fof highly entertaining calisthenics videos. So keep an eye on these guys.

SAM TRIBBLE

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 doesn’t 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.

BRANDON CARTER

Brandon is a best selling author, speed reader, musician, and fitness Expert. He got it all.

BRENDAN MEYERS

Brendan Meyers is a competitive calisthenics athlete with a background in football. Brendan didn’t only play football, he also trained a number of top NFL players. So when it comes to getting people to optimal fitness condition, this guy knows what he’s doing. Brendan has some nice fitness tutorials on his youtube channel, so if you want to get started with fitness, following one of his videos might be a great way to get the ball rolling.

LAZAR NOVOVIC

Lazar is the founder Bar Brothers. Bar Brothers is an international calisthenics workout team that performs creative body weight exercises. You can join Bar Brother by completing their test under 5 minutes, which consists of 7 Muscle Ups, 25 Dips, 10 Wide Grip Pull Ups, 25 Push Ups, 10 Leg Lifts, and 7 Muscle Ups.

PAVEL RUDOMETKIN

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

CALISTHENIC MOVEMENT

Calisthenic Movement is a calisthenics team from Germany. The team has for goal to inspire people to take charge, get fit, and choose a healthy lifestyle.

KRIS KARLSSON

Kris Karlsson. is the man behind Calisthenics & Weight Training. With 15 years of fitness experience under his belt, Karl sets out to spread love and dedication for exercise.

DANIEL VADNAL

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.

Click here to read my interview with Daniel

TAPP BROTHERS

Tapp Brothers are fitness crazed twims. They do parkour, freerunning, stunts, and some other crazy stuff. Their goal is to improve themselves as athletes and spread the knowledge along the way!

Click here to read my interview with Thomas Tapp

TEE MAJOR

Tee Major is a personal trainer and strength coach with an extensive background in the military. 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 goals–in line with the Japanese “Kaizen” philosophy.

DOMINIK SKY

Dominik is a self taught athletics polymaths, with a special interest in parkour and calisthenics.

JEROME FITNESS

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.

ADAM RAW

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

DICAS DO SALGUEIRO

AKA Bruno Salgueiro, a professional stuntman and superstar personal trainer.

HIT RICHARDS

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.

GREG O’GALLAGHER

Founder of kinobody.com. Greg wants to teach people how to build a lean and muscular physique. Check out his tutorials and see if he can give you that kind of body.

IDO PORTAL

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.

RYAN HURST

Ryan Hurst is the founder of GMB Fitness. GMB Fitness provides complete body movement program that incorporates bodyweight training and gymnastic rings exercises to develop one’s fundamentals–strength, agility, balance, and control.

Click here to read my interview with Ryan

TEAM DNA FITNESS

Team DNA fitness is an American collective, seeking to teach and motivate through a mix of calisthenics, weightliftingnd a crossfit.

CARL PAOLI

Carl Paoli is a gymnast and strength and conditioning coach, and founder of Naka Athletics. Naka Athletics 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.

AL KAVADLO

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 Calisthenics and will soon release his latest book Pushing The Limits! Total Body Strength With No Equipment.

Click here to read my interview with Al

YERAI ALONSO

Yerai Alonso is the founder of Yerai Street Workout. TYW produces a wealth of calsthenics-focused high quality content in Spanish.

ANTRANIK

Antranik is known for his detailed and easy to understand fitness tutorials. His mission is to accelerate change for the better.

Click here to read my interview with Antranik

ANTWONE KOBAR COWARD

Founder of The Prophecy Workout. He has been involved with the street workout scene for over 10 years. Antwone is a true veteran and he wants to share his experience with the world.