Hi, I'm Andrew, co-founder of Cali To The Crowd. Here's our story.

I built Cali To The Crowd as a place for those who (like me) stumbled across Calisthenics - aka bodyweight training -  and fell in love with this method of training.

I truly believe that Calisthenics (bodyweight training) can help EVERYBODY lead healthier, happier lives, and everything from the programmes on this site to the content I create is about encouraging people to take that first step.

But that first step can be scary…

I started calisthenics training in 2020 (what a year that was eh?), after realising that I couldn’t touch my toes. Needless to say that initially, I was completely humbled. So I went to the fount of all knowledge - YouTube - and was surprised to find that there weren't many people making videos who were at my level, i.e. worse than level 0.

I couldn’t do the tutorials titled ‘for beginners’, I felt self-conscious doing weird bodyweight exercises in the gym, and I was low on confidence.

So I did the thing that made the least sense in that scenario and started documenting my progress via YouTube. Firstly (and selfishly) because I now would have a public audience if I gave up. And secondly, I hoped that if I ever did learn more about bodyweight training, people could see what happens with a bit of consistency and faith.

Thankfully, I’m not just a one man band - my then girlfriend (now wife) Anna, is co-founder of Cali to the Crowd and does a lot behind the scenes and behind the camera, she also does all things branding & website design.

Fast forward 3 years, I’ve now progressed significantly as a Calisthenics athlete - learning skills that I could have only dreamed of before.  Together, we wanted to create a space for people of all levels - whether you’re just starting out or need to build on the essential movements to help progress further in your Calisthenics journey. 

In a sedentary world, we could all do with moving more, and I want to make getting started as easy (and fun) as possible.

If you want to keep up to date with our journey, sign-up to the newsletter below & follow along on socials. Thanks for stopping by, and welcome to the Cali Crowd.

Andrew & Anna  🧡