I had been doing mostly bodyweight stuff recently but as of now I am giving up weights completely. from here on it is 100% bodyweight stuff
I hope it works out for the best for you, LOK. Myself, I find they are a very useful training tool, but I am definitely gravitating towards bodyweight exercises and such on a regular basis. The chins and handstand pushups have been really kicking it up a notch for me.
http://www.amazon.com/Isometric-Pow...bs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1203450724&sr=8-1 http://www.amazon.com/Pushing-Yours...tion/dp/1932458018/ref=tag_dpp_lp_edpp_ttl_in worth checking out, LOK. I don't have the will power for it, so Im back on weights, but you might enjoy and benefit from it.:clap:
they're quite interesting books, nothing advanced, but there's alot of stuff there I've never seen anywhere else and it's certainly a pretty unique approach to exercise if nothing else. I mix them up with weight training for supersets sometimes, and it's great to have kicking around in your head if your gonna be traveling etc. I reckon if you really got into them they could be very effective exercises. Unfortunately the guys become a bit of a cult figure....and he litters irritating religious references through the boks which I personally could have done without.
Meh, I find weights useful. I see how it would be much more difficult to maintain muscle mass as the body starts to slow down though. It's definitely a good idea to slim down.
I love lifting weights too.. I probably will do so at times.. but the bodyweight stuff is fun huh? it is also.. natural, I mean to master your body in any way I think is good
It's also much easier on the joints. Mainly though, doing the chins the way I am able to do them now is amazing. I can do 20 without thinking about it. I could never have done 20 before. Chins are a fun thing. I also think it might be easier to do the chins and handstand pushups while I'm dropping bodyfat and concentrating on my running. :dunno:
plyometrics and yoga great, bodyweight exercises, with minimal use of equipment, boxes for jumps, bands, and medicine ball perhaps
lok and others: gimme a simple, minimalist workout. i travel a lot, so want no equipment. something i can do in my apartment in the morning, wherever i am. dont want to put on muscle, just want to get a bit fitter, lose a bit of weight. since im getting older and a little soggy around the middle... something simple, like 10 mins of press-ups and another exercise in the morning. i was watching the movie 'marathon man' and roy scheider gets up in the morning and does press-ups. that kinda stuff... my diet's ok. i do some cardio 1-2 times a week (football).
eat somewhat decent, do cardio like you are and do a certain amount of pushups (pressups) and situps daily.. and some bodyweight squats.. that's it! do it every morning
how many pushups and how many squats? like 3 sets of 10 or something? i dont do situps cos of a back problem i used to lift weights when i was 17 but cant remember the quantities...
start with 3 sets of ten if you want. But then the next day do 3 sets of 11, then the next day 3 sets of 12, and so on. Progression is the key. You'll eventually burn out doing that though, so every 6 days reset by 2 days and every 6 weeks reset by 2 weeks then start adding again. 3 steps forward, 1 step back. The only thing with so many push ups & nothing else is that you'll eventually get a muscle imbalance and possibly have some postural problems. That happened to me when I was a kid and did nothing but push ups for months on end. Not a good look. The only real bodyweight exercises you can do without a chin up bar are isometric. 1 is a lying superman, which is great for posture (google it), and another is a standing version of that which targets the upper back better. Look up and clasp your two hands together hard and pull them back whilst contracting your upper back HARD. Doing 3 sets of 5 reps of them along with your push ups will keep your back strong, which is important. As LOK said, definitely do some bodyweight squats as well. Don't skip them, they'll help you at least as much as push ups. Mix up those 3/4 exercises along with a bit of cardio and you'll definitely tone up.
I love bodyweight excercises. and like LOK and buddy I'm addicted to chins. I've read somehwere they are like the best upper body excericise out there. I feel amazing after doing a day of chins I've recently started doing a variation of chins that a friend told me a bout. HOlding both your legs 90 degrees forward while doing chins. Great for your abs. I'm really getting into the abs too. I love doing situps. I alternate on days though. Sometimes I rest a day or two because my body is hurting, to allow it to rest.
im like five foot SEVEN. not sure of the weight. i should weigh like ricky hatton on fight night, but right now i prob weigh like ricky hatton between fights. :blobbox:
sup Breeze? I agree.. I do probably 50% of my chins with my feet out in front of me, stay at 90drgrees and you work your core good:bears:
sup Lok Yeah thsoe chins are hard, but I like it! Im gonna continue doing these in my workout:hammert:
ok guys. i'm 5 foot 11" and weigh 14 stone. i came back from travelling about 9 months ago. when i returned i was 11 and a half stone and in really good shape. right up until i went travelling and during i was boxing. since i came home i've been too busy and have done little exercise and ate way too much, hence my 2 and a half stone increase. my belly has gotten quite big and none of my shirts fit me round that area anymore, its quite depressing. i decided it was time to get back in shape. i don't have time to box anymore at present, in fact not too much time to do anything. what i have started doing over the last week is running, started 4 mile runs every night, but i need to do more explosive stuff like the boxing, and exercises to get lean and stay that way. what do you recommend i do? press-ups, sit ups? just those with running will be ok? how many. i can do them in the morning and how many for quickish results without killing myself? i can't do chin ups as i don't have a bar or a place for one. please help?
Hey thats a good idea with the weighted vest, I'm gonna look around for that i want to mix up my chin routine.....
