As you can tell from the workouts I create… I’m a big fan at workout out at home. As a matter of fact, I prefer your fitness journey starts in the home, rather than joining a gym. It really is not a disadvantage to workout at home. Some people think they need a lot of [...]
Cardiorespiratory Endurance is the level of ability your body has to gather, process, deliver and sustain oxygen to produce energy needed for the successful completion of activity. Your respiratory system gathers and starts to process oxygen, your cardiovascular system continues to process and distributes oxygen and cardiorespiratory endurance is your respiratory and cardiovascular systems ability [...]
Adding bodyweight calisthenics exercises at different intervals to your cardio will up the intensity of the cardio session… and burn more calories! I know, I know… you were told the best way to burn calories was in the “Fat Burning Zone”, 65-85% of your Max Heart Rate. In real world terms, this mean long, slow, [...]
Bodyweight calisthenics use only the weight of your own body as resistance to develop the ability to squat, reach, twist, lunge, jump, land, push and get up and down… allowing you to meet the challenges of sport, work and life with excellence. Your body was meant to move itself around efficiently under a wide variety [...]
Most people perform an abdominal workout made up exclusively of bodyweight exercises. Sit ups, crunches, leg raises and about a million variations of these bodyweight ab exercises have been used by people all over the world to strengthen the core. Undoubtably, this would lead one to conclude they believe bodyweight abdominal exercises have value and [...]
Ah, the mythical and magical 100 push ups. Many people have trouble doing even one proper push up, so just imagine the glory of being able to do 100 push ups… straight and without breaks. It seems that as soon as people become proficient at doing push ups… being able to do 100 push ups [...]
Squat Thrusts are another bodyweight calisthenics exercise that uses a lot of different muscles and blurs the line between strength training and endurance training. I like to do squat thrusts for time instead of reps. Reps and sets are great if you are doing a bodybuilding workout… but for squat thrusts I find racing the [...]
The classic push up is one of the most well known bodyweight exercises. Most exercisers think the push up is only an upper body builder. But the fact is, the push up is a full body exercise. You must keep your core and lower body tight in order to complete the push up. And you [...]
Mountain jumpers (Adam calles them Ones and Twos in the video) are very similar to Mountain Climbers except you use both legs at the same time instead of in an alternating fashion. This is a great example of how an effective bodyweight exercise does not have to be complex. While you might think Mountian Jumpers [...]
One Leg Squats are very challenging and test not only your leg strength… but your balance and coordination as well. I challenge anyonw who thinks bodyweight exercises are “too easy” to give these a try. Plus, you will immediately identify lower body imbalances that you might not normally know exist when doing squats with both [...]
In my opinion, there is no better choice than bodyweight calisthenics for an effective at home workout. You don’t need any expensive equipment, you need only a limited amount of space and you can fit in a quick but highly effective workout around your busy schedule. But keep in mind… learning a bunch of bodyweight [...]
