If you're looking for a fitness challenge for the new year, Zuzana has a 1000 rep workout for you. Of course, that's the goal, not where you start necessarily. For a workout breakdown, click here.
Showing posts with label calisthenics. Show all posts
Showing posts with label calisthenics. Show all posts
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
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Iron Girl Demonstrates Triangle Pull-Ups
If you're looking for a pull-up variation for your workout, Iron Girl demonstrates triangle pull-ups. She also shows how a slim, pretty girl can still have nice arms.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Bodyweight Exercise Workout for Muscle Mass
This video demonstrates a bodyweight exercise workout for muscle mass as well as fat loss for beginners .
Friday, June 24, 2011
Top 5 Push-ups You Can Do Almost Anywhere
Here are five different types of push ups you can do in the gym or at home.
Monday, November 8, 2010
6 Ways to Make Push-ups Harder
Push-ups are a great exercise, but beyond a certain point (20-30), you shouldn't try to make progress by doing more of them. Instead, make them harder. Parth of At Home Intense Workouts suggests six ways to make push-ups harder.
... Here are a couple of other ideas to make your pushups harder:
Stability Ball Pushups
Get into pushup position with your feet on a stability ball. Perform the pushup. This is a tough variation, especially if you have poor abdominal strength. To make the movement easier, place your shins on the ball. Read more
Monday, October 18, 2010
12 Pull-up Variations
The pull-up is the king of upper body exercises. (See my post Double Your Pull-ups in Six Weeks or Less.) Different types of pull-ups develop your upper body in different ways. This video gives you twelve variations to try.
Friday, August 27, 2010
"Thug Workout" at the Local Park
This is a simple version of the popular "Thug Workout" that can be done at the local park. All it takes is ten minutes!
Friday, June 11, 2010
Increase Your Pull-ups with Density Training
Jim Stoppani, PhD, Senior Science Editor for Muscle & Fitness Magazine and author of Encyclopedia of Muscle & Strength, teaches you how to increase your strength on pull-ups. Of course, this method could be used to increase your strength in any exercise. This would be great for anyone preparing for a fitness test.
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
How to Use Push-ups to Build Muscle Mass
Former NFL great Herschel Walker was a mountain of solid muscle, yet he never lifted weights. Instead, he did push-ups. This push-up program, which is similar to what Walker did, allowed the writer to gain 15 pounds of muscle mass in three months. If that doesn't pique your interest, you have no idea how hard it is to put on that much muscle in that short a time.
Having spent many years doing many different workouts involving weights, cardiovascular machines, and calisthenics, I determined that the best way to build mass and boost metabolism is by doing pushups. Lots of pushups! After less than three months training, I was able to complete a one-thousand pushup routine in exactly 80 minutes. I gained 15 lbs of solid muscle mass, lost a considerable amount of body fat and consistently ate 5000-6000 calories daily. Read more
Friday, January 22, 2010
Planche Push-ups Training
This video outlines a program to build the strength to do full planche push-ups, which he says took him five months of consistent training to achieve.
Monday, October 5, 2009
Bar-Barians: Ninja Masters of the Pull Up Bar!
Rusty Moore at Fitness Black Book profiles the Bar-Barians, who prove that bodyweight exercise can build muscle. Be sure to check out the requirements to become a Bar-Baron. Can you meet them?
This post is to prove to people they can reach an ultra-high degree of conditioning with something as simple as the pull up bar. I've been writing a lot about body weight training and I've personally been trying to get better at pull ups and chin ups. You guys may or may not have heard of the Bar-Barians, but these guys are flat out impressive. They don't train with weights, but I would go as far to say that they are most likely in better shape and more ripped than just about anyone in your gym. If you have never been exposed to the Bar-Barians, prepare to be "Wow'ed"!
[The Bar-Barians were founded in 2004 and are based out of Brooklyn, New York. These guys are some of the most impressive athletes I have ever seen. Brooklyn has a reputation for being a tough area, but I'm guessing people don't mess with this group.] Read more
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Man Makers
Man makers are an extreme burpee with dumbbells. Try a few of these with 15 pound weights to work on form. Start out doing 10 if you can. Do these first for time, and then increase the weight and try to keep doing them for time. Once you can do 35 pound workouts in a good time, increase the number of reps in your set.
Saturday, March 21, 2009
100 Burpees in 4:49
If you've been doing the workouts from my posts The Prison Workout: A Total Body Exercise Routine or The Ultimate Burpee Ladder Workout and need a new challenge, try this: 100 burpees in under five minutes.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The Real Hood Workout
If the prison workout and its variations has become too easy, try the "Real Hood Workout." This is one of the best workout videos I've ever seen. All you need is a pull-up bar and some dip bars for the workout of your life.
Saturday, February 28, 2009
5 Ways to Get Fit for Free
Are you getting the most out of your gym membership? Sam Murphy says there's a better way to exercise, and it doesn't cost a penny.
Last summer, I ditched my gym membership for the first time in 20 years. It dawned on me that, having visited the premises precisely twice that year, each of my workouts (in a no-frills council leisure centre, mind) had cost me £120.
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I have to admit, there are still times when I hanker after a warm, dry gym, but the joy of exercising wherever and whenever I like, without expense or time limits, more than makes up for it. And I don't have to put up with out-of-order machines, crap music and other people's sweat.
Five ways to get fit for free Read more
Tuesday, November 25, 2008
17 Push-Up Variations
Body Weight Exercise Online has posted video demonstrations of 17 push-up variations. As of now, your "reasons" for not doing push-ups - they're boring, not challenging enough, etc. - are now transformed into excused.
One of the greatest bodyweight exercises is the push-up. This is just the beginning of the quality content that I will be providing on this website. I hope this is of help to you. I want to thank my son for being my guinea pig and allowing me to take pictures of him.
Below you will find video for a number of different types of push-ups. If you use your imagination you could probably come up with a few other variations. Please make sure that you do your push-ups with good form. Good form would include a straight back and your head up and looking forward. Do not rush them. Perform them generally with a 1-0-1 count. That would mean taking 1 second to lower, no pause at the bottom and 1 second to raise back to the starting position. If you want a little more of a challenge them perform them with a 2-0-1 count. Read more
Sunday, June 29, 2008
The Interval Challenge
The benefits of interval training include anaerobic endurance, fat loss, work capacity, and muscular endurance. Traditional interval training consists of intense running followed by a period of active rest, but Ross Enamait's Interval Challenges integrate interval running with a variety of bodyweight calisthenics instead.
Traditional interval training consists of intense running followed by a period of active rest (ex. jogging or walking). Common distances include 200, 400, 600 and 800 meters. The active rest period typically ranges from 30 to 90 seconds depending on interval distance and the athlete’s condition.
The Interval Challenge (below) differs from the traditional interval training protocol. The workout integrates interval running with a variety of bodyweight calisthenics. There are no defined rest periods between intervals. The athlete attempts to complete the circuit as fast as possible. Rest comes on an as needed basis.
When performing The Interval Challenge, the athlete must complete four continuous circuits. This brief conditioning routine is extremely demanding (physically and mentally). Read more