Myth: Bodyweight Exercises are Endurance Way back when I was in my commercial gym and bodybuilding days (because that was the only thing I knew about how to train…and got next to zero results with) I heard people talk about bodyweight training with scorn. “Pushups and squats are only good …
High Volume Bodyweight Training?
Hamid asks: I want to know what are your thoughts on High Volume, High Frequency Basic Bodyweight training like Push-ups, Squats and Situps. Can these really make trainee strong just like Great Gama, Herschel Walker and Mike Tyson? Prisoners also do mostly Basic Bodyweight training and they get very impressive …
Extended HSPU or Freestanding?
Yesterday, I shared Emil’s story of the long time it took him to achieve handstand pushups (HSPU). I echoed that my journey to my first ever HSPU took about the same amount of time. Emil also asked this question: “Do you think I should try to build to extended ROM …
Consistency for 6 Months
I wanted to share this from Emil as it describes the persistence, commitment to progress, and consistency to achieve real strength. I meant to reply to your fantastic email covering our communication on that Murder workout I once did I believe it would be about 1.5 years sincd then if …
Ultimate Guide to Bodyweight Squats and Pistols Sneak Peek
The following are just a small sampling of videos inside of The Ultimate Guide to Bodyweight Squats and Pistols 2.0. This is meant to give you a sneak peak of what you get inside. Module Zero aims to deliver some of the necessary ideas about bodyweight training in general. This …
Training Partners?
To have a training partner or not having a training partner, that is the question… Jesse asks, “Do you think having a training partner helps? I’m seeking a training partner for outdoors bodyweight exercises but it is hard to find people who are up to speed. Do you have any …
Full Range Handstand Pushup Progressions
Small changes in body position can make huge differences in doing handstand pushups. The following tip changes the difficulty by about 20%! That makes a difference of doing it and not doing it for many people, or a good number of reps for others. The idea is that by bending …
Parallel or Full Squats?
Should you be squatting to a parallel depth, that is your thighs parallel to the floor? Or should you squat all the way to rock bottom depth? Like many things, the answer is…it depends. Let’s start with what is healthier? Simple answer. A rock bottom squat means that you have …
Full Range Handstand Pushups with Straight Legs
Most of the handstand pushups at full range I’ve done have involved bent legs. This use to be because of height limitations. Now I have the overhead space needed for this tougher version. And that’s just it. This is a tougher version than the same exercise done with bent legs. …
A Basic Bodyweight Workout Plan
Shane asks about a basic bodyweight workout plan: “What is a good place to start a body weight workout? I cannot do strict military pull ups, but have always wanted to. I’ve tried negatives etc with no success.” You start with where you are at. The main thing to do …
Best Bodyweight Exercises For Maximizing Testosterone And Growth Hormone Response
When was the last time you performed a full bodyweight workout? Chances are, not recently. We don’t blame you; after all it is not commercially “sexy”. Yes, even though bodyweight workouts remain an effective way to jack testosterone and growth hormone levels through the roof, they are undeservedly frowned upon …
Unconventional Exercises For an Indestructible Body
A new article on using unconventional exercises to build unbreakable body has been put on Dragon Door blog. Building an Indestructible Body with “Outside the Box” Exercises Push-ups. You move in one plane of motion, up and down. Squats. The same thing. Pull-ups too. Everyone here will agree that bodyweight …
How to Combine Bodyweight and Kettlebell Training
How to combine bodyweight exercises and kettlebell training? I published a big article on combining weights and bodyweight training recently, that’s been well received, but this time I’d like to focus on combining a specific form of weight lifting, kettlebells, along with bodyweight training. As I mentioned in the article …
Bodyweight Exercises for Shoulders
If your workout consists of mostly bodyweight exercises and your shoulders are lagging behind, or you’re just looking to increase more size to them, then this article might be of use to you. The shoulders lag behind for a lot of people, but fortunately changing hand positioning and load will …
Hard Bodyweight Exercises
Anyone who has been training long enough has felt it, that familiar stagnation that happens when your routine starts to get a tad bit too easy. If you’re mostly doing bodyweight movements, you might feel this a lot sooner than your freeweight compadres. Maybe you’re just looking for an extra …