Tag Archives | Bodyweight Exercises

What are you missing in your training?

What is the most important thing that most people miss in their training routine? The answer is easy – it’s triceps extensions! Just kidding! It might be partials, bodyweight workouts, kettlebell exercises or other exercises and it all depends on the specific individual. Some other common mistakes may be present, like only training your upper [...]

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The Problem with Crossfit

Crossfit is a strength and conditioning program which is very popular and for a large part I like what they are doing. A lot of bodyweight exercises, kettlebells and barbell workouts and generally well rounded program is something that I practice myself. Of course what I’m talking about here is a generalization. Not all Crossfits [...]

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Thousands of Reps in Bodyweight Exercises

Recently I received a question on doing thousands of reps in bodyweight exercises and this is definitely something I’ve been involved in. For example, I had a pleasure of doing one thousand reps in a single session of hindu squats as well as sets of 500 on many occasions in my past. The big question [...]

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If I Had Only One Tool

Using your bodyweight as the resistance in training is one of the most important tools. I like barbells. I love kettlebells. But if I had to pick one and only one tool it would be my own bodyweight. Why? You can build just about everything you need with it. Strength Endurance Coordination Flexibility Mobility Stability [...]

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Strength and Skill

The more strength and skill you have the better you’ll be in hand balancing and acrobatics. You may be saying ‘DUH’ but this works on multiple levels. Obviously you’ll require more strength in order to do high strength movements like the planche, iron cross and more. Among various moves some are more strength oriented like [...]

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Why you need to join us for the Super Human Workshop – Part 2

If you missed part 1 click here where kettlebell training was discussed. Today we’ll move onto bodyweight training. For some reason I’m known as a bodyweight guy. Maybe that’s because I do hand balancing and acrobatics. Maybe because of my crazy Ultimate Royal Court Challenge. The truth is I love bodyweight exercises. They can be [...]

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Strength Without Size

Got a great question in recently that I have been asked a number of times before regarding building strength without size. That is getting stronger but not any bigger. Dear Logan, I have been following your site for a couple of years now and am always impressed with what you achieve, but I have noticed [...]

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Advanced Bridging Exercises

While I believe everyone (except a select few with spinal problems) can and should get the benefits of bridging exercises I recognize that this move is certainly not for everyone. I’ve taken to bridging skills over the years supporting ever increasing weights while in a wrestlers bridge. This move is just a support, holding the [...]

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Convict Conditioning

Today I want to talk about two different sorts of Convict Conditioning and which one you might want to try. I know a guy who recently got out of prison after spending just a couple months inside. We got on the subject of working out while he was there and the stories he told me [...]

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Kettlebell and Bodyweight Exercise Workout

Today I’m going to give you a tough kettlebell and bodyweight exercise workout. I first came up with this workout after hearing reading about Bud Jeffries’ concept of Yardstick Conditioning in Twisted Conditioning 2 several years ago. I wanted a way to combine kettlebell exercises with bodyweight exercises in a single intense workout that would [...]

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