My previous personal record was 23 reps. Recently I hit a new record of 25 reps at the end of December. Sorry for the crappy video, but this is my current setup as far as training this exercise since my gym is gone. I’ve been training in a “Grease the …
100 Squat Thrusts with Pushups
Something I came up with a while ago was the 100 Burpee Challenge, that is to do one hundred reps in a single unbroken set. In doing this I used variations of the burpee, including the squat thrust, both with and without pushups. In the following video, I hit 100 …
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 …
Ab Wheel Alternatives
A lot of people are searching for Ab wheel alternatives in this video I’ll address a couple of them. I have the power wheel from LifeLine USA which cost around fifty bucks and even though I bought it around eight years ago it still works perfectly fine. A regular ab wheel …
52 Ways to Get Up Off the Floor
A new article of mine is published at Breaking Muscle. The Stand-Up Challenge: 52 Ways to Get Up Off the Floor
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 …
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 …
Advanced Bodyweight Workout Contest
My friend, Mike Fitch from Global Bodyweight Training, is holding a contest for the best bodyweight only workout that covers a dynamic warmup, strength, endurance, trunk and explosive power. You can find the full details, including the prize you can win, at that link. I threw this video together quickly …