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 …
How to Build Muscular Triceps with Bodyweight Exercise
Last week, I put out an article of some pushup variations that could help build a muscular chest. If you missed it, you can find it here. Today, we switch gears and focus on the arms, specifically the triceps. First, let me state, that all pushups use both the pecs …
How to Build a Muscular Chest with Bodyweight Exercise
While the bench press is king when it comes to developing a strong muscular chest, it may not be the only thing you want to use for a variety of reasons. You’re on the road and can’t get to a gym. Most hotel gyms suck and don’t offer much to …
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 …
PCC Century Test
Next weekend I’m going to be one of the assistant instructors at the Progressive Calisthenics Certification in Mountain View, CA. I look forward to teaching others tips and progressions of bodyweight exercises. (Plus I always pick up a few insights myself at these events.) Anyway, I want to share a “workout” …
100 Pushup Variations Chart
Not only does it give you 100 pushup variations (I haven’t done all of them before) but you can click on any one to go to a video on how to do it. Pretty cool! Its even divided into beginner, intermediate and advanced groups for ease of use. Dan from …
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 …
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 …
Bodyweight Exercises for Size
Can bodyweight exercises really put on quality size? The answer is yes and no. Yes, you can do bodyweight exercises for size but there are still other things that are more important to consider. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8xxaN_hxtg] I have referenced this video before, but I’m referring to it again because it makes …
Pushup Variations
The moment that pushups become second nature to you and your body is the moment that you need to incorporate new pushup variations. Let’s take a stroll along the path of reasoning and explore how variation allows for the process of progression to break through its barriers. When The Going Becomes Easy… Variation …
Podcast: Al Kavadlo on Bodyweight Training
The latest podcast had me very excited. I got to interview Al Kavadlo, who if you’re not familiar with, is quite the bodyweight trainer. We discuss his training in some detail and find out how its actually quite similar to mine. Great minds think alike 🙂 [display_podcast] The number one …
Podcast: Stronger Pressing
This podcast features my good friend and fellow trainer Tyler Bramlett. On this call we talk about all different forms of pressing. [display_podcast] The Getup and Press, a phenomenal exercise for shoulder strength and health Is the bench press non-functional? Why hand balancing is the ultimate form of bodyweight pressing …
Correct Way to do a Pushup
Here is a video about the correct way to do a pushup. Overall it’s pretty good, but I would a couple things. This is why you can’t just rely on Youtube University. You can tell from her shoulders that she can definitely crank out a few pushups herself. I wouldn’t …
Conditioning Concepts
How do you know if your conditioning is getting better? Yes its easy when you do the same workout over and over again. If you are running then you know you’ve made progress when your times go down. If you are doing a set of kettlebell snatches or bodyweight squats …
Wrist Strengthening Exercises
An important part of handstands is having hand strength and flexibility so here are some wrist strengthening exercises. I’ve always had some wrist troubles when it came to handstands due to an old injury. And recently my right wrist has been acting up making even a regular handstand hard to …
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