I can guarantee that the ripped olympic gymnasts you see don't
do bodyweight stuff exclusively.
Not exact matches
I'm into
bodyweight stuff too, so push ups and pull - ups, I also love to
do some good old fashioned Olympic Lifting for strength with a bar or kettlebells.
I'm always impressed that some of the
bodyweight stuff, I'll
do my hand stances about it.
But this
does leave the lower back lagging behind a bit in the stimulation department if all you were
doing was
bodyweight stuff.
First off, could you please tell us about yourself, including your athletic back ground and how it is you ended up d some of the amazing
bodyweight stuff that you
do?
doing stuff like 5 × 5 is only necessary if you're training for powerlifting competition or you're in some other sport that requires a high power - to -
bodyweight ratio; it really doesn't serve any useful purpose as part of a general health regimen.
She had
done contests in the past, but her other trainers just gave her
bodyweight stuff and they never had her go heavy.
I know that weights are the best but I always had a thought that calisthenics is good enough because of gymnasts.Their physiques are nice as heck although they only
do bodyweight related
stuff.
You can still
do bodyweight training, barbells and other
stuff you like and add KBs where you think they fit in.
it consists of 3 days a week weight training and 4 times a week
doing bodyweight exercises and cardio... my off days are on saturday (even then I'm usually working as a waitress or
doing some fun outdoorsy
stuff) I am 5» 2 ″ and 110 pounds.