body weight exercises

magsmichelle

Hello.
I just have a question about body weight exercises. I do not have a gym, can't afford a gym and can't afford to buy heavy equipment. I own some free weights ( 10,20,25 and 50lb) I do cardio outside by walking and jogging (jog 15 minutes walk 15 and repeat until I have gone an hour) and I do body weight exercises I found online. 3 reps of 10 of a what I think is a dead lift with the 25lb weight, moving up to the 50lb weight this week and will probably have to reduce it from 10, to 5, 3 reps of 10 pushups, 3 reps of 20 squats, 3 reps of 20 lunges, 3 reps of 30 second plank, and 3 reps of 30 jumping jacks.

Has anyone seen success in toning their bodies with just doing body weight exercises alone? I use to feel soreness in my thighs, arms and butt but not anymore.
I really want to tone myself, I don't really need to lose that much weight and am afraid body weight alone may not get it done.

thank you.

queenliz99

Read this. I say yes to body weight exercises!!

community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/1428309/what-can-calisthenics-do-for-you-let-me-show-you/p1

MagnumBurrito

Yes, you can get great results with just BW. A good progressive program is convict conditioning. Like 7 dollars for kindle off amazon.

rick_po

You Are Your Own Gym is a good book, and has an app that goes with it that people seem to like. Body By You is another book, written by the same people, which is oriented more towards women, but the programs are very similar.

Pay close attention to the progressions with any bodyweight program. You change exercises a lot, which is nice for variety, but can be complicated at times.