/r/bodyweightfitness Recommended Routine

Carneyje3

Hey everyone!

I'm planning on beginning the Recommended Routine from /r/bodyweightfitness on Tuesday (I'll be running M-W-F and doing BWRR on T-Th-S). I've included a link to the routine below but I wanted to see if anyone has had experience with the routine and can share about their experience with it. I'm also interested to hear from those who use body weight routines for their exercise.

https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommended_routine

mom23mangos

That looks like a pretty decent beginner routine to me. I'd go with their recommendation to add barbell weights for legs if you have the opportunity to. I do two days a week of compound barbell exercises mainly focused on legs, along with two days of body weight training for upper body.

Carneyje3

Yeah! I'm going to do a run through of the routine this week and see where I fall on some of the progressions/what kind of modifications need to be made.

Carneyje3

My plan is while I'm working on reaching my goal weight (CW:215 GW: 180) use this body weight program to build some relative strength, tone up, and try to maintain some muscle. I think once I hit the goal weight I'll switch to a weight program like P.H.U.L.

Carneyje3

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StargazerB

I did this routine for about a month while I took a break from the weights. I really enjoyed it. It does take about 80-90 minutes if you follow the recommendations for rest periods. I actually did the single leg shrimp squat progression and the Nordic curls and found them both challenging.

BigGuy47

We a have a dual purpose room in my home, it's serves as a gym space and the play room for my grand kids. I don't have room for a rack.


My routine is primarily BWF, most of it derived from the RR on r/bodyweightfitness. I added a dip belt for weighted pull ups and dips. I also have a set of kettlebells for posterior chain work. For legs I do unilateral work (Bulgarian split squats, single leg RDLs) with dumbells. It's not a substitute for regular squats, but I'm trying to get the most out of a limited set of dumbbells.

My routine works well for my goals.

ablondedlife

how was it op?

ricoboy11

The recommended routine is great for those starting out with calisthenics. Funnily enough, it was what I picked up when I wanted to become acquainted with some of the foundational movements. The only issue is that it can feel a little overwhelming to people not familiar with bodyweight fitness.

If anyone's still interested in the RR, here's a free web app that generates an RR routine based on your current progress.

I hope y'all are still practicing BWF!