BEST No-Weights Strength Building Workout

http://www.nerdfitness.com/blog/2009/12/09/beginner-body-weight-workout-burn-fat-build-muscle/

I have seen results doing this: planks, crunches, squats, lunges, and 7 pound hand weights. You can use YouTUbe to make sure your form is correct. Also someone suggested that I google Convict Conditioning to use your body weight as resistance. Love to hear more ideas.

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You can also add lots of push ups and you can do tricep dips off a piece of stable furniture.

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Plyometrics are awesome -- use your own body weight, lots of agility, jumping squats, etc. -- i'm sure you can find a youtube video.

Calisthenics -- think elementary P.E. push-ups, pull-ups, jumping jacks, etc.

Planks

I have the 'you are your own gym' android app for when I can't do real weights. I like it plenty.

Theres also Absolute Abs for Iphone, I use it, I love it & it's free too

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Have you thought about resistance bands? I love mine! There are some videos for workouts, too.

Check out MARCROOPS YouTube channel. He has a lot of bodyweight exercises. Hill sprints and Burpees all day will get your heart rate up fast and burn some serious cals. They're also good full body workouts.

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This is one reason why i love P90X most of the workouts use your own body weight there are some that you can use weights with but you don't have to.

Order this dvd now: The Isometric Total Body Workout DVD - It's all you need to get a total body workout in about 15 minutes a day. Isometrics are terrific and they work as good or better than weights. They're also safer and can be done anywhere. You will find the DVD on Amazon. There are also a few good books on isometrics. I will add that the famous Charles Atlas used dynamic tension to get strong. That's a form of isometrics. You may have never heard of him. You look very young. Good luck.

You can do a lot to burn calories, increase functional strength, and overall fitness doing bodyweight exercises alone. Adding muscle MASS however is a completely different animal that requires hypertropher training, something that can only be done with weights. If you're looking to "get big" then you need weights. Otherwise bodyweight trainign will do just great.