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Bodyweight Exercise Tips/Suggestions

alechua
alechua Posts: 224 Member
edited February 11 in Introduce Yourself
I've read Mark Laurens You are your own gym, however, I find bodyweight workouts extremely difficult. Like the tricep push up, I can't seem to lift my own bodyweight, I can do regular push up, but not tricep push up, not even a single tricep push up. I'm 5'3 118lbs and starting to weight train. I only have two 4 lbs dumbbells and a 5lb resistance band, I can't invest too much on equipment. Any tips on starting to do bodyweight training? Thanks You! :)

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  • TanTan1985
    TanTan1985 Posts: 11
    Hi,

    I went to my first Power Pump class yesterday and all we used were 2x dumbells and a bar, but trust me we worked hard with only those.

    Watch a couple of Body Conditioning or Power Pump videos - they may point you in the right direction. :smile:
  • Boogage
    Boogage Posts: 739 Member
    I think you just have to keep trying. The more you keep pushing yourself, the stronger you'll get. There are so many different types of exercises that I'm sure you can find enough that you can do full sets of to fill your workout time and just keep practicing the harder ones
  • melaniecheeks
    melaniecheeks Posts: 6,349 Member
    Keep at it!
  • Snooozie
    Snooozie Posts: 3,473 Member
    Loads of great resources on this thread from fellow MFP's::flowerforyou:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1036373-lifting-without-a-gym
  • alechua
    alechua Posts: 224 Member
    No familiar with power pump, is it available on youtube?

    After failing my first attempt in doing tricep push-up I always get discouraged and tends to not continue trying, I guess I need to practice and continue to work on it.
  • alechua
    alechua Posts: 224 Member
    Loads of great resources on this thread from fellow MFP's::flowerforyou:
    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1036373-lifting-without-a-gym

    Thanks for the link! :smile:
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