Favorite body weight exercises

Burpees! Jumping jacks, deadlifts, squat presses.

I use pool aerobics and weight's classes at LA fitness with an organic low sugar diet. Lost 60 lbs since last July.

i absolutely loved turkish getups. while i was doing them regularly, that is. it's one of those things that look so simple when you see them described, and then you try them and find out how wrong you are.

but mostly what i love them for is nose-to-tail joint alignment. they MAY be something you want to get someone to coach you through, because there's a lot of points in the movement where being out of whack can't be good for you. but if you have access to that or you want to go ahead, i can't recommend them highly enough.

i think eric cressy had a good resource on how to do them.

canadianlbs wrote: »

i absolutely loved turkish getups. while i was doing them regularly, that is. it's one of those things that look so simple when you see them described, and then you try them and find out how wrong you are.

but mostly what i love them for is nose-to-tail joint alignment. they MAY be something you want to get someone to coach you through, because there's a lot of points in the movement where being out of whack can't be good for you. but if you have access to that or you want to go ahead, i can't recommend them highly enough.

i think eric cressy had a good resource on how to do them.

Totally agree on both parts.

I love getups... and there's plenty of places to go wrong....

Also... BW exercises. Single leg squats/deads... AKA pistol and hanging lunges

Inverted wall pushups/stands(obviously a favorite)

Planks. Standard(elbows) High(pushup top position)--If you can do for 5 minutes you're a beast Low(pushup bottom position--arms at 90 degree bend)--If you can hold for more than 30 seconds without compromising the plank you're pretty much a beast.

Jump squats, jump lunges, tricep dips, bicycle crunches, burpee pushups (do a push up in the middle of the burpee when you jump your legs out) although I haven't done these without a warmup/cool down and stretch afterwards. x

Bodyweight squats into leg abductions (squat, raise one leg to the side, squat, raise other leg to the side)
Bodyweight squats into toe touch
Bodyweight squats into kickbacks (squat, kickback, squat, kickback other leg)
Glute bridges (like a hip thrust but the upper back isn't elevated)
Bird dogs (you may need to google)
Lying leg raises
Single leg planks
Single leg toe touches
Knee push ups
Shoulder circles (small circles, you may need to google)
Superman back extension (may need to google)
Donkey kicks

Dr__Girlfriend wrote: »

Burpees are way too hard on my joints, but walkouts are a nice alternative. Just make sure you don't swivel your hips throughout the movement.

Bodyweight squats are a classic.

So you can squat and do walk outs, but burpees are too hard?

rybo wrote: »

Dr__Girlfriend wrote: »

Burpees are way too hard on my joints, but walkouts are a nice alternative. Just make sure you don't swivel your hips throughout the movement.

Bodyweight squats are a classic.

So you can squat and do walk outs, but burpees are too hard?

Might be the jumping in the burpees. My workout partner has bad knees and has to modify her burpee to not do the jump back and jump up at the end.