Can a body weight exercise routine replace lifting?

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  • Kristy_Elizabeth
    Kristy_Elizabeth Posts: 435
    I came across this body weight workout and book marked it a day or two ago. You've gotten some good suggestions. I body rock some and do some of the Insanity workouts I've found on the web. Just ordered the program and I'm waiting on it. This looks like a crazy intense workout that should build muscle though:

    http://www.thepostgame.com/blog/training-day/201204/bodyweight-workout
  • walkner88
    walkner88 Posts: 165
    Feel free to add me as a friend I'll try to write down the routine I do that day because I do a lot of bodyweight workouts
  • TheMiddlePath
    TheMiddlePath Posts: 230 Member
    You do look great!

    bump for later!
  • reyopo
    reyopo Posts: 210 Member
    Not me! But my favorite yoga teacher and her amazing physique:

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    My first photo add too, hope it works!
  • jeremy_c
    jeremy_c Posts: 21
    I'd highly recommend you pickup the book "You Are Your Own Gym" by Mark Lauren. Also consider joining Fitocracy, turns exercise into a fun game, 32,000+ members in the You Are Your Own Gym group there. You can do anything you want with body weight exercises in your own home. In fact, you can get in better shape quicker this way as body weight exercises typically activate more muscles for each exercise and are not so directed as weight lifting. Many people think that you can't vary the weight with body weight exercises. This is simply not true. Take the basic push up. People know of two common methods, on your toes or on your knees. Both of those too hard? Try an elevated push up, for example put your hands on the side of your table and legs out a bit and start doing push ups. Is that too much still? Lean into a wall while standing and push off of it. Now, the other side... You can do push ups all day long on your hands and toes? Bring your hands in close, then try it. Can do that? Put your toes on the couch and then do push ups. Can do that? Start with one armed push ups. Can do that? Put your legs up in the air against the wall and do push ups. Can do that? Well, now it is time to use a different "push" exercise.

    The YAYOG book breaks exercises into 4 parts... Push, Pull, Core and Legs. Through that you exercise your entire body.

    http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Your-Own-Gym/dp/0971407614

    Jeremy
  • eig6
    eig6 Posts: 249 Member
    Thank you, Ill look into that.
  • eig6
    eig6 Posts: 249 Member
    Thanks for the advice and complements everyone!
  • dangerxbadger
    dangerxbadger Posts: 396 Member
    Yes they certainly can. I don't do much lifting due to my being in love with rock climbing and the negative impacts being larger would have on that. A good routine will require you to do circuits and they aren't easy. Here is one my old boxing coach taught me as a kid.

    5 minute warm up with jump rope
    20 pushups (if too easy elevate your feet on a chair. This changes it to moving 85% body weight instead of 45%)
    30 sit ups with arms straight out behind your head (keep them straight and don't swing them this makes it just abs)
    15 jump squats
    14 lunges
    30 seconds of planks on each side

    This is one
    Do 3 minutes of full effort jump rope in between and do the cycle three times. On days you want to build triceps he would throw in a dip with hands on a chair or bench behind you and feet on another chair, or pushups with your feet on the bench and your hands touching in a diamond. This is great for building lean muscle and cutting body at. I like to throw in sets of mountain climbers after the planks.

    Wow! That sounds intense! I definitely have to give that a try! Thank you!

    That makes me a little nauseated and tired just looking at it, and I can't wait to try it.
  • rybo
    rybo Posts: 5,424 Member
    Zombie thread.

    But to answer anyways, you can do a LOT with just body weight stuff.

    I haven't touched a weight in 6 years and have only just scratched the surface with this body weight thing for about 6 months.

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