Friday, January 11, 2013

Why Do Body Weight Exercises?

By Tyron Thompson


Are body weight exercises for you? Whether you are a woman or man, body weight exercises can be a very important part of your general exercise program, and here are the reasons why.

* Simple to do. * Do not need fancy and / or expensive hardware. * No gymnasium membership required. * You can do them anywhere at home, when you are on holiday or traveling for business. * Just about limitless variations and sorts of exercise movements to test any fitness level and / or strength. * As you are using your body weight and no a machine or free weights, body weight exercises are a lot safer.

Now body weight exercises are just an alternative name for any movement that pits one part / muscle of your body against another. As an example a standard military pushup is a body weight exercise. Pushups pit your biceps, triceps and shoulders and chest against your full body weight. You can nearly think about a pushup as a upside down bench press, but without the need for a spotter. Another body weight exercise would be leg squats. Pull-ups are also a body weight exercise. In reality if you only did these three exercises : push ups, squats and pull-ups you would work out each major muscle collection and gain strength, muscular mass, adaptability and endurance.

Most of us are acquainted with these exercises either from gymnasium class or playing on a sports team or army boot camp. These exercises have been employed for millenia to train and condition athletes and warriors. Each one of these three exercises has many differentiations and by enlarging the reps and The speed in which you do these exercises you can actually burn calories and increase your endurance.

Lots of the new workout programs are being promoted today, you know the ones heavily publicized on TV. Using videos, an exercise mat, resistance bands and calisthetics you can see impressive ends up in 30, 60 or 90 days. Well the truth is it works! The other secret is you do not have to spend a lot of money on these programs when the starting exercises are familiar to nearly everybody.

Now that's not to take anything away from these programs. The ones I have seen offer solid techniques and information. These programs are great for someone that needs help and incentive, but they aren't important to achieve results and not having them is not an excuse for not beginning a workout program.

For me body weight exercises mixed with resistance bands are the most obvious way to go. Even at my advanced age of sixty-six I've seen an increase in muscle, staying power, adaptability, posture and a general feel of strength and well-being. So mix some body weight exercises into your ordinary exercise program.

If you are looking to begin an exercising plan give these exercises a try. Body weight exercises are excellent for males and females and as you can do them at home with no hardware you are much more likely to adhere to you exercise plan and reach your health targets.




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