| Bodyweight exercise is the best place to begin when | | | | I propose that the goal of any physical fitness |
| starting a physical fitness training program, should be | | | | training program is to improve performance that can |
| added to programs that otherwise neglect | | | | be used to meet the challenges of sport, work and |
| bodyweight exercise and should be diversified with | | | | life with excellence. |
| resistance training for programs that use bodyweight | | | | Many of those challenges will be met by the |
| exercise exclusively. | | | | effective control and movement of your own body... |
| Some people love bodyweight exercise and some | | | | and not the movement of other objects through |
| people hate it... similarly, some people think | | | | space. |
| bodyweight exercise is valuable to a physical fitness | | | | And what is the best way to train the improvement |
| training program, and others don't. | | | | of body movement and control of your own body... |
| I believe that bodyweight exercise is not only the | | | | that's right, bodyweight exercise. |
| best method to start a physical fitness training | | | | Here is an example... |
| program... but I believe that it should remain an active | | | | Many people that have trouble doing a push up will |
| part of any well balance physical training program. | | | | focus on the bench press with hopes of improving |
| Let's look at bodyweight exercise from three | | | | their push up numbers... with limited results. |
| different perspectives... from the beginner just | | | | If you want to be able to do more push ups... do |
| getting started, from the experienced weight lifter | | | | more push ups! |
| that neglects bodyweight exercise and from the | | | | The point is this, the improvements you will see from |
| bodyweight exercise only crowd. | | | | physical training are specific... so if you want to see |
| 1. Bodyweight Exercise For Beginners | | | | improvements in a bodyweight movement, use |
| Most commercial gyms will prescribe an exercise | | | | bodyweight exercise to do so. |
| regimen of strength training, usually in the form of | | | | 3. Bodyweight Exercise For The Bodyweight Only |
| machines, and cardiorespiratory endurance training, | | | | Crowd |
| normally in the form of stationary "cardio" equipment. | | | | As you can already tell, I am a strong advocate of |
| This is a generalization of course... but these two | | | | bodyweight exercise... but not exclusively. |
| types of training are the predominant forms of | | | | There are various physical fitness training programs |
| physical training in most gyms, regardless of how | | | | that use bodyweight exercise almost exclusively... like |
| they are put together. | | | | Yoga or Pilates. |
| Notice... bodyweight exercise is missing. | | | | While I have no problem with these forms of |
| Answer me this... should a beginner with no prior | | | | training... I believe they can take you only so far on |
| experience with physical training start by jumping | | | | the road to physical fitness excellence. |
| right into resistance training with free weights or | | | | We must remember... Yoga exercises are performed |
| machines, or would they be better served by learning | | | | in conjunction with meditation and Pilates was |
| more about the movement of their bodies by using | | | | originally developed as a form of rehabilitation for war |
| bodyweight exercise? | | | | veterans. |
| Physical training allows you to improve the body by | | | | The point is this... bodyweight exercise only programs |
| supplying increased stimulus that is not normally found | | | | will only take you so far, and then some form of |
| in your daily lifestyle. | | | | resistance training must be applied to see further |
| For the beginner, bodyweight exercise is the logical | | | | improvement. |
| place to start... because most beginners are actually | | | | In Conclusion... |
| going from a state of complete inactivity to a state | | | | Bodyweight exercise is an important part of any well |
| of activity. | | | | balanced physical fitness training program. |
| The beginner has not even scraped the surface of | | | | If you are just getting started... bodyweight exercise |
| what their body can perform without resistance... and | | | | is the perfect place to start. |
| should therefore strive to make improvements using | | | | If you have notoriously neglected bodyweight |
| bodyweight exercise first. | | | | exercise in your training... add it to improve the |
| Once the beginner has made sufficient gains and | | | | physical abilities you have been neglecting. |
| reached an improved state with bodyweight | | | | If you only use bodyweight exercise... diversify your |
| exercise... then they can add resistance. | | | | fitness training program by adding some form of |
| 2. Bodyweight Exercise For The Experienced Weight | | | | resistance training. |
| Lifter | | | | In this way, each group can optimize the use of |
| Many people with a great deal of experience and | | | | bodyweight exercise. |
| expertise in physical training completely neglect | | | | Do not underestimate the importance of bodyweight |
| bodyweight exercise... or believe it to be ineffective. | | | | exercise... Use bodyweight exercise effectively and in |
| They notoriously use all types of resistance training | | | | the right proportion to meet your goals, needs, |
| methods... while neglecting bodyweight exercise all | | | | abilities and limitations and meet the challenges of |
| together. | | | | sport, work and life with excellence. |