Planks. This girl is doing it right. The only legitimate way to do this boring exercise is with a bunch of extra weight. Update: “This girl” is Angie Sorensen and she also has a blog called Go Beastess which you should subscribe to. Update #2: Angie wrote an excellent guest post. Check it out! When she […]
Gymnastics Exercises Comparison Chart
Here is a chart by Steven Low from his book Overcoming Gravity. It compares the difficulty of bodyweight / gymnastics exercises relative to the others. Of course it is hard to compare what is sometimes apples and oranges, but I think he did a pretty good job. Check it out on Google Docs.
Reverse Muscle Up Training with Boxes
Jim from BeastSkills.com shows some of his Reverse Muscle-up aka ‘Elevator’ training. I like the idea of using two boxes (instead of unstable rings) to learn this. A beastly upper body Pull / Push exercise.
Explosive Push & Pull Body Weight Exercises
Here are a couple of explosive push & pull gymnastics exercises. Parallel Bars Dips Jumps Toe Touch L Sit Pull Ups
Full Body Gymnastics Workout
Goeff has another full body gymnastics workout for you to try. A nice mix of bodyweight and free weights exercises. Some of which you could integrate as assistance exercise after your main lifts. 2 x 12 body weight rows (parallel bars)2 x 8 body weight rows (vertical leg technique)2 x 8 hip height jump-overs3 x 3 […]
Press to Handstand Progressions Exercises
Yuri from the Gymnastic Bodies Forum made a video on progressions and assistance exercises to learn the Press to Handstand. seated straddle leg lifts for compression strength from a lying hollow position do the movement , try to keep your lower back on the floor, finish with active compression box presses isometric holds in weakest position slow negative (against […]
Romanian Stick Push Ups
Hardest Push Ups? I don’t know about that. Certainly looks hard on your wrists. More like a bodyweight triceps extension. Giuliano Stroe does Romanian Stick Push Ups (RSP, that’s their official name). Edit: Just tried it using some dumbbell handles (couldn’t find my custom made Romanian sticks) and it definitely feels as awkward as it looks.
Arnold and Franco Partner Workout
No weights? Here is how to get a workout done anyway. All you need is: a towel a 70’s bodybuilding legend Here are Arnold and Franco getting busy. I wonder why piggyback squats are missing…
Home Bodyweight Workout
Goeff has a 10 min home workout for you to try. 3x 12 ladder body rows (hold on last 3 reps in each set) 10 – 8 – 6 Candlestick pulls (body levers) and lemon-squeezer / V-ups 2x 20 stair push-ups (incline press substitute) 25 fast elbows in push-ups 15 fast elbows out push-ups 20 […]