Strength training with body weight...?!


Question: I heard that body weight training is really good...However, does anyone know some of these exercises using your own body weight?? I'm interested in learning more on this...

Thanks in advance!!


Answers: I heard that body weight training is really good...However, does anyone know some of these exercises using your own body weight?? I'm interested in learning more on this...

Thanks in advance!!

There's a lot of exercises you can do just using your own body weight...A site called, About.com, lists a bunch of really good ones you can do anywhere...The following list are just a few of the ones listed for the "Body Weight Workout"...Click below link for further details & more exercises...
1.) Squat Thrust
2.) Push-ups
3.) One legged Squats
4.) Backward Stride
5.) Chair Dips
6.) Wall Sit
7.) Jump Lunges
8.) Reverse Crunches
9.) Jumping Jacks
10.) Mountain Climbers - One of my personal fav's!

*For more:
http://sportsmedicine.about.com/od/tipsa...

chin ups and press ups. if you able to do these easy then try using one arm.

Here's some examples:

Pushups,
Chin-ups
Pull-ups
Dips

Body-weight training just refers to any exercise that you're pulling or pushing just your body weight, and not using actual weights or machines.

try this site!! you can click on a body part and it will give you 6 million exercises you can do for that body part. If you go to the bottom you can pick a body part and then choose



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