What Exactly is Bodyweight Training? An Introduction

What Exactly is Bodyweight Training? Build the Body of Your dreams

Bodyweight training, in simple terms, is strength training using nothing more than the weight of your body.

Specific exercises performed in a particular way have proved to be all you need to build the body of your dreams. You can purchase accessories like a pull-up bar, a dip bar set and a fitness mat, but you can alternately use items in your home and office to perform almost every effective bodyweight exercise. Many a city park has some good apparatus you could use – like a bar to hang from.

You burn fat and calories when you build muscle. And when you tear down and rebuild your muscles (which you do when you strength train with free weights or your body weight), you earn calorie consuming rewards for long after your exercise is over.

Great, I know what bodyweight training is now. How can I benefit?

The benefits of bodyweight training are many. You can purchase inexpensive equipment to complement your workout, but you do not have to. That means that this is a free exercise routine. Tons of instructions and videos are available online with no purchase, and there are dozens if not hundreds of possible exercises you can perform.

You improve your respiratory and cardiovascular systems, and when you use bodyweight exercises combined with circuit training you burn fat for up to 38 hours after your workout has been completed!

This versatile form of physical fitness improves your brain functioning, burns calories and fat, helps you lose unwanted weight, and makes your heart healthy. And it can be customized for young and old, men and women, helping you create the body you have always been looking for.

Okay, I am ready to get started! What should I do next?

Thousands of articles and videos concerning bodyweight training can be found online. But be careful here. Make sure you only take the advice of a trained personal fitness coach or bodyweight expert. The safest and smartest thing to do to get started is to purchase a bodyweight training course, digital download or physical book.

This way you can use online reviews and customer opinions to grade any course for video you are thinking about purchasing. And remember, as with all exercises, stay hydrated. Your nutrition has to be right for your bodyweight training to realize the maximum benefits as well. When working out you should always get plenty of sleep.

Bodyweight circuit training sessions generally run around 20 minutes, so your time investment is little. Start with a comfortable set of exercises, do a few repetitions and maybe only do 10 minutes. Build from there – more repetitions; more movements and longer sessions

Enjoy your bodyweight training

Images from Rance Costa – thanks