More and more people would like to know about building muscle without weights. It makes sense, because if you can master this there isn’t really need for a gym. Aside from the cost-savings, many experts believe that your body has a lot more functionality if it is built without the use of weights. Whereas calisthenics and body weight exercises are growing in popularity.
* How Can You Build an Impressive Body Without Using Weights?
There are simply too many examples of people who build amazing physiques without weights. There are a lot of guys that workout simply using playground equipment – you can see them on YouTube. It might sound like a strange method, but some of these guys are in better shape than some of the guys you’ll see at the gym.
So Why Don’t More People Respect Body Weight Exercises?
I think people get the idea that chin ups and push ups and all of that is mainly just for kids in Elementary school and Junior High. Some even believe that we learn these basic exercises in Physical Education as kids just to prepare our bodies to weight lifting exercises in the future. Many believe that weight lifting is for people who are serious about building muscle. It is important to know that if you only use weights to build muscle, you aren’t looking at the whole picture.
If you want to workout and be in shape for real world situations, you need to workout against gravity.
Being able to move around quickly and pull yourself up from things is more useful than lifting a heavy object over and over again. The military focus on body weight exercises, not weight lifting, for a good reason. The ability to climb as well as hitting the ground then explode back up can be the difference between life or death. Being able to lift things such as weights is a handy exercise, but it is not as essential as being able to lift your own body weight. Here are some tips when it comes to building muscle without weights.
When You Are Strong Mix It Up
When it becomes easy to do 50 push ups, it’s a good idea to switch to doing close grip push ups instead. Then, when it becomes easy to do 50 of those, start doing push ups with one arm. By the time you are able to perform 10-15 one arm push ups, your arms shoulders and chest will have a lot of chiseled mass.
Work Your Way to One Limb Movements
It is a good idea to work slowly up to doing 30-50 reps of chin ups and push ups in order to achieve some really intense upper body work. When you can do this, bring your hands closer together to make it harder. When you can easily do these change it to single arm push ups and pull ups. With your legs focus on pistol squats, start out only squatting a short distance but as you get stronger go deeper and deeper. If you work out in this manner you will be walking proof that building muscle without weights is possible and effective.