Body Weight for Strength Training
As it does take some time to drive to the gym to get going. And our gyms our closed due to the "19" at the moment.
Is it possible to entirely just do body weight workout for strength training. Such as push ups , sit ups, self lunges for quads etc? possible to do and get a almost decent strength all around just from body weight exercises? as in no dumbells at all either? |
I think you'd get 90% of the benefit of the gym from 6-count burpees plus pullups.
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You could get a lot of the same benefits, but you would need to be creative with the exercises. Think of exercises for each of the muscle groups.
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Yes bodyweight training is very effective for building and maintaining strength and fitness. You don't need gym membership to get fit or strong... I maintain my strength and fitness by training at home with kettlebells and bodyweight exercises. I never had gym membership.
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Yes, of course. Look up calisthenics, bodyweight exercises, etc. Google and Youtube are full of ideas. Especially now, because all of the fitness sites and channels have been putting out tons of "home" workouts for nearly a year now.
(Just evaluate carefully. There are plenty out there that say "no equipment needed" and then it's "so you'll need a pullup bar, and a box, and a couple kettlebells...") |
Grant Peterson has a nice list of easy to do exercises at home in his Eat Bacon, Don't Jog book.
You should be able to scroll through the table of contents here: https://www.google.com/books/edition...sec=frontcover I also like to do a short ride to secluded parks and do calisthenics, or the local high school track, which has a about 41 steps up the bleachers. Already mentioned: push ups; burpees; mountain climbers; crawl like a bug for 50 yards, that's always tough..... |
Muscle ups
Planche Front and back levers Pistol squats Handstands (Handstand Pushups..) If you can achieve these movements, you don't need to worry about going to any gym |
There is a bodyweight exercise book called Convict Conditioning.
It's pretty effective. |
Originally Posted by cubewheels
(Post 21905773)
The best bodyweight strength training I've tried is driving big hard gears in steep climbs - while sitted and also out of the saddle in intervals.
So, what you describe is not strength training. Especially since it's going to be longer than 15 seconds. Here's a handy chart. https://fascatcoaching.com/wp-conten...Sweet-Spot.png |
kettle bells and "thera" bands can be had at walmart. you can do allot with just those. and its cheaper than one month of gym.
push ups, burpees, pull ups. |
I use balance board to do some squads, also double up as push up tool. The effort to do push up while balancing can be a bit challenging at first. And pull up bar, That's about it for me.
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Yes, exercises that use only body weight can certainly be used to build and maintain strength. However, you should also consider other benefits of increasing and maintaining flexibility and balance just using your body weight for stretching and calisthenics. I have been using a home-based approach like this for the last 5 years and I am very pleased with the results. Not only am I stronger but I can see the difference. I like not having to go to the gym as it saves time and money. I do this for about 20 minutes each day and two days a week I supplement my program with another 15 minutes using 10, 15 and 25 pound dumbells. I find the dumbells help me especially with upper body strength in my arms, shoulders and chest.
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I'm sure if you google the subject you will find all you need to maintain a reasonable level of fitness. Might I suggest if you have the room look for used exercise equipment. I like free weights best, Dumbbells specifically, But Ive seen machines somebody paid $1,000's of dollars for go for almost nothing. Some just want to get rid of that monstrosity.
The benefit of dumbbells is you can find a weight that is best suited to your condition. Whether you start curling 20 lbs, or want to be a competitive lifter using 50+ lbs. Same idea with the other 10 exercises I do. When I'm done, a rack of 12 pair of dumbbells and a folding bench take up about 8 sq. ft. of floor space. |
Originally Posted by cubewheels
(Post 21905773)
The best bodyweight strength training I've tried is driving big hard gears in steep climbs - while sitted and also out of the saddle in intervals.
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Originally Posted by burnthesheep
(Post 21905991)
Even VO2 has conversion of type iib to type iia fibers. And is mostly type iia. Which is best bet for what you describe.
So, what you describe is not strength training. Especially since it's going to be longer than 15 seconds. Here's a handy chart. https://fascatcoaching.com/wp-conten...Sweet-Spot.png Oh and :lol: for post 16. Never had a knee problem, even on long backpacking descents in the mountains. Maybe because I do them? Doubt that though. Old bubbe-meise. |
Originally Posted by SapInMyBlood
(Post 21875269)
Muscle ups
Planche Front and back levers Pistol squats Handstands (Handstand Pushups..) If you can achieve these movements, you don't need to worry about going to any gym |
If someone can find a study that showed bodyweight strength work increased the cycling performance of well-trained cyclists, we'd all love to see it. I don't think it exists. There are studies which show that moderate weight lifting does nothing for cycling performance, however.
If all one wants to do is to improve performance using weight training at home, with little equipment, see my posts 22 and 27 in https://www.bikeforums.net/training-...-training.html Not bodyweight, but just dumbbells. I bought 2 sets of Amazon cheapo dumbbells for ~$120. Getting good ROI. |
Originally Posted by wolfchild
(Post 21875126)
Yes bodyweight training is very effective for building and maintaining strength and fitness. You don't need gym membership to get fit or strong... I maintain my strength and fitness by training at home with kettlebells and bodyweight exercises. I never had gym membership.
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Hello everybody!
Very good post. 2 times a week, I do legs, knee bends and, climb the ladder. Another 2 times a week, push-ups, abs and plank. Ride safe! |
You can't do a proper deadlift without weight. And I think that is the single most useful strength exercise out there. Most amount of weight, works whole body, thus your whole CNS and your mind.
But google calisthenics, they do strength training with bodyweight. E.g. pistol squat is insanely hard and useful for Cycling I guess. Calve workouts can be done with bodyweight, too, core of course, all useful for cycling. |
Originally Posted by alo
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You could get a lot of the same benefits, but you would need to be creative with the exercises.
Coaches and trainers showing tons of excercises for "home workout". You could try the handstand challenge (without a wall or kicking off), to push yourself up slowly. You need to strengthen your core muscles and other stuff. I'm trying this for myself currently. Nice way to get my body in shape without a gym. You could aswel invest in dip bars or parallettes. Or a pull-up bar, which I installed at home. You train with your own weight, you don't need extra weights. |
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