Bodyweight Training - Page 20

On December 27 2012 02:07 Malinor wrote:
I need some assistance here. My sister's boyfriend wants to start going to the gym again. He is not at all interested in bodybuilding or strength training, he just wants to lose his small/ non-existent gut and, more important, be healthy/ have a healthy posture. Of course whenever he trains he is doing machines. I don't really feel that I have a good chance to convince him to do squats and deadlifts (he is 6'7 and not so sportive anyway, so without a trainer it could be ugly), but I let myself go and said "everyone should do pull ups and dips, it is the best exercises you can do", which is something I truly believe in. Now he wants me to provide some reading for him so that he can see that my statement has some merits and I did not pull it out of my ass.

So if someone could provide me with a good introductory reading that explains why machines are inefficient and why these movements are superior, that would be really helpful. Most things I found are just about squats and deadlifts when talking about compound exercises, and also about muscle mass and body building. And since he is not interested, a T-Nation article might not do the trick here. He is an academic, so it might even help if it is a bit technical. But basically anything focussing on compound/bw-exercises which is not posted on some BB-site or with hideous use of language will do. Maybe eshlow knows a place, I wasn't extremely succesful thus far.

On January 05 2013 20:33 Ludrik wrote:
Catching up on some reading and just noticed the eatmoveimprove series on training while travelling. A month too late for me though! Still makes a good read though.

On January 08 2013 19:28 b_unnies wrote:
Is it possible to substitute a suspension trainer for rings since I already have one and I live in dorm so I can't install rings

On January 09 2013 09:00 mordek wrote:
Got a 20 second L-sit for the first time with my hands pointed behind me. Spending most of wall handstands not touching the wall too I almost have the tuck planche. Been keeping one big toe on the ground and trying to lift it but the most I've had it up is for 1-2 seconds and the entire hold only 7s or so. Looking forward to more progress!

Also, frog stand to handstand fascinates me... I've almost completed it. And by almost I mean get my legs straight and arms almost straight before falling over XD

On January 09 2013 12:47 eshlow wrote:


Yeah, that's probably fine although probably not as comfortable as rings when supported.

On January 10 2013 07:33 b_unnies wrote:


is it also ok if i do them on while being supported on a door or is that dangerous

On January 10 2013 08:15 eshlow wrote:


A pullup bar on a door frame?

or on a door itself?

Door itself is probably dangerous unless it's super sturdy...

On January 10 2013 21:51 Luxae wrote:
Any of you guys got any suggestions on what I can do for some added difficulty on my L Pullups? What I've been doing for the past couple of weeks was just adding a rep per set per week, but I'm up to 3x7 now and I'm not really feeling particularly strained. I'd really prefer something that doesn't involve adding on weight to myself, since I do them right after I do heavy weighted chinups and I'm not really keen on doing more weighted volume.

On January 11 2013 01:21 mordek wrote:
Any supplemental work I can add to help the transition from frog to tuck planche? My shoulders just can't hold my weight for more than a few seconds.

On January 11 2013 05:02 eshlow wrote:

Do you have the book for progressions or?

You can do wide grip L-pullups and the work progressively towards OAC depending on what you have available

On January 11 2013 06:10 Luxae wrote:


I'm not really familiar with any bodyweight training books other than CC, I just decided I wanted to make some progress on L pullups after a couple of years of just doing for fun when I felt like it. What's an OAC?

On January 11 2013 14:59 KOVU wrote:

One armed chin I believe

On January 11 2013 06:10 Luxae wrote:


I'm not really familiar with any bodyweight training books other than CC, I just decided I wanted to make some progress on L pullups after a couple of years of just doing for fun when I felt like it. What's an OAC?

On January 12 2013 01:16 Luxae wrote:


Oh. Well I'm not really looking to make the pull part of the exercise harder, just the core work part.