Bodyweight Programs

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How to exercise without equipment

Working out without equipment requires a better understanding of how the body works if you want results similar to working out with equipment. First, we must know that muscles only pull. They do not push. Therefore, we must use exercises that provide resistance in the correct direction to activate the right muscles. Gravity helps a lot. However, almost all exercises utilizing gravity are “push” exercises — exercises in which you push something away from your body. These include floor exercises like pushups and squats. The difficulty then lies in finding “pull” exercises. Great examples of “pull” exercises include bicep curls, hamstring curls, or pull-ups. You may have noticed all of these exercises require different equipment. This program finds ways to use your environment to activate as much of your body as possible.

Our Bare Bones program includes the least variance between exercises and provides a straightforward schedule to maintain a baseline level of health.

The Bare Bones

The Hard-Worker is a more flesh-out program compared to the Bare Bones. This program is designed to provide a gateway to calisthenics and mastery of your own bodyweight.

The Hard-Worker

The Variety Pack is made a combination of both the Bare Bones and Hard-Worker programs with some extra exercises to increase awareness of the various muscle systems.

The Variety Pack

BARE BONES

Included Exercises:

Upper Body:

Push-ups

Push-up variations

Dips

Back Extensions

Weighted Reverse Fly

Crunches/Sit-ups

Flutter Kicks

Lower Body:

Squats

Calf Raises

Cardio:

Walking/Running/Cycling

Mountain Climbers

Flexibility:

Basic Yoga poses

Work and Rest Days: 5 work, 2 rest

We start with 5 working days because the workouts included in this program are not as rigorous as the other programs. Therefore, we need to do these exercises more often to see results. Consistency in smaller workouts will lead to better outcomes as large workouts can be overwhelming and prevent further growth. Rest days are built in to allow leniency with scheduling and recovery. We recommend adding other exercises you are capable of doing to supplement the basic exercises we cover here.

Week 1

Variety Pack

Included Exercises:

Upper Body:

Push-ups

Push-up variations

Dips

Back Extensions

Weighted reverse fly

Crunches/Sit-ups

Lower Body:

Squats

Calf Raises

Cardio:

Walking/Running/Cycling

Mountain Climbers

Flutter Kicks

Hard-Worker

Included Exercises:

Upper Body:

Push-ups

Push-up variations

Dips

Back Extensions

Weighted reverse fly

Crunches/Sit-ups

Lower Body:

Squats

Calf Raises

Cardio:

Walking/Running/Cycling

Mountain Climbers

Flutter Kicks