I don't have the option of going to the gym whenever I want. What if I ate right, and work up until I can do 100 pushups and situps evernight and then just do that? I know its not as advanced as going to the gym all the time, but I don't like working out and I think this would hold my interest for awhile.
Pushups and situps?
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Pushups, situps, pullups, you can switch these up to work out lots of you.
Do plyometrics for your legs, too.
examples: pushups, diamond pushups, pushups with one hand, clap pushups, knuckle pushups.
Situps, situps with your legs up, crunches, leg raises, situps with left/right elbow movement to touch the knee, same with your legs up, holding your legs out straight about 3 inches above the ground.
pullups, chinups, wide grip/close ground/shoulder width of the 2 basic exercises, knee raises while you're hanging lift them to the chest, monkey bar movement about.
Lunges, squats, jumps, jump and reach for the sky, jump and lift your legs up to your chest.
Also, get a skipping rope. Helps loads.
You can get pretty fit from the above.
You'd have to do a lot, and add weight to your exercises after a while, after you've built up to a certain amount of reps.
I won't tell you reps, just do more than you did the previous day, change the exercises about with the examples i gave.
Do plyometrics for your legs, too.
examples: pushups, diamond pushups, pushups with one hand, clap pushups, knuckle pushups.
Situps, situps with your legs up, crunches, leg raises, situps with left/right elbow movement to touch the knee, same with your legs up, holding your legs out straight about 3 inches above the ground.
pullups, chinups, wide grip/close ground/shoulder width of the 2 basic exercises, knee raises while you're hanging lift them to the chest, monkey bar movement about.
Lunges, squats, jumps, jump and reach for the sky, jump and lift your legs up to your chest.
Also, get a skipping rope. Helps loads.
You can get pretty fit from the above.
You'd have to do a lot, and add weight to your exercises after a while, after you've built up to a certain amount of reps.
I won't tell you reps, just do more than you did the previous day, change the exercises about with the examples i gave.
Brian20o2
Master Don Juan
Thats alot like my workout right now. Ill have no access to a gym untill september so Im doing a bodyweight exercise and cut thing all summer. Im hoping to lose 25 lbs.
Doing as many pushups/sittups as you can is great, but dont forget legs. Try doing as many consecutive body squats as you can. It burns but youll learn to love it.
Doing as many pushups/sittups as you can is great, but dont forget legs. Try doing as many consecutive body squats as you can. It burns but youll learn to love it.
Dee-Zy
Master Don Juan
If you are actually active, you don't even need to do any of that.
Like if you play soccer, basketball, squash, tennis, rugby, ect. That will keep you more fit then any of that. You can jog too.
I rollerblade roughly 4-5h a week, and I hope on being able to pick up basketball again. Sure, I try and make an effort to go to the gym, but being active is more than enough. It's all about being active.
Oh yeah, swimming is really good too.
Like if you play soccer, basketball, squash, tennis, rugby, ect. That will keep you more fit then any of that. You can jog too.
I rollerblade roughly 4-5h a week, and I hope on being able to pick up basketball again. Sure, I try and make an effort to go to the gym, but being active is more than enough. It's all about being active.
Oh yeah, swimming is really good too.
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Skilla_Staz
Master Don Juan
Keyword, heavy. Granted there are times when you need "active rest" aka light days, but heavy is the way to go. It'll be difficult for you to gain much mass through pushups and such. Sure, you'll see some gains for a little bit, but until you can add weight on to that, you won't see much.Espi said:
Espi said:
A lot of reps? Maybe, maybe not. It depends on the type of workouts you do. Heavy squats with mid-range reps yeild incredible results. I remember when I started getting heavy with my squats, about 2-3 months afterwords my thighs had grown about 2 inches. I still have chicken legs, but there was a lot more muscle definition and size...I usually keep my reps between 3-8.
With proper diet, you can lose weight and build muscle in the same span. Since muscle is more dense and takes up less room than fat, if you lost the fat from your butt and grew some glute muscles, you could see your ass get smaller. Example, if you look at bodybuilders, they have extremely small butts during contest. I would never cut down that much nor get that large, but there is much to be said for getting a muscular butt. Especially when you got a girl that likes to cop a feel.DemonSlut said:
Totally agree with most of this but from what I've been told by trainers, muscle does not REPLACE fat. Fat is metabolised and muscle is gained. If you want a muscular ass, so be it. However if you want a SMALL ass, you'd best use diet and exercise to lower energy intake/metabolise fat, and NOT work out glutes, legs, and whatever else that contributes to ass. On the other hand if you're saying that bigger glutes could make your ass look fitter (cause fat is deposited below the glutes generally) then I can also see how that might work.Skilla_Staz said:
why the hell would you not want a decent sized ass? women dig that!
btw to answer the original question, push-ups and sit-ups do help, but only for a while, pushups will stop being effective quite fast, while sit ups dont really help if you dont have around 10% body fat.
btw to answer the original question, push-ups and sit-ups do help, but only for a while, pushups will stop being effective quite fast, while sit ups dont really help if you dont have around 10% body fat.
Bible_Belt
Master Don Juan
The military has used pushups/situps/2 mi run for a long time. If you are trying to look like a body builder, weights and good diet are necessary. But if you only want to build overall fitness, you can do it w/o weights. Do the pushups slowly and correctly, almost touching your chest to the ground. And don't pull too hard on the back of your head when doing situps; it can cause neck injury.
Also, outside work like push-mowing, weed-eating, and garden tilling are all good workouts. Weights can also be improvised - you are only limited by your creativity. A guy from my hs football team would take his kid brother's little red wagon, fill it with rocks, attach it by a rope to a weight belt around his waist, and then go walk up and down the steepest hill he could find. By the end of the summer he had giant legs, and he made all-conference that year as a running back.
Also, outside work like push-mowing, weed-eating, and garden tilling are all good workouts. Weights can also be improvised - you are only limited by your creativity. A guy from my hs football team would take his kid brother's little red wagon, fill it with rocks, attach it by a rope to a weight belt around his waist, and then go walk up and down the steepest hill he could find. By the end of the summer he had giant legs, and he made all-conference that year as a running back.
