The Benefits Of Bodyweight Exercises
There are many benefits to performing bodyweight exercises instead of going to a gym or using weights. In my opinion, gym-centered or weight-lifting-centered exercise plans are full of obstacles and inconveniences that will ultimately either; delay your progress, or make you give up on working out altogether. There are many creative ways to use your own bodyweight to achieve amazing results. Some examples of bodyweight exercises that I recommend are: bodyweight squats, lunges, pushups, pullups, crunches, running, etc.
Going to a gym requires that you buy a membership, drive/walk/bus to the gym, scan your membership card, change clothes, and wait in line to use a station. Half of the time used in a gym-centered workout is spent waiting in line to exercise. A thirty-minute workout can wind up taking over an hour to complete!
I do not promote the use of dumbbells or weight-lifting machines for the simple reason that in order to work out with weights, you must be in a particular location- wherever the weights are located. While you can do pushups just about anywhere, weights are like a ball and chain. Even if you buy a weight set to avoid having to go to a gym, your workout is no more mobile than a gym because you have to be at home in order to work out. The only piece of exercise equipment that I recommend owning is a doorway pullup bar, because they are portable and convenient.
The added convenience of working out with your own body weight is that you can work out any time that you like, in any location that you want. You can also spread out your workout throughout an entire day to keep your metabolism fired up, and to accelerate your progress. For example, you can only do so many bench presses or pull-downs in a short period of time, but you can continually do sets of pushups or pullups throughout a day to quickly build your stamina.
And finally, bodyweight exercises are easier on your joints and have a lower risk of injury, because they use less weight, and because you cannot drop any weights on your toes or head if you are not using weights.
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