Body weight exercises are very effective!!

Body weight exercises!!



You body is designed to move in some pretty amazing ways. We can push, pull, bend, rotate, twist, jump, and stretch. Unfortunatley during our normal everyday work week we very rarely do any of these simple and or compound movements. Sitting, Walking, Standing, reaching plate to mouth are some of the movenments our body has become accustomed to. Before the computer age we performed much more physical labor and our bodies were in better physical condition as a result of our everyday life and work movements. This day and age with the increase in the amount of work we do sitting behind a computer or some type of machine has caused us to lose that component of fitness and exercise that was mandatory in your daily rountine.

We have to use our bodies in the way that it was originally designed. Take a squatting movement for example. When you squat you use your bodyweight and the force of gravity creates resistance at the bottom of the motion right before you come your back to the upright position. As a general measurement of strength every adult should be able to push, pull and support their own body weight. This is a natural ability and also a survival tactic, it would be helpful in many dangerous situation to be able to move your own weight. Push ups and lunges are two other bodyweight exercises that are very important to help you tone your muscles build strength and improve your body’s overall performance. One of my favorite ways to do cardio is stair climbing or even step aerobics. These movements engage your muscles in the lower body and exercise the Most important muscle YOUR HEART.

These body weight exercises are easily modified so that a beginner can perform the exercises and gradually increase the range of motion to progressively build strength. For example If you cannot do an normal push up you can perform the push up exercise in a kneeling position and work to increase the resistance placed over your hands to having your knees completely off the ground. Once you have gained the strength to perform these movements you can increase and decrease the amount of sets and repetitions. As a general rule beginners should stick to 2 sets of 10 repitions on 3-5 exercises during a workout.