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GUIDE TO BODYWEIGHT‎‎ STRENGTH‎ TRAINING‎‎ 2.0 - Amazon, Google Play and Kobo

“GUIDE TO BODYWEIGHT‎‎ STRENGTH‎ TRAINING‎‎ 2.0 - 1 rep max based bodyweight strength training” is available now at Amazon, Google Play and Kobo.  Get it! Amazon Google Play Kobo What's new: • Updated training tool with some visual upgrades • New alternative exercises you can use for progression and some exercises were removed • Three approaches to get your first pullup • Ring training is included in the training tool for dips and push-ups for those who like to train with rings. Also progression to full ring dip with rings only if you don’t have parallel bars available. • Improved exercise and video library • More content. More detailed chapter on dieting for fat loss, muscle gain and maintaining. • About 50% more content compared to the previous version. • Updated units to support both lbs/kg and cm/inch units in the book. So you don’t have to convert numbers on your own based on your preferred unit of measurement. You will get the following tools: • Training tool which you can us

How to train Calves without a step

Training the calves off a step is great since you get a full range of motion and a good stretch at the bottom. In case you don't have a step you can do calf raises on the floor. The downside is that most of the range of motion is missing. Now in order to compensate for the lower range of motion you can do a forward lean calf raise which will increase the range of motion. Lean to a wall and stretch the calves on the bottom position. Now press up and straighten the ankle and hold the top position for at least 1 second. Descend back down to the stretched position. A calf block or a step is a great tool. But I feel that I can get a better stretch and range of motion with the leaning calf raises. Calf training progression without a step Progression for calf raises is a bit different if we don’t use a step. But basically you just replace all the elevated calf raises with the stretched calf raise. 1.Floor two leg calf raise https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZdaBOrwCOg Stand next to a wall

High Value of High Rep Bodyweight Training - based on the percentage of 1 rep max (with a calculator)

 S o you have mastered some of the more strength requiring moves such as the assisted one arm chinup, single leg squats and assisted one arm push-up all for a good amount of high quality reps in the range of 6-12 or more. Now are you just going to do only those exercises and finally progress to the harder variations and so on?  Do you feel like the standard push-ups, pullups and split squats are pretty useless to you now?  The truth is that there is a lot of value in these basic exercises for the intermediates and even for the advanced trainees. Think of the exercises you have mastered as tools in your toolbox ready to be used when needed.  As I have mentioned before according to research you can still make muscle and some strength gains even at loads of 20% of your 1RM. Just for reference I’ll just quote the study “Strength and Hypertrophy Adaptations Between Low- vs. High-Load Resistance Training: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis” "The findings indicate that maximal strengt