“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...
Bar push-ups with an outdoor setup I've been doing a lot of bar push-ups lately. Standard, decline, high decline, incline, with narrow grip, with shoulder width grip etc. Here are few reasons to add it to your routine: Easier on the wrists. You can keep your wrists straight. Tactile feedback from the bar ensures proper depth on each repetition. Forearms can be perpendicular to the ground. On the standard pushup the elbows are pointing slightly backwards unless your wrists form a 90 degree angle which is not anatomically possible for almost anyone. You can lift the bar high enough to do full range of motion decline push-ups without your head getting in the way. I like to touch the upper chest with the bar when doing the decline push-up. Just like with the barbell incline bench press. For me it just feels more stable and I'm able to train hard. Mimics the barbell bench press quite well. My numbers on the barbell bench press and bar push-up seem to be quite close to each other. S...