Thursday, 20 March 2008

No gym? Great fitness

You don't have to be a member of a gym to build great fitness

U.S marines and other military groups don't spend day after day in the gym with the same weights and routines. So what if you can churn out one rep bench pressing 150k? Running with a man on your back for 2oom, squatting 10 times, running another 200m and squatting another 10 of your comrade sounds more like training to me.

You want the endurance and strength that can outlast your opponent, you want people to wonder how you ever manage to keep going. You can turn yourself into a mile eating, rep churning machine without even stepping foot into a gym. Just be creative. . .

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZvewVwjt58

OK so maybe not that creative. Parks are great for workouts. All those bars for pull ups and dips, and if you can find any equipment such as a sandbag. . there you are you have your own weights. Body weight moves such as press ups, sit ups, pull ups, dips, bear crawls, burpees, squats, box jumps, hanging knee raises, lunges are all you need for an effective workout. There are so many variations to a press up you can have a whole chest and triceps workout without leaving your home. Ill give my best press ups variations in the next post.

But for now, just because you don't have a gym isn't a disadvantage at all! The best fitness is built from old skool techniques and 'Rocky' style exercises. We've all seen the clips, but this is great training with minimal equipment! - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cavFoyYJwPQ&feature=related

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