Body Weight Exercises : Fit Them Into Your Daily Routine
The easiest way I’ve found to stay in shape whilst fulfilling my commitments at home and to my kids is by doing body weight exercises around the house . They probably won’t bulk you up as quickly as lifting weights, but if situps, pushups, and pullups are good enough for army commandos, then they’re good enough for me too.
Here’s why you should be doing body weight exercises if you’re a busy dad…
Effectiveness – If you’re wondering how effective body weight exercises are, just ask the firemen, police officers, elite fighters, and special forces commandos who live and die by these exercises. They won’t be the biggest guys you’ll ever come across, but they’ll be among the strongest. If you feel like you’ve hit a plateau, you can add weights, increase the reps, do variations, etc. You can use weighted vests to add more resistance to your situps, pullups, etc.
Efficiency – Body weight exercises are effective and incredibly economical. Not only are body weight exercises and isometrics financially efficient, they are time efficient too. In certain martial arts there is a big emphasis on “economy of movement”, meaning you shouldn’t exert energy on something if you don’t have to. Focus on the task at hand and complete it with the least amount of effort.
Mobility – Body weight exercises can be done anywhere. Why should we be tied down to bulky exercise equipment and gyms? It’s much easier to do pushups in the living room or basement than it is to drive to the gym and wait around for equipment to be free.
Speed – Body weight exercises are fast. It is said that an isometric contraction can last for as little as 7 seconds for you to start benefiting from it. When done properly, isometrics make use of more muscle fibers than more isolated exercises, and the more muscle fibers that are used, the more you build up your strength. Your full workout can be completed in just 30 minutes.
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March 06 2010 02:18 am | Uncategorized