Thread: keeping fit

those body weight exercises are not going to do much for you at all, sorry mate.

You say you don't have time?? Not even 3 hours a week?

And no nothing will add to your height except your own genetic potential for growth.

Originally Posted by PWGriffin

those body weight exercises are not going to do much for you at all, sorry mate.

dont mind how much they do but aslong as they do something and i stay fit,
i play club cricket and wanna add some pace to my bowling which is the reason i asked

Originally Posted by hardtarget

dont mind how much they do but aslong as they do something and i stay fit,
i play club cricket and wanna add some pace to my bowling which is the reason i asked

I'm just sayin you could spend the same amount of time hitting the weights as you would doing those shitty exercises and actually make significant gains. But what do I know.

well another reason is i dont have space for getting weights and sets,

and theres no gym close by too

Originally Posted by PWGriffin

I'm just sayin you could spend the same amount of time hitting the weights as you would doing those shitty exercises and actually make significant gains. But what do I know.

Those bodyweight excersises are not shitty by any means. Sure, push-ups arent as good for hypertrophy as say, bench-presses. But, hes not trying to be a body-builder. He just wants to stay fit. Push-ups, sit-ups, pull-ups and squats are excellent excersises.

Hardtarget,

There are a myriad of great bodyweight excersises out there that will keep you fit, healthy and good looking. Do a search on your favorite search engine. Try doing push-up variations for your upper body. Planks are great for your mid-section. Try to get a pull-up bar for your back and you can do lunges for your lower body.

Bodyweight squats, chinups, pushups "shitty exercises" and "not going to do much for him at all"? How do you know that?

Originally Posted by kcoleman

Bodyweight squats, chinups, pushups "shitty exercises" and "not going to do much for him at all"? How do you know that?

I never saw any significant adaptations when I was doing push ups and sit ups... did them religiously when I was younger. When I said they wouldn't do much for him, I was speaking more comparitively, my apologies.

And I get sick of the "I don't want to be a bodybuilder" shit. I have clients lift weights all day long to lose weight and "get fit". It would take a helluva lot longer if we did nothing but a few body weight exercises over and over again.

But this is now a moot point, as he doesn't have access to weights. BW exercises will have to do. And I retract my "shitty exercises" comment, that wasn't accurate, there are a slew of good BW exercises...but IMO, they pale in comparison.

Do you not agree that he would see tremendously better results with weights and a solid program regardless of what his goals were??

If somebody was really really out of shape, like lacking all kinds of coordination and whatnot, would you really want them to start with a weighttraining program when bodyweight stuff would more than suffice? But yea for the most part I agree with your last post.

Somebody could get a tremendous amount of development with just bodyweight stuff, it all depends at where they are physically.

Originally Posted by PWGriffin

Do you not agree that he would see tremendously better results with weights and a solid program regardless of what his goals were??

In terms of strength and muscle gain, fuck yeah. But, a BW trainer can be just as healthy and fit as a weight lifter (though not as strong or muscular). The title of the thread was "keeping fit" not "achieving weight lifter results with BW excersise". And, he can most certainly keep very fit doing push-ups, sit-ups, ect...

This is from my own experience as a trainer. People who are really out of shape can't do bodyweight exercises. Whether it be because they are that weak, or they are really overweight or both.

If somebody was really really out of shape, like lacking all kinds of coordination and whatnot, would you really want them to start with a weighttraining program when bodyweight stuff would more than suffice? But yea for the most part I agree with your last post.

In terms of strength and muscle gain, fuck yeah. But, a BW trainer can be just as healthy and fit as a weight lifter (though not as strong or muscular). The title of the thread was "keeping fit" not "achieving weight lifter results with BW excersise". And, he can most certainly keep very fit doing push-ups, sit-ups, ect...

You are right. I kind of dug myself a hole, so let me back out of it. Here is what stood out to me in his original post and I'll explain how I took it.

i dont wanna do weights and all that atm aint got time,

how many pushups,situps,chinups,squats or whatever they are do i have to do and how often(morning?afternoon?after eating?when i wake up?)
i just wanna build my strength up through these for the time being,

With no regard to the title of the thread, I saw this part of his post...Strength was of concern and he didn't want to do weights because he said he didn't have time. But he has time to do all the push ups and sit ups he can....most young people think working out is an arduous task that requires hours of free time a day, when in fact, it doesn't necessarily have to. So getting back to the original point I was trying to make but failed to do so was....."if you want to get stronger then use what time you do have lifting weights instead of doing only bodyweight exercises because IMHO you will see much greater results and be very pleased."

I'm sorry I wasn't clear and more polite.