Bodyweight only question

[Fkarl]

With bodyweight only workouts in the beginning, can one work out everyday? I've seen arguments both ways. What about if I add in suspension training? Does That change anything? Rest days where I'm just doing light card like walking are killing me. I can feel my muscles responding and WANT to do things like pushups, leg lifts, inverted rows.... Everyday!!!!! Rested today and antsy as he'll for tomorrow!!!!
3 supersets, 15-20 reps per exercise.
Squats
Pushups
Inverted rows
Lying straight legged leg lifts (for midsection)
Bicep work (curls and hammer curls)
Tricep work (close pushups, tricep pushdowns on my suspension trainer)
Possibly a fly exercise and a ?reverse fly? Added in for upper back/chest.

Could I do this every day for a few weeks before ramping it up to some heavier stuff?

 

[Acee]

My interpretation of that is that you will lose weight and fat, get cut and toned but will not build, to build you need heavy weights and protein.

What suspension trainer are you using? can you get serious resistance on it?

 

[VolcomX311]

I would still suggest rest days, but folks in prison do pull ups and push ups everyday

 

[Fkarl]

My interpretation of that is that you will lose weight and fat, get cut and toned but will not build, to build you need heavy weights and protein.

What suspension trainer are you using? can you get serious resistance on it?

I've built my own suspension trainer. I can put my full weight on it and adding a weight vest to some exercises will give me extra weight. I'm just starting out so my own weight is challenging me at the moment. Diet I've got nailed down pretty well I think. It's hard to get enough protein in but I'm getting closer. Carbs make me gain weight so I'm trying to limit those.... But it's hard to know what exactly is going on. My weight is slowly going down and my clothes are looser everywhere except the arms and shoulders! I could actually go a size smaller on shirts except my shoulders and arms then don't fit. So I'm stuck in billowing 2x stuff for now. How does one address this issue? I feel like I'm heading in the right direction and just need to give it time.

Rested for 2 days now. Going to set up and step up tomorrow and figure out what I need to allow me only 6-10 reps per set.

 

[Fkarl]

I would still suggest rest days, but folks in prison do pull ups and push ups everyday

I figured as much. Going to do a on/off/on/off/off repeat for a couple weeks and see how I respond.

 

[To_The_Top]

Off days are crucial. I feel like it's basic science to allow your body sufficient time to recover.

 

[To_The_Top]

Allowing your body to perform an absolute heal you must give each body part 2 days of rest in between hard lifting sessions. Sometimes three days is necessary depending on the person.

 

[mlc308]

I would still suggest rest days, but folks in prison do pull ups and push ups everyday

He's right that many people in prison workout every day in prison. Hell even the rapper Nelly is said to do at least 1000 pushups a day; however, he stretches the number out over the day ( 30 here, 50 there, 100 someplace else). I would say that if you feel the need to, go ahead if you arent lifting weights; however, I would start with lighter reps for a week or 2 if you go every day.

 

[VolcomX311]

I figured as much. Going to do a on/off/on/off/off repeat for a couple weeks and see how I respond.

Wise choice

 

[ahiggs]

i don't think i would do this, but john broz has his athletes train twice a day with max out squats everyday...and that is 7 days a week!! and you cant deny he is getting results, would they be better on a split i don't know? interesting read though, not body weight excercise but 13 time a week work outs may give some incite?

 

[CowPimp]

I think you can get away with doing those exercises daily. If the exercises are difficult enough that you can only perform a small number of repetitions per set, then you aren't at a level of neurological efficiency where you can really fatigue yourself excessively anyway. If you are at the point where you can do a large number of repetitions, then the intensity is low enough that overtraining is unlikely.