Hudson Posted August 21, 2004 Posted August 21, 2004 How many people prefer bodyweight exercises over weighted exercises or isometrics? I personally don't know anyone who has maxed out the potential for growth through bodyweight exercises, and I don't know if I ever will. By this I mean they've reached a point where doing sets of 100+ pushups, crunches, handstand pushups, one-legged squats, etc; are no problem. Maybe that seems a bit extreme but it's a personal goal of mine to be able to perform large sets of those types of exercises without failure, to be quicker and more agile than any opponent from any angle. (I hope that made sense). Thoughts? The game of chess is much like a swordfight; you must think before you move.
Vito Posted August 21, 2004 Posted August 21, 2004 i know that randy coulter claims to have never done any weights; only body weight exercises. "If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared." -Machiavelli
Radok Posted August 21, 2004 Posted August 21, 2004 http://www.teenbodybuilding.com/steh7.htm If you can't laugh at yourself, there's no point. No point in what, you might ask? there's just no point.Many people seem to take Karate to get a Black Belt, rather than getting a Black Belt to learn Karate.
Rotten Head Fok Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 Through out my life I have use many methods of training so I prefer the freedom to switch-up to my moods. Usually 3 to 6 months then I'll either go to something I've tried or I'm always open to new ways. You must be stable and balanced in your foot work, if you have to use your martial knowledge in combat, your intent should be to win. If you do strike, you must release great power! The martial arts are easy to learn, but difficult to correct.
Hudson Posted August 22, 2004 Author Posted August 22, 2004 I'll tell you right now I train all ways but my favorite way to exercise ever is doing the card routine, where you get a deck of cards, red is crunches, black is pushups, and you do as many reps as the number on the card, face cards 15 jokers 50 reps. Do as fast as you can. Very fun. The game of chess is much like a swordfight; you must think before you move.
Rich67 Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 Every once in a while I mix up my weight training with bodyweight only exercises such as pushups, dips, pullups and chinups, and bodyweight only squats and lunges. It's a good cardio workout, but doesn't have much effect on muscle size. I have to train with weights in order to bulk up. Mixed Martial Artist
SevenStar Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 I'll tell you right now I train all ways but my favorite way to exercise ever is doing the card routine, where you get a deck of cards, red is crunches, black is pushups, and you do as many reps as the number on the card, face cards 15 jokers 50 reps. Do as fast as you can. Very fun. did you steal that from bob sapp? he does that. I've known some people in the military who did it also.
SevenStar Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 How many people prefer bodyweight exercises over weighted exercises or isometrics? I personally don't know anyone who has maxed out the potential for growth through bodyweight exercises, and I don't know if I ever will. By this I mean they've reached a point where doing sets of 100+ pushups, crunches, handstand pushups, one-legged squats, etc; are no problem. Maybe that seems a bit extreme but it's a personal goal of mine to be able to perform large sets of those types of exercises without failure, to be quicker and more agile than any opponent from any angle. (I hope that made sense). Thoughts? can you max out your potential for growth? yes. can you max out the number of reps you do? yes. Those are two different instances though. growth and strength are better accomplished through strength training than bodyweight exercises. BWE are endurance exercises. That said, yeah, you can max that number out. If you couldn't, there would be athletes who could do 600 nonstop pushups. There would also be a high rate of athletes with repetitive stress injuries.
Hudson Posted August 22, 2004 Author Posted August 22, 2004 did you steal that from bob sapp? he does that. I've known some people in the military who did it also. I don't know where I read it first so it's quite possible I "stole" it from him? The game of chess is much like a swordfight; you must think before you move.
Radok Posted August 22, 2004 Posted August 22, 2004 than bodyweight exercises. BWE are endurance exercises. That said, yeah, you can max that number out. If you couldn't, there would be athletes who could do 600 nonstop pushups. There would also be a high rate of athletes with repetitive stress injuries. Any healthy person can build up to over 600 pushups. According to the 1999 Book of World Records, Charles Servizio did 46,001 pushups in 24 hours. Paddy Doyle did 8,794 ONE ARMED pushups in 5 hours! Terry Cole did 8,200 fingertip pushups in five hours. I don't think there is any exact limit on the number of pushups a person can build up to. Once you get the capillary density on the muscles high enough, it would clear lactic acid and bring new oxygen faster than you body produced the acid. If you can't laugh at yourself, there's no point. No point in what, you might ask? there's just no point.Many people seem to take Karate to get a Black Belt, rather than getting a Black Belt to learn Karate.
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