Question about body weight exercises…?

July 29th, 2010

i’m beginning a body weight training program for about 6 months. I’m gonna be doing pull ups, push ups, bridges, and various abdominal exercises. Is there anything I can do for my legs besides just a squat? In all the the body weight books and programs I only ever see squats, won’t this make me unbalanced?
I do have a 30lb kettlebell that I’m tempted to incorporate.

Squats are some of the best exercises you can do, as they get your glutes, hammies, quads and your abs and lower back to some extent. But you can also do:

- Jump squats
- One legged squats
- Lunges (and walking lunges)
- Box jumps
- Jump rope

with the kettlebell, in addition to squats, you can do:
- cleans
- stiff-legged deadlifts
- swings

Check out Crossfit.com - tons of bodyweight exercises on there.


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am i over training??

July 20th, 2010

im a heavyweight amature boxer, im 20 years old, i have a fight in may, my weekly routine is

MON Morning:
warm up/strech, 10 minutes
run 2 miles
side shuffles, 50 feet, pick up a KB sprint back and put it down, 10 time, KB weight Increases
ladder footwork drills
(this is circut one, there is no rest between sets)
kettlebell snatch 25 each arm 36 pound KB
25 pushups
kettlebell swings 50
Tricept extensions 50
situps 25
squats 50
mountain climbers 50
external shoulder rotations 25 each arm
300 crunches
50 leghangs
100 weighted side crunches

Mon Evening
3 rounds heavybag
3 rounds speed bag
3 focus mitts
3 rounds jumproap
3 rounds sparring
3 rounds box jumps

Tue Morning
warm up/strech 10 minutes
run 2 miles
side shuffles, 50 feet, pick up a KB sprint back and put it down, 10 time, KB weight Increases
ladder footwork drills
deadlifts 8 sets of 5
cleans 8 sets of 5
squats 8 sets of 5
bench 8 sets of 5
preacher curls 8 sets of 5
BB Rows 8 sets of 5
300 crunches
50 leghangs
100 weighted side crunches

tue night
3 rounds heavybag
3 rounds speed bag
3 focus mitts
3 rounds jumproap
3 rounds box jumps

wed morning

warm up/ stretch
run 2 miles
side shuffles, 50 feet, pick up a KB sprint back and put it down, 10 time, KB weight Increases
ladder footwork drills
Circut 2
50 lat pulls
50 medball slams
25 box jumps
50 arnold presses( 20 pound dumbells)
50 stepups (25 each leg)
25 burpees
50 swiss ball crunches
300 crunches
50 leghangs
100 weighted side crunches

wed night

3 rounds heavybag
3 rounds speed bag
3 focus mitts
3 rounds jumproap
3 rounds sparring

thu morning
warm up/strech 10 minutes
run 2 miles
side shuffles, 50 feet, pick up a KB sprint back and put it down, 10 time, KB weight Increases
ladder footwork drills
deadlifts 8 sets of 5
cleans 8 sets of 5
squats 8 sets of 5
bench 8 sets of 5
preacher curls 8 sets of 5
BB Rows 8 sets of 5
300 crunches
100 standing side crunches
50 leg hangs

thu night
3 rounds heavybag
3 rounds speed bag
3 focus mitts
3 rounds jumproap
3 rounds sparring
3 rounds box jumps

friday morning
warm up/strech, 10 minutes
run 2 miles
side shuffles, 50 feet, pick up a KB sprint back and put it down, 10 time, KB weight Increases
ladder footwork drills
kettlebell snatch 25 each arm 36 pound KB
25 pushups
kettlebell swings 50
Tricept extensions 50
situps 25
squats 50
mountain climbers 50
external shoulder rotations 25 each arm
300 crunches
50 leghangs
100 weighted side crunches

friday night

3 rounds heavybag
3 rounds speed bag
3 focus mitts
3 rounds jumproap
3 rounds sparring
3 rounds box jumps

i take sat and sun off to recover

that is not over training.

Your making ur way to the top, nothing wrong with that.

which of the three would you do?

July 9th, 2010

Kettlebell training
Systema training
or MMA
why?

MMA.

Because it’s the closest one to what I already do.

Different goals– different training methods.