/r/bodyweightfitness is great. Check out their wiki and Recommended Routine. Been doing it since 2016, can't imagine doing anything else, mainly because I can easily do it in my bedroom
Seconded! BWF changed my life and I have visible and useful muscles for the first time ever. The progressions let you start from scratch and the fact that it's all compound exercises means you build full body strength and awareness. Can't recommend enough.
Yeah, extremely easy to scale to any level. I've enjoyed "unlocking" skills and movements, some I haven't even trained for. Like, oh, I'm good at yoga already and I'm faster running.
Been doing it since 2016, can’t imagine doing anything else, mainly because I can easily do it
body weight exercises are good for beginners and certain movements which don't require a lot of strength, but you'll need a barbell because there's no point in doing like 100 squats or pushups.
There are ways to make them harder without adding weight (one legged or changing your form), but yeah, eventually you'll want get some weight. I bought some gymnastics rings and a sandbag this year just for that reason. For a newbie, tho, it's easily a year or two of solid progress.
/r/bodyweightfitness is great. Check out their wiki and Recommended Routine. Been doing it since 2016, can't imagine doing anything else, mainly because I can easily do it in my bedroom
Seconded! BWF changed my life and I have visible and useful muscles for the first time ever. The progressions let you start from scratch and the fact that it's all compound exercises means you build full body strength and awareness. Can't recommend enough.
Yeah, extremely easy to scale to any level. I've enjoyed "unlocking" skills and movements, some I haven't even trained for. Like, oh, I'm good at yoga already and I'm faster running.
Very well designed program
body weight exercises are good for beginners and certain movements which don't require a lot of strength, but you'll need a barbell because there's no point in doing like 100 squats or pushups.
There are ways to make them harder without adding weight (one legged or changing your form), but yeah, eventually you'll want get some weight. I bought some gymnastics rings and a sandbag this year just for that reason. For a newbie, tho, it's easily a year or two of solid progress.