The Benefits Of
Bodyweight Calisthenics Exercise

The same body sitting in front of the computer reading this right now
can be used to improve fitness, health and physique and
greatly raise your quality of life... Use It!

Bodyweight calisthenics use only the weight of your own body as resistance to develop the ability to squat, reach, twist, lunge, jump, land, push and get up and down... allowing you to meet the challenges of sport, work and life with excellence.

Your body was meant to move itself around efficiently under a wide variety of circumstances... and training with bodyweight calisthenics greatly improves this ability.

Let's look at some of the benefits of bodyweight calisthenics in more detail...

Bodyweight Calisthenics
Can Be Done Anywhere... Indoors Or Outdoors

The weather is nice and you want to enjoy the outdoors... find an open patch of ground and you are ready to go.

Too cold or raining... stay inside and improve yourself with a bodyweight workout.

You go on vacation and the hotel doesn't have a gym... no problem, your hotel room will do.

No matter where you are... you will have an effective physical training method at your disposal!

Bodyweight Calisthenics
Can Be Done Anytime... Day Or Night

Want to start your morning off with a quick, energizing bodyweight calisthenics workout... go ahead.

After a stressful day at work or school... eliminate it with a bodyweight calisthenics workout and a hot shower before bed.

The point is, whenever you want an effective workout you can have one... your body never closes!

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Or Very Little

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For many bodyweight calisthenics exercises, the resistance of your own bodyweight is sufficient to promote fitness, health and physique benefits.

In some instances some other element will be necessary to complete the bodyweight calisthenics exercise... like a wall, a chair, a box, a pull up bar, etc.

However, in most cases... if you have a functional body, you have a gym!

The Exercises Are Adaptable
To Any Fitness Level

Bodyweight calisthenics exercises are highly modifiable... able to be adapted from the beginner level to the elite athlete level.

By changing the angle, position or leverage point, the exercise can range from easy to extremely difficult.

This makes bodyweight calisthenics an excellent place to start a physical training program... and a highly effective training method for advanced exercisers.

Muscular Strength, Muscular Power
And Muscular Endurance Can Be Targeted

Many opponents of bodyweight calisthenics exercise claim only muscular endurance can be effected... but they forget they are talking to a population where the majority cannot perform even 1 push up or pull up.

If a person who cannot perform any push ups whatsoever is capable of performing 10 perfect push ups after proper training... they are stronger!

Similar improvements can be made for muscular power.

Bodyweight calisthenics can be used to improve all aspects of strength... making them a highly effective tool in physical development.

Cardiorespiratory Endurance Can Be Improved
While Burning Unwanted Fat

Not only can bodyweight calisthenics make you stronger... but they can simultaneously improve heart and lung power while burning fat.

Any activity that raises the heart and breathing rates will promote cardiorespiratory improvements... not just steady state aerobic exercise as many people are led to believe.

Bodyweight calisthenics stimulate all the muscles in the body and stimulate your heart and lungs... providing for the perfect environment to burn calories and fat!

Bodyweight Calisthenics Train The Body
In The Way The Body Naturally Moves

Your body is made to move in all directions... up, down, back, sideways, twisting, etc.

Therefore, your physical training should strive to improve your ability to move in all directions under varied circumstances.

This cannot be accomplished by using isolation movements or being strapped into a machine.

Bodyweight calisthenics use natural movement patterns to improve natural movement patterns... improving fitness, health and physique!

Bodyweight Calisthenics Prepare The Body
For All Other Training Methods

Bodyweight calisthenics exercise lays the foundation for every other fitness, health and physique training method... and therefore are an integral part of any physical training plan.

If you are just starting out, you should learn to control the weight of your own body before you try to control the weight of a foreign object.

If you aren't efficient at moving your own body around... how do you expect to exceed at moving other objects around?

Use bodyweight calisthenics to learn and improve the movement of your body... and then introduce other training equipment into the plan.

Once you graduate to using equipment... maintain bodyweight calisthenics as a part of your over-all fitness training plan to optimize the effectiveness of your body.

These are just some of the benefits of bodyweight calisthenics exercise you will enjoy... culminating in the ability to live a better life in a better body!

The benefit of bodyweight calisthenics exercise is undeniable... but you will only see long lasting, dramatic improvements to fitness, health and physique if your bodyweight calisthenics training is part of comprehensive, progressive plan.

You probably already know many bodyweight exercises and calisthenics drills... what you lack is the plan of action to turn them into effective physical training geared to achieving your goals.

Workout Without Weights is such a plan. Without a plan, learning a bunch of bodyweight calisthenics exercises is valueless!

Learn More!

5 Ways A Bodyweight Workout Can Benefit You
You don't need expensive gym memberships, costly equipment or even a lot of time to perform a highly effective bodyweight workout... and develop the fitness, health and physique you deserve. You're all out of excuses!

Bodyweight Vs Machines... Excepts From Barnarr MacFadden's Muscular Power & Beauty (1906)

The bodyweight vs machines debate has been raging for centuries when looking for the physical training method for superior human development. Here are some thoughts by Barnarr MacFadden taken from his book Muscular Power & Beauty. Find out the benefits of bodyweight training over machines.

My Distinction Between Bodyweight Exercise And Calisthenics Exercise
Many people use bodyweight exercise and calisthenics interchangeably... I make a distinction. Learn the difference to better target your bodyweight calisthenics training and get the performance, health and physique results you want.

What You Should Expect From A Bodyweight Calisthenics Program
Explore the results you should expect from following a well thought out bodyweight calisthenics program... you’ll be surprised what you can accomplish without expensive equipment and costly gym memberships!

#1 Result Of Bodyweight Training... A Higher Quality Of Life!
Effective and progressive bodyweight training can increase your physical capacity and boost your energy reserves... improving your quality of life. More energy for recreational activities means a better life in a better body!

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Coach Eddie Lomax is the founder and president of the Optimum Fitness Network, and author of the best-selling ebook Workout Without Weights: Bodyweight Calisthenics Workout Progression System.

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