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... Hello. How often should I do pushups and squats? I'm a thin guy; I don't intend to lose weight. I don't want to use equipment, I need calisthenic exercises I can do anywhere. I want to do them to ward against stiffness, and also to keep a toned body without getting bulked up. Should I do them: twice a day, once a day, every other day? I also intend to the do bicycle crunches. How often should I do these? Thanks. You need to find what works for you with a given set of exercises but if you don't change it, it won't work forever so you need to be prepared to understand the principles and adjust as needed. There is no single "right" training schedule for bodyweight or any other kind of exercises. Generally speaking, doing something relatively brief but relatively intense every day is a good way to improve strength (and likely residual muscle tone as well) without bulking up. Bulking up is actually pretty hard to do, anyway. Pushups and squats can be tweaked to become effective strength training by moving towards one-armed pushups and one-legged squats. I practice both and think they're great, and at 153 lbs., no one has yet accused me of bulking up. ![]() these two exercises is Pavel Tsatsouline's, "Naked Warrior", link he http://www.kbnj.com/nw.htm If you choose to do them in their original versions, I'd be sure to do lots of them. You might also want to Google on hindu squats and hindu pushups - they are yet another wrinkle on the same subject and a lot of people like them for high reps. Last but not least, don't forget pullups - they're another great bodyweight exercise. As but one example, here's my workout from yesterday: Pullups @ bodyweight + 20 lb. dumbbell held between my feet: 8 reps x 1 set One-legged squat (pistol) @ bodyweight: 4 reps left, 4 reps right x 1 set Chinup @ bodyweight + 20 lb. dumbbell held between my feet: 8 reps x 1 set I did 10 minutes of joint health movements, mostly qigong, to warmup, and that's all I did - was a simple workout that left me feeling like I had worked everything pretty hard. The whole thing took less than 20 minutes to complete, including the warmup. One could easily do the pullups bodyweight only or substitute a harder version, e.g., pullups holding onto a towel draped over the bar, and a doorway ledge or a tree branch will suffice instead of a pullup bar. -S- http://www.kbnj.com |
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For a perfect health, pushups are very useful. This exercise technique is worth useful for good result and makes your health perfect and strong for the lifetime.
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Push ups, pull ups, sits ups, and squats etc. make the combination of a perfect workout which play an important role to improve the body fitness, body strength, and stamina.
My daily workout contain the combination of these workouts. I do 25 push ups, 25 pullups, 25 sits ups, and 25 squats in my daily workout routine. Last edited by Gabriel : April 8th 13 at 05:04 PM. |
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It would depend on your objective, age, gender, hurt threshold, diet, if you slept well or not...and this and that...and the age of the boss.
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3 days of exercise and 4 days of reset each week
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