11.27.2007
The Danger of Bodyweight Training
 | The title of today's post may come as a bit of a shock to you. I admit -- it is a bit of a misnomer -- after all bodyweight training is one of the safest, if not THE safest way to train. And after all the "danger" that comes with getting strangled by a heavy bench press or crushed under a heavy squat simply does not exist with bodyweight training so what on earth could I possibly be referring to? |
When you train, you train for a reason: you want something out of it: to become stronger, faster, more flexible, greater endurance and mental toughness etc etc -- things along those lines.
But you wont get any of those benefits unless you do certain things a certain way in your training.
The "danger" of bodyweight training is this: there are so many different exercises and variations that it can be easy do "a lil of this and a lil of that" until you either become overtrained or never really make real gains since with great variety comes a lack of focus.
Just like any other kind of training, the real "gains" can only come from consistent improvement over time. Theres plenty of room for "this n that" training but if you want all that bodyweight training has to offer, pick a few key exercises and focus on them.
The real magic starts to happen around workout #10...
Train hard,
John Wood
P.S. Don’t forget, Steve Maxwells new pullup DVD offers a number of unique pullup and ring training exercises but that doesnt mean you should do them all in every workout. Pick a few and train em hard: Steve Maxwell's Pullup Workout DVD
Labels: Bodyweight Training, bodyweight workout, consistency, focus
