I came across to see a very good site that you should read (it's a must). All of the materials sold for hundred of thousands on the internet is now given free to Todd Kuliskis. I have found the site a few months ago and begin to subscribe to his newsletters. Most of the new workout routine are interesting and most of the ideas that I have read on his site is sold for a few bucks over the internet. Now for a poor individuals like me who are passionate in their physical well-being, you should spare a few moments to check the site and maybe you can find a good program which will fit into your routine and time frame. I tell you, all of the programs are carefully written by a man who knows what's he's talking about. I found all of the posts as a little treasure that you can own without even have to pay a single dollar. Most of us love "free stuff" as well. Music, movies and almost anything that is free will be really great. Why will you pay for some products that are not tested?
The programs are well known and they are just packaged in a different way. This is like a try before you buy concept in terms of fitness. This is your chance to start working out and melt away those fats without having to spend much money joining those rip-off gym programs which are designed to make money out of you. Bodyweight exercise is as effective as those machines that you see on the gyms. You will have the same fitness level as those gym rats if you know what you're doing without even paying a single cent to those money making gyms. At your own time and phase. No more bullies that consume much of your time waiting for them to finish their multiset exercises. And best of all you can exercise at your own time at home. No rushing and going to the traffic to travel to a gym near you.
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Wish you all the luck and fitness are in your hands!
Wednesday, December 10, 2014
Sunday, October 5, 2014
I'm Back!
It's been a while since I last checked out the site and post some new articles on this blog! I'm back again to continue this strength training with you guys out there! Better keep up an eye on this blog...
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Combat Conditioning
Combat conditioning is an exercise which combat athletes usually do as part of their training regimen. I've written this combat conditioning inspired to exercise and if you want to try, just feel free to browse in the pages. As I always advise, consult your physician for doing a very stressful exercise like this one. This will not give you bulk but it will give your body a total conditioning ready for everyday functional strength that you always dreamed of. More of the details if you click on the link below.
Combat Conditioning
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
An Isotonic and Isometric Exercise Samples
This video is and example of Isotonic and isometric exercises. This is one of a hell good exercise that anyone can do anywhere and everywhere. So what are you waiting for? All you need is a bit of time and space in your house if you're not doing anything, start moving your limbs.
Isometrics And Isometric Training: Alexander Zass The Father Of Isometrics
Alexander Zass-The Amazing Samson 1888 - 1962
Zass was born in Vilna, Poland in 1888, but lived most of his early years in Russia and after 1924 in Britain. He lifted a 500 pound girder with his teeth, carried a small horse, caught a woman fired from a cannon and allowed professional boxers to hit him in the stomach, but his greatest talents were in bending steel bars and breaking chains which were the center piece of his music hall exhibitions.
Tree Climber
At first he developed himself by climbing trees, running and with home made dumbells and barbells. Later he trained under some of the great Russian professional strongmen including Krelov, Anokhin, and Demetrioff who taught their systems in person and through correspondence. Anokhin taught his system to George Lurich who eventually became famous as a world champion strongman and wrestler.
Isometrics And Maximum Tension
Zass was very innovative and started bending green branches and twigs to develop his grip strength. Perhaps this was the start of his great belief in the application of isometrics and "maximum tension" (a concept that is present in Russian training methods to this day) for the development of strength. He believed such an approach superior to the use of weights in developing strength.
Walls in Prison are good exerciser
Whilst a prisoner of war he continued to develop his strength with the use of isometrics by pulling on the bars and chains. This episode and the knowledge that he obtained from it later became the basis of his mail order course which featured isometrics in the form of pulling on chains of various lengths.
Zass lived a very full and exciting life on many fronts. In addition to being a strongman he was also an accomplished animal trainer. At one time he worked for military intelligence in Russia and later as cover for his manager, Captain Howard, who was a British secret agent.
Unfortunately at the age of 74, Zass died, murdered in 1962.
The amazing thing is the fact that most old time strong lived very long lives. this is in sharp contrast to today’s steroid crazed professional bodybuilders.
Introduction To The 10-min Exercise Program
The Non-weight Training Program
by: Jose Godofredo TuliaoOver the years, mankind keep on searching for ways to countour their bodies to achieve the v-shaped classical shape of the Olympians in the old greek mythology books. The Herculean look has fascinated humans, over the hundred centuries man researched and virtually experimented their bodies as the canvass for their imaginations. Creating the perfect body was a real nightmare to the weak ones.There's a lot of ways to create a perfect body. It's on the diet, drugs and weights, hundreds of hours in the gym and so on. It's really a natural obsession not only to man but also to the feminine alike. This created the individuals to create their own gym, spa, fitness center. But on the other side many of their student has failed to achieve all the things they are dreaming of. Instead some injured themselves and leaves the gym in the premature time. Often students have done the exercises in a very haphazard manner. They keep on following the old exerciese techniques that the past bodybuilders have thought they are using in their entire training regimens. One of them of course was the very famous "Arnold Zwarzennegger" but our body has very different than with them. It should be keep in mind that we have no same body compositions have like them. All of us have different metabolism, Body mass, height, weight, motivation etc. Exercising is one of the best ways that usually we do with our body to achieve all the symetry that we like to happen.We have lot of exercise training regimen in the market but only some of them works really best and some of them may cause trouble instead of better development.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Different Types of Bodyweight Only Exercises
Bodyweight-only training is strength training performed using your own bodyweight to provide resistance rather than barbells, dumbbells or exercise machines.Bodyweight-only training is strength-training performed using your own bodyweight to provide resistance rather than barbells, dumbbells or exercise machines. This training can be categorized and described as follows:
calisthenics, dynamic self-resistance (DSR) exercises, dynamic visualized resistance (DVR) exercises, and isometric (isos) exercises
Calisthenics - These are bodyweight exercises that allow you to develop your body from many angles and directions. The name calisthenics is Greek in origin, a combination of the words kalos (beauty) and sthénos (strength). Callisthenic exercises consist of simple movements usually performed without weights or other equipment that are intended to increase body strength and flexibility using your own bodyweight resistance. Pushups, pull-ups, bar dips and bodyweight (“air”) squats are examples of calisthenics.
Dynamic self-resistance - Dynamic self resistance (DSR) exercises are performed where one muscle group acts as resistance for another muscle group. The secret is deep concentration as one limb acts as resistance for another while allowing a full range of motion to occur. This way of training was the mainstay of legendary fitness greats Charles Atlas and Earl Liederman. Bodyweight-only fitness expert John Peterson has stimulated modern day interest in this exercise method.
You can control the intensity of DSR exercises by the amount of self-resistance you apply, just like the intensity of a weight-lifting exercise can be controlled by the weight you use. The greater the self-resistance you provide, the fewer reps you will be able to perform.
An example of a DSR exercise that works the pectoral muscles is the Liederman direct pectoral exercise, described in the book titled "Muscle Building by Earl Liederman” as follows:
"If the student is desirous of putting direct application on the pectoral muscles, this can be done by clasping the hands in front of the chest and while resisting, pushing one hand as far as possible to the right, then pushing the other hand upon the return count as far as possible to the left, continuing until both pectorals begin to ache."
Dynamic visualized resistance - In the bodyweight-only training world, these are known as DVR exercises. DVR exercises use your self-created visualized resistance against an imaginary heavy resistance. The key is to maintain laser-like focused mind control and to think into the muscles as you work them. This was the strength training strategy of martial arts legend John McSweeney. He taught a system of 7 DVR exercises he called "Tiger Moves".
According to McSweeney, the "Tiger Moves" are based on ancient kung fu tension exercises. The ancient moves had a limited range of movement, but McSweeney altered these moves to cover a fuller range of motion. This alteration allowed complete expansion and contraction of opposing muscle structures. The key to these exercises is the tension used in the stretching. Vary the amount of tension until it feels comfortable.
Just like DSR exercises, the intensity of DVR exercises can be controlled by the amount of visualized-resistance you imagine. The greater the visualized-resistance you create with your imagination, the fewer reps you will be able to perform.
An example of a DVR exercise that works the pectoral muscles is the barrel squeeze pectoral contraction, one of the tiger move exercises McSweeney developed. Modern day bodyweight-only fitness expert John Peterson names this exercise the “full-range pectoral contraction” and describes it as follows:
"Hold hands in front, palms facing each other. Bring your hands back slowly with great tension until you feel your back muscles fully flexed. Hold for a count of one thousand one. Then move the hands slowly back to the original position while using great tension in your arms, shoulders, and pectoral muscles. Yes, the muscles will quiver."
Isometrics - The exercises discussed thus far are collectively referred to as isotonic exercises. An isotonic exercise is any exercise where actual movement is required. Contrast that with an isometric exercise, one that strengthens a particular muscle by tightening it, holding it, and then relaxing, all without moving the joint.
Examples of isometric exercises include:
1) Holding a weight in a motionless state or maintaining a static position. For example, holding dumbbells out to the side in the crucifix position. A bodyweight example would be to hold a static position hanging from a pull-up bar.
2) The act of pushing or pulling against a stationary object. For example, pushing against a wall involves an isometric contraction. No movement takes place as the wall is immovable.
In his classic book “Isometric Power Revolution”, author and modern-day isometric exercise expert John Peterson defines 3 types of isometric exercises: (1) classic isometric contractions; (2) static isometric postures; and (3) peak contraction isometric power flex.
While isometric exercises utilize various levels of tension, this article will only discuss classic isometric contractions that Peterson describes as “the willful contraction of a specific muscle or muscle group against an immovable force, object, or another muscle group at ultra-high intensity”. In other words, no movement is possible.
Peterson provides the following description of a pectoral classic isometric contraction:
"Stand erect with your feet about 12” apart. Clasp your hands . . . with the fingers of your right hand in the top position between the thumb and forefinger of your left hand. Extend your elbows outward and slightly away from your chest. Press your hands firmly against each other wile slowly building tension as you inhale for 3 to 4 seconds until you reach maximum contraction. At that point, slowly begin a controlled exhale for 7 to 12 seconds while maintaining a maximum muscular contraction. Then slowly release the tension as you inhale deeply for 3 to 4 seconds. Relax. Take 7 to 10 deep power breaths . . . . “
Conclusion
Bodyweight-only training is a form of strength training performed using your own bodyweight to provide resistance rather than barbells, dumbbells or exercise machines. This article categorized and described 4 different bodyweight-only training methods. Give bodyweight-only training a try and see how it compliments and enhances your current training. It is not easy training. You will never know until you give it a try. And forget about going to the gym spending hours of sweaty exercise and gaining nothing. Also never mind the expensive and fancy equipments that cause you hundreds of dollars.
Thanks for Perini for some of the excerpts used in this article from DiscussFitness.com.
calisthenics, dynamic self-resistance (DSR) exercises, dynamic visualized resistance (DVR) exercises, and isometric (isos) exercises
Calisthenics - These are bodyweight exercises that allow you to develop your body from many angles and directions. The name calisthenics is Greek in origin, a combination of the words kalos (beauty) and sthénos (strength). Callisthenic exercises consist of simple movements usually performed without weights or other equipment that are intended to increase body strength and flexibility using your own bodyweight resistance. Pushups, pull-ups, bar dips and bodyweight (“air”) squats are examples of calisthenics.
Dynamic self-resistance - Dynamic self resistance (DSR) exercises are performed where one muscle group acts as resistance for another muscle group. The secret is deep concentration as one limb acts as resistance for another while allowing a full range of motion to occur. This way of training was the mainstay of legendary fitness greats Charles Atlas and Earl Liederman. Bodyweight-only fitness expert John Peterson has stimulated modern day interest in this exercise method.
You can control the intensity of DSR exercises by the amount of self-resistance you apply, just like the intensity of a weight-lifting exercise can be controlled by the weight you use. The greater the self-resistance you provide, the fewer reps you will be able to perform.
An example of a DSR exercise that works the pectoral muscles is the Liederman direct pectoral exercise, described in the book titled "Muscle Building by Earl Liederman” as follows:
"If the student is desirous of putting direct application on the pectoral muscles, this can be done by clasping the hands in front of the chest and while resisting, pushing one hand as far as possible to the right, then pushing the other hand upon the return count as far as possible to the left, continuing until both pectorals begin to ache."
Dynamic visualized resistance - In the bodyweight-only training world, these are known as DVR exercises. DVR exercises use your self-created visualized resistance against an imaginary heavy resistance. The key is to maintain laser-like focused mind control and to think into the muscles as you work them. This was the strength training strategy of martial arts legend John McSweeney. He taught a system of 7 DVR exercises he called "Tiger Moves".
According to McSweeney, the "Tiger Moves" are based on ancient kung fu tension exercises. The ancient moves had a limited range of movement, but McSweeney altered these moves to cover a fuller range of motion. This alteration allowed complete expansion and contraction of opposing muscle structures. The key to these exercises is the tension used in the stretching. Vary the amount of tension until it feels comfortable.
Just like DSR exercises, the intensity of DVR exercises can be controlled by the amount of visualized-resistance you imagine. The greater the visualized-resistance you create with your imagination, the fewer reps you will be able to perform.
An example of a DVR exercise that works the pectoral muscles is the barrel squeeze pectoral contraction, one of the tiger move exercises McSweeney developed. Modern day bodyweight-only fitness expert John Peterson names this exercise the “full-range pectoral contraction” and describes it as follows:
"Hold hands in front, palms facing each other. Bring your hands back slowly with great tension until you feel your back muscles fully flexed. Hold for a count of one thousand one. Then move the hands slowly back to the original position while using great tension in your arms, shoulders, and pectoral muscles. Yes, the muscles will quiver."
Isometrics - The exercises discussed thus far are collectively referred to as isotonic exercises. An isotonic exercise is any exercise where actual movement is required. Contrast that with an isometric exercise, one that strengthens a particular muscle by tightening it, holding it, and then relaxing, all without moving the joint.
Examples of isometric exercises include:
1) Holding a weight in a motionless state or maintaining a static position. For example, holding dumbbells out to the side in the crucifix position. A bodyweight example would be to hold a static position hanging from a pull-up bar.
2) The act of pushing or pulling against a stationary object. For example, pushing against a wall involves an isometric contraction. No movement takes place as the wall is immovable.
In his classic book “Isometric Power Revolution”, author and modern-day isometric exercise expert John Peterson defines 3 types of isometric exercises: (1) classic isometric contractions; (2) static isometric postures; and (3) peak contraction isometric power flex.
While isometric exercises utilize various levels of tension, this article will only discuss classic isometric contractions that Peterson describes as “the willful contraction of a specific muscle or muscle group against an immovable force, object, or another muscle group at ultra-high intensity”. In other words, no movement is possible.
Peterson provides the following description of a pectoral classic isometric contraction:
"Stand erect with your feet about 12” apart. Clasp your hands . . . with the fingers of your right hand in the top position between the thumb and forefinger of your left hand. Extend your elbows outward and slightly away from your chest. Press your hands firmly against each other wile slowly building tension as you inhale for 3 to 4 seconds until you reach maximum contraction. At that point, slowly begin a controlled exhale for 7 to 12 seconds while maintaining a maximum muscular contraction. Then slowly release the tension as you inhale deeply for 3 to 4 seconds. Relax. Take 7 to 10 deep power breaths . . . . “
Conclusion
Bodyweight-only training is a form of strength training performed using your own bodyweight to provide resistance rather than barbells, dumbbells or exercise machines. This article categorized and described 4 different bodyweight-only training methods. Give bodyweight-only training a try and see how it compliments and enhances your current training. It is not easy training. You will never know until you give it a try. And forget about going to the gym spending hours of sweaty exercise and gaining nothing. Also never mind the expensive and fancy equipments that cause you hundreds of dollars.
Thanks for Perini for some of the excerpts used in this article from DiscussFitness.com.
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