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One of the best ways to condition your body is through bodyweight exercises. The nice thing about it is that you do not need a treadmill, an elliptical machine or a rowing machine. All you need is your body. You can perform it anywhere. Bodyweight conditioning is able to get your heart rate up to a level where you will burn a serious amount of calories. I think the routines for conditioning with bodyweight exercises look simple at first. However, when you begin to perform them you come to realize that they take much more out of you than you thought. It is quite challenging just to get through the circuit.
I was reading the other day (can’t quite remember where) and the individual who was writing the article made mention of the fact that the football team that he played on in college dreaded the bodyweight conditioning exercises most of all because they took so much out of you.
Just yesterday, I took the day off and made a 90 minute trip to watch my son play baseball for his college. While I was sitting in the bleachers watching the game I heard a soccer player from his college talking about the burpee exercises that they had to do for conditioning. They were extremely tough.
You can get a tremendous workout from bodyweight exercises alone. They are some of the most effective exercises for shedding fat and losing weight as well. Below is a sample workout that I will be performing tomorrow for my bodyweight conditioning segment.
Perform 5 rounds with about a 1 – 2 minute rest between each round. Within the round you should not have any rest between exercises. Move from exercise to the next.
Burpees (10)
Mountain Climbers (15 each leg)
Squat Jumps (10)
Atomic Push Ups (10)
Knees To Elbows (10)
Tuck Jumps (10)
In case you are not familiar with tuck jumps, knees to elbows or an atomic push up then you can watch the videos below. If you do not have a TRX suspension trainer then you can substitute 15 – 20 push ups for the atomic push up.
Tuck Jumps
Knees To Elbows
Atomic Push Up
