Exercising without weights

[brikk9]

What are some good exercises that dont involve weights. I would like to get better for next year but don't have a weight set. Any exercises that will make me stronger, slimmer, and an over better athlete are welcome.

[LaxKiller69]

ok u don,t have weights well u should run and do lots of wall sits and go on ur front steps and put ur toes right on the edge and push up it wil work ur calfs and do side and backward lunges and lots of endurence work and off course practice for next year

[LaxKiller69]

push ups and sit ups crunches also will work

[brikk9]

ok u don,t have weights well u should run and do lots of wall sits and go on ur front steps and put ur toes right on the edge and push up it wil work ur calfs and do side and backward lunges and lots of endurence work and off course practice for next year

You mean like stand up on my toes? What difference does that make on stairs against flat ground? And how do I do backwards lunges?

[BrickWall6]

bodyweight exercises (http://bodybuilding.com/fun/exercises.php?MainMuscle=&Equip=BodyOnly&Isolation=)

that should help you. and if not...gym membership

[franks2089]

Bodyweight excercises won't make you stronger or much bigger. Also working out has something todo with be slimmer but make sure you have it down in the kitchen before you look at ur workout routine.

[vision]

Bodyweight excercises won't make you stronger or much bigger. Also working out has something todo with be slimmer but make sure you have it down in the kitchen before you look at ur workout routine.

That's Wrong

[checklax]

Bodyweight excercises won't make you stronger or much bigger. Also working out has something todo with be slimmer but make sure you have it down in the kitchen before you look at ur workout routine.

Not true at all. Pushups and chin ups will make you bigger, and they will make you stronger, definetly make you stronger.

[franks2089]

Not true at all. Pushups and chin ups will make you bigger, and they will make you stronger, definetly make you stronger.
That's Wrong

That proves how much you know about training which is just about nothing. Pushups and pullups will make you a little bit stronger but you need weights for real strength. If pushups and chins made you huge everyone in the military would be huge, and they arent.

[smooth87]

Bodyweight excerises (ie squating on a yoga ball) improve your stability muscles and usually your core.

[vision]

That proves how much you know about training which is just about nothing. Pushups and pullups will make you a little bit stronger but you need weights for real strength. If pushups and chins made you huge everyone in the military would be huge, and they arent.

The goal of the military isn't to get huge, they don't train to get huge, they don't eat to get huge, they don't get huge.

So you say bodyweight exercises don't make you strong?

1-arm pushups
1-arm pullups (off arm does not hold onto the wrist)
1-arm ab rollouts
1-arm inverted rows
Pistol squats
1-legged Glute Ham Raises
Hand stand pushups
Power Straights

Once your weight lifting program alows you to complete every exercise on the above list you may come back, but until then, stay out of this thread.


***For everyone else, I'm not saying weights are bad, I use them all the time. I just had to make this guy look like an idiot for giving such terrible information***

[franks2089]

So you say bodyweight exercises don't make you strong?

1-arm pushups
1-arm pullups (off arm does not hold onto the wrist)
1-arm ab rollouts
1-arm inverted rows
Pistol squats
1-legged Glute Ham Raises
Hand stand pushups
Power Straights

Once your weight lifting program alows you to complete every exercise on the above list you may come back, but until then, stay out of this thread.



Outta the list I can do these. The rest I dont know what they are.
1-arm pushups
1-arm pullups (off arm does not hold onto the wrist)
1-legged Glute Ham Raises
Hand stand pushups

[vision]

Outta the list I can do these. The rest I dont know what they are.
1-arm pushups
1-arm pullups (off arm does not hold onto the wrist)
1-legged Glute Ham Raises
Hand stand pushups

Alright, no more fighting. For the sake of this thread, here are the other exercises.


1-arm ab rollouts
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aRa5sLdGSM0&search=ross%20boxing (30 seconds into the video)

1-arm inverted rows
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5114757729902432030 (shown with 2 arms)

Pistol squats
http://spidersport.com/pistol_en.php

Power Straights
http://exrx.net/WeightExercises/Power/WtPowerStraight.html

[new middie]

if you can skateboard that is a great exercize for your calfs.

[laxpro]

http://lacrosseforums.com/showthread.php?t=53485
This thread shows some great no-weight work-outs, for the most part, some of them require a medicine ball but that is about it.

[vision]

If you go to post a reply in this thread, you can see my last reply under the topic review, but it isn't showing up on the actual thread.

[checklax]

if you can skateboard that is a great exercize for your calfs.

Yeah but its terrible for your knees.

[RYU]

Outta the list I can do these. The rest I dont know what they are.
1-arm pushups
1-arm pullups (off arm does not hold onto the wrist)
1-legged Glute Ham Raises
Hand stand pushupsFirst off, you are full of :bull:. 1-arm push-ups are hard but not that hard, depending on how far apart you space your feet. Handstand push-ups are hard, but if you can military press your bodyweight, then you can probably do at least 1-2 handstand push-ups. Point is, if you could honestly do the latter three, especially the 1-arm pull-up (insanely difficult), then you wouldn't be dismissing bodweight exercises.

Second, we have no idea what brikk9's fitness level & background are. A regimen including push-ups & pull-ups might work very well for brikk, depending on brikk's goals.

Third, ditto to everything vision posted. Here are some examples of other exercises vision mentioned.

This link vision provided is one of the best & toughest low-tech workout videos you'll ever see.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aRa5sLdGSM0&search=ross%20boxing

1-arm ab rollouts - 2-arm rollouts from your toes are already incredibly hard. 1-arms are insane.
0:20 into video above

Pistol squats - aka single leg squats (through full range of motion)
1:26 into the video above

The clap push-ups & pull-ups in that vid are awesome too.

1-legged Glute Ham Raises - like a back hyperextension but using only one leg
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Hamstrings/WTGluteHamRaise.html

Hand stand pushups - even braced against a wall, they are very challenging.
http://beastskills.com/Handstand%20pushup%20inter.htm

Power Straights - aka muscle-ups, can be done on rings or a bar
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/muscle-up_loyd.wmv

1-arm pull-up - if you use any assistance from your free arm, then it's not a true one arm pull-up.
http://beastskills.com/OneArmPull.htm

These are all examples of some of the hardest bodyweight exercises around. There are plenty of others to suit varying strength & fitness levels.

[Cburylax]

Take it easy franks, you're sounding a little more aggressive than normal these days.

RYU as always provides us with an astute understanding of the world wide web and time efficiency, always my hero.

While I can see the argument made by franks and vision, I would have to agree with both of them and neither of them. In my opinion, strength is a really vague term without any context. What is the end result that we're trying to achieve and how are we measuring strength?

If we're doing it in the powerlifting room, obviously one legged squats and one arm push ups aren't going to help, even if you can do 100 each.

If we're trying out for the Cirque de Soleil, you better be able to lift your body weight with one arm while balancing on a ball, because 200lbs military presses aren't going to help.

So, now we get a little deeper into this and since we're on a lacrosse message board and not ieatdumbbells.com, it seems you are arguing what the best way to gain strength for lacrosse?

In my experience, you need both. I can cripple a bodybuilder with out even so much as a 2lb dumbell, and anyone can crush a yogi in the weight room.

A pure bodybuilder will fail to reach their athletic potential on the field as will someone without access to weights.

brikk9 buddy, get going on the bodyweight exercises and find a way to hit the weights, you'll be better for doing both, I promise.

[vision]

First off, you are full of :bull:. 1-arm push-ups are hard but not that hard, depending on how far apart you space your feet. Handstand push-ups are hard, but if you can military press your bodyweight, then you can probably do at least 1-2 handstand push-ups. Point is, if you could honestly do the latter three, especially the 1-arm pull-up (insanely difficult), then you wouldn't be dismissing bodweight exercises.

Second, we have no idea what brikk9's fitness level & background are. A regimen including push-ups & pull-ups might work very well for brikk, depending on brikk's goals.

Third, ditto to everything vision posted. Here are some examples of other exercises vision mentioned.

This link vision provided is one of the best & toughest low-tech workout videos you'll ever see.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=aRa5sLdGSM0&search=ross%20boxing

1-arm ab rollouts - 2-arm rollouts from your toes are already incredibly hard. 1-arms are insane.
0:20 into video above

Pistol squats - aka single leg squats (through full range of motion)
1:26 into the video above

The clap push-ups & pull-ups in that vid are awesome too.

1-legged Glute Ham Raises - like a back hyperextension but using only one leg
http://www.exrx.net/WeightExercises/Hamstrings/WTGluteHamRaise.html

Hand stand pushups - even braced against a wall, they are very challenging.
http://beastskills.com/Handstand%20pushup%20inter.htm

Power Straights - aka muscle-ups, can be done on rings or a bar
http://media.crossfit.com/cf-video/muscle-up_loyd.wmv

1-arm pull-up - if you use any assistance from your free arm, then it's not a true one arm pull-up.
http://beastskills.com/OneArmPull.htm

These are all examples of some of the hardest bodyweight exercises around. There are plenty of others to suit varying strength & fitness levels.


I tryed to show what I ment by the exercises, but they only showed up under topic review while replying to thread, not actually on the thread.

The version of 1-legged GHRs i was thinking of was even harder. Doing it without equipment. Anchor your one leg under something strong (the lower the better). Now place padding under your knee. Keeping your body completely straight go down to the floor, touch chest to floor, and return. No way Franks can even come close to doing these. I don't believe his 1-arm pullups either. And he definetely can't do 1-arm ab rollouts from his feet.

The point I was trying to make is even though BW exercises are harder to increase load than free weights, It can still be done.

Beastskills has many extremely hard bodyweight exercises that I didn't even mention for who ever wants some more. (link in quote)

[navyboy28]

CHARLES ATLAS!! look him up. he is the old school master of wieghtless workouts.