NZarmy
Oct 31, 2006, 06:51 AM
Hello all, it's James here in Auckland, New Zealand.
My background is basically this. I am a Rugby player, and since recently, a runner also. I got fed up with weights some time ago because in my opinion, for a serious sportsman they are just too one dimensional. I am not hitting on weights in any way, you kinda need them if your goal is soley to be a Bodubilder, but as a personal decision I think the better alternative can lie in ones own bodyweight.
For me the supperiors are basically everything. You get stronger, and you train with close to real life movements that can directly cross over to help you in tasks, what I term "real world strength". You get a much stronger cardiovascular work out, for example: Doing a set of push ups, you are far more taxed and puffing after that than a set of curls with weights for example. And, best part of all, the injury risk is in my opinion low-none, they are such natural movements, as long as one trains sensibly but hard, the risk of injury is effectively nill to me. Playing Rugby, the worry of injury is already there, I don't need to have to prepare for injury in gym training also, where a lot of athletes get injured.
And best of all, it's FREE :D. No gym subscriptions, no hassle, work out in the hood. You dictate the terms, and you can mix in cardio wherever and whenever you want. The most one would need is maybe a weight belt and plates for advanced stuff, and maybe some hand grippers. The rest is domestic and societal.
In terms of what I do, I do a very specialised program. I train every day, but on an on off basis. One day I do grip training, next day I do bodyweight resistance training. I end up with an automatic system of one week 3 days on grip, 4 days on bodyweight resistance, next week 4 days on bodyweight resistance, 3 days on grip. I feel this system works good for me, it allows me adaquate time for rest, but ensures I don't slack off because it's so routine, I'm doing it every day, it never stops, just keeps ticking over. I work my running around but independant of this timetable, making sure I have rest days, but a serious runner really has to run more than 3 or four times a week, and there is less chance of overtraining with cardio than with resistance or even endurance training.
In terms of where I am at, I'm probably at a very high level of the programs posted on this site, I do every exercise, every rep to full ROM, no matter the excersise, one arm or two. It's a standard operating procedure for me, and will never change.
I will get some sample videos on here in the near future, but am not exactly sure when. Stay tuned and I look foward to great discussions about BW training :D
My background is basically this. I am a Rugby player, and since recently, a runner also. I got fed up with weights some time ago because in my opinion, for a serious sportsman they are just too one dimensional. I am not hitting on weights in any way, you kinda need them if your goal is soley to be a Bodubilder, but as a personal decision I think the better alternative can lie in ones own bodyweight.
For me the supperiors are basically everything. You get stronger, and you train with close to real life movements that can directly cross over to help you in tasks, what I term "real world strength". You get a much stronger cardiovascular work out, for example: Doing a set of push ups, you are far more taxed and puffing after that than a set of curls with weights for example. And, best part of all, the injury risk is in my opinion low-none, they are such natural movements, as long as one trains sensibly but hard, the risk of injury is effectively nill to me. Playing Rugby, the worry of injury is already there, I don't need to have to prepare for injury in gym training also, where a lot of athletes get injured.
And best of all, it's FREE :D. No gym subscriptions, no hassle, work out in the hood. You dictate the terms, and you can mix in cardio wherever and whenever you want. The most one would need is maybe a weight belt and plates for advanced stuff, and maybe some hand grippers. The rest is domestic and societal.
In terms of what I do, I do a very specialised program. I train every day, but on an on off basis. One day I do grip training, next day I do bodyweight resistance training. I end up with an automatic system of one week 3 days on grip, 4 days on bodyweight resistance, next week 4 days on bodyweight resistance, 3 days on grip. I feel this system works good for me, it allows me adaquate time for rest, but ensures I don't slack off because it's so routine, I'm doing it every day, it never stops, just keeps ticking over. I work my running around but independant of this timetable, making sure I have rest days, but a serious runner really has to run more than 3 or four times a week, and there is less chance of overtraining with cardio than with resistance or even endurance training.
In terms of where I am at, I'm probably at a very high level of the programs posted on this site, I do every exercise, every rep to full ROM, no matter the excersise, one arm or two. It's a standard operating procedure for me, and will never change.
I will get some sample videos on here in the near future, but am not exactly sure when. Stay tuned and I look foward to great discussions about BW training :D