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Further off topic: high intensity workouts also have the benefit of being short and therefore easier to do after work :) --- A great workout that only require

by davemp 8y ago

Further off topic: high intensity workouts also have the benefit of being short and therefore easier to do after work :) --- A great workout that only requires an exercise bike is: - 4-5min of biking, sprinting for 30sec every minute. - no break, 20 push-ups, 20 squats, 20 crunches - ~1min break, repeat the above two more times The result should be a ~20min strength building exercise that is easy on the joints and gets a nice heartrate/endorphin spike.

ovi256 8y ago
The body-weight push-ups and squat are only a very light strength building exercise. Sadly, you'll still be above average in fitness if you do this workout.
- mywittyname 8y ago
  If you keep some progression going, and don't over-eat, you'll end up with a pretty nice physique at least.
  - Fricken 8y ago
    I think a big reason why so many have a hard time maintaining a life-long fitness habit is because their goals are merely cosmetic. The first thing an excercise routine needs to be is fun, and after that the rest is butter.
- claytongulick 8y ago
  The entire discipline of calisthenics would disagree with you on this one... (oh, and me too)
  - balfirevic 8y ago
    The discipline of calisthenics does not consider plain push-ups, bodyweight squats and crunches as anything more than beginner-level exercises.
- User23 8y ago
  The trick with body weight exercise progression is to use leverage to increase the effective resistance. For example: http://stevenlow.org/the-fundamentals-of-bodyweight-strength-training/ http://stevenlow.org/the-fundamentals-of-bodyweight-strength... Done correctly body weight alone can allow one to achieve great strength. In fact, it’s probably superior on account of gymnasts can easily do weight lifting exercises while weight training doesn’t really transfer to gymnastics.
thr0awaz 8y ago
Further off topic still... you need to add some pulling exercises to balance your pushups, maybe some vertical pulling and pushing (pullups, overhead presses) as well, and swapping the squats for lunges or step-ups once in a while will give you better overall leg development (squats for quads, lunges and stepups will work glutes and hamstrings a bit more) You're probably not going to run into issues with that low of an intensity (20 pushups is not nothing, but if you stop at 20 every time, it's not like you'll keep making the imbalance worse) but adding another few exercises will only add like 5 mins total to your workout, and will give better overall results
- davemp 8y ago
  Great input! I believe a serious workout would involve some sort of lifting routine before hand. This exercise is really just intended to get some cardio/endorphins without being heavily aerobic.
  - totalperspectiv 8y ago
    Further off topic, you have essentially described the model that CrossFit uses! You could steal workouts from https://www.crossfit.com/ https://www.crossfit.com/ as the publish them for free. There is also a lot of good material tied to the crossfit name for high intensity interval training if you google around.

by davemp 8y ago

ovi256 8y ago

The body-weight push-ups and squat are only a very light strength building exercise. Sadly, you'll still be above average in fitness if you do this workout.

mywittyname 8y ago
If you keep some progression going, and don't over-eat, you'll end up with a pretty nice physique at least.
- Fricken 8y ago
  I think a big reason why so many have a hard time maintaining a life-long fitness habit is because their goals are merely cosmetic. The first thing an excercise routine needs to be is fun, and after that the rest is butter.
claytongulick 8y ago
The entire discipline of calisthenics would disagree with you on this one... (oh, and me too)
- balfirevic 8y ago
  The discipline of calisthenics does not consider plain push-ups, bodyweight squats and crunches as anything more than beginner-level exercises.
User23 8y ago
The trick with body weight exercise progression is to use leverage to increase the effective resistance. For example: http://stevenlow.org/the-fundamentals-of-bodyweight-strength-training/ http://stevenlow.org/the-fundamentals-of-bodyweight-strength... Done correctly body weight alone can allow one to achieve great strength. In fact, it’s probably superior on account of gymnasts can easily do weight lifting exercises while weight training doesn’t really transfer to gymnastics.

thr0awaz 8y ago

Further off topic still... you need to add some pulling exercises to balance your pushups, maybe some vertical pulling and pushing (pullups, overhead presses) as well, and swapping the squats for lunges or step-ups once in a while will give you better overall leg development (squats for quads, lunges and stepups will work glutes and hamstrings a bit more) You're probably not going to run into issues with that low of an intensity (20 pushups is not nothing, but if you stop at 20 every time, it's not like you'll keep making the imbalance worse) but adding another few exercises will only add like 5 mins total to your workout, and will give better overall results

davemp 8y ago
Great input! I believe a serious workout would involve some sort of lifting routine before hand. This exercise is really just intended to get some cardio/endorphins without being heavily aerobic.
- totalperspectiv 8y ago
  Further off topic, you have essentially described the model that CrossFit uses! You could steal workouts from https://www.crossfit.com/ https://www.crossfit.com/ as the publish them for free. There is also a lot of good material tied to the crossfit name for high intensity interval training if you google around.