| Everyone wants to get super ripped. But many | | | | of protein per bodyweight" recommendation. I told |
| people are doing this at the expense of their health. | | | | what happened to a friend of mine, who also used to |
| Being ripped is one thing, but if you're not healthy, | | | | train with my in Karate a few years earlier. He told |
| then whats the point? Many professional bodybuilders | | | | me he still trains with the exercises they made you |
| have been quoted as saying, "It's not how you feel, | | | | do in Karate:pushups and bodyweight squats. I looked |
| it's how you look." | | | | at my friend and noticed that he was in great shape. |
| Well, guess what. I want to look and feel good at | | | | After that day, I began training with my friend. He |
| the same time. You don't think it's possible? It's | | | | would combine some Karate drills with basic |
| possible with bodyweight training. Bodyweight training | | | | bodyweight movements and train around 20-30 |
| is one of the easiest ways to burn fat and develop a | | | | minutes at a time. It was a very refreshing change, |
| better looking body. Ever since I began training with | | | | as I was training up to 2 hours at a time in a |
| just my bodyweight, I've lost weight and improved | | | | commercial gym. Later that summer, I quit the gym, |
| my health. For years, I followed every piece of | | | | and started training with my own bodyweight, all on |
| advice in the bodybuilding magazines I used to read. | | | | my own. Sometimes my friend and I will still meet up |
| And for years, I went to the gym religiously, driving | | | | and have pushup and chinup contests. I win 90% of |
| after just one goal: get ripped. What actually | | | | the time! Bodyweight exercises have increased my |
| happened was that I became fatter, was constantly | | | | strength, endurance and flexibility throughout my |
| tired, and was completely unhealthy. | | | | entire body. |
| After a blood test ordered from my doctor, I | | | | Instead of hitting the gym for 2 hours, I just put |
| noticed that my triglycerides were high, and my | | | | together a handful of bodyweight movements and |
| cholesterol was borderline. I thought I was eating | | | | start jumping, crawling, pushing, and pulling through a |
| healthy. But I guess the 6 times per day eating | | | | body weight workout. There's nothing like an intense |
| schedule was getting to me. I also used the "1 pound | | | | bodyweight workout to get the day started! |