For many people who are looking at doing some workouts, bodyweight exercising is something that is considered. This means that you are doing resistance based exercises with nothing more than your own bodyweight. At times though for those who are out of shape and are not very strong yet, it’s difficult to manage your own weight. Are there any easier variations of common bodyweight exercises?
Pushups are the most common type of exercise using your own weight. At times it’s too hard to do a pushup the regular way. There are two variations to make this exercise easier. The first is to do pushups off your knees versus the tips of your toes. If this is too difficult, try to do pushups against the wall. As you get stronger do the harder versions until you can do regular pushups.
Standing squats is a common exercise. There are some who can’t control their weight on the way down as their legs aren’t strong enough yet. In order to protect yourself and make these a bit easier, squat down until you sit on a chair. These won’t be as effective but they will be easier.
Dips are a very complicated bodyweight exercise that can only be done by those with significant upper body strength. Instead of trying a dip with 100% of your own weight, lower the dip bar so that your feet are still on the ground. Force yourself to use as much weight as you can making it challenging but not too hard.
Another strategy is to simply do less repetitions of those exercises that you can do but not very many of. Take these slow and do as many as you can so you can gradually build up strength.
The best way to put together a routine is to pick about 5 exercises and rotate through them for about 3 circuits. Once you complete a circuit take a break. The more you push yourself, the better results you will get.
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