Bodyweight exercises. page

[CavemanJoe]

I was thinking of doing 5 sets to failure, but was looking for some opinions? Also, I do not have access for the time being to a bar for pull ups, so any suggestions for pull up alternatives?

Currently I am doing press/push ups, squats/lunges and planks.

Thanks for reading!

[not on the rug]

when i'm on a bodyweight workout kick, i like to do 5 sets of each exercise to failure.

just found this site recently: Madbarz.com click on routines. enjoy

you could find a tree branch or a playground to do pullups

[nburgraff]

you could try supine pull-ups if you are by a kitchen table, that will be somewhat similar to regular pull-ups without a bar.

[primalrob]

you should probably go for 1-less-than failure for each set, which you should be able to feel, for best results. and establish a cut off number where you start over and make each movement more difficult.

+1 on a tree branch. plus, doorway pull up bars are cheap, small, and easy to set up.

[Gary Conway]

convict conditioning is worth checking it if your looking to do some bodyweight exercises. each exercise is broken down into progressions

[Richard Seekins]

Check this out. Al has this suject well covered

Al Kavadlo – We're Working Out! | We're Working Out!

[jfreaksho]

What are your goals? Even with bodyweight programs, you can focus on strength, or endurance, or whatever else.

If you want strength, keep finding more difficult exercises to do.
If you want to do more, then do lots of sets that feel really easy. Don't go to failure except when you are testing yourself, once a month or so.

[AppalachianMatt]

I just went to the Madbarz site and all i can say is thank you.