Calisthenics

[limelite]

Has anybody heard of Calisthenics? Body exercises that rely on your body weight. Can anybody recommend any good books or sample programs that I can use? Hopefully something that doesn't involve inverted handstand pushups and are much beginner-friendly.

[mtguy1976]

This is a great book on bodyweight only training

http://www.rosstraining.com/nevergymless.html

Ross goes over all types of bodyweight exercises and workouts. He said he wrote the book originally when his wife had a baby and he needed a workout program that would be quite. Definitly one of his best books.

Here are some other links:

http://thebodyweightfiles.blogspot.com/

http://bar-barians.forumotions.com/

http://www.bodyweightculture.com/

[botherich]

If you're a true beginner, Convict Conditioning is a book that starts at the very basics and builds you up to some amazing moves, through steady progressions, allowing your joints and muscles to really learn to work together instead of being isolated like they usually are with weights.

 

I have the book and I would say if your looking for a gentle introduction to calisthenics, progressing from beginner to expert moves, it should help you out.

[vegetus25]

http://pushups.yuku.com/forums/1

 

http://www.transformetrics.com/forum/

 

http://bodyweightboard.yuku.com/forums/1

 

http://theofficebodybuildingworkout28918.yuku.com/forums/1

 

http://fitness-solution.blogspot.com/

[Joe Cecil]

I've been using Mark Lauren's "You Are Your Own Gym". He is a former Navy Seal trainer, and he presents four 10 week training programs that grow progressively harder (beginner, intermediate, advanced, and elite). You will be doing hand-stand push-ups when you get to the elite, but not before then.

[limelite]

Cheers for the suggestions guys! Will see them out