The 4 Best Bodyweight Exercises You Should Be Doing
Make sure to add these to your arsenal.
Chin Ups
Easily one of the best back and bicep exercise (yes it will grow your arms better than curls). The underhand grip allows you to recruit your biceps to a greater degree, while the overhand grip places greater emphasis on your upper back. This is a great strength exercise for your back and you should be stronger on this than with the overhand variation.
Bodyweight Skullcrushers
This will smash your triceps, abs, chest, shoulders and back. Start in a narrow-grip push-up position, arms shoulder-width apart or slightly closer, with your hands on a bar. Keep your hands close together and your elbows pointed down to keep emphasis on the triceps. Lower your upper body down until your forehead is between your hands. Press from the triceps, and push yourself back up. The lower the bar, the harder this gets.
One-Leg Bridges
It’s very important to be strong in the muscles you don’t see in the mirror as much, predominantly your posterior chain, like the hamstrings, glutes, and spinal erectors (low back). Single leg bridges are a fantastic for building strength in the posterior chain, especially the glutes and low back. While lying on your back with one leg bent and the other off the floor, press your foot into the floor, raising your hips into the air as high as you can, squeezing at your glutes. This can also be done on a bench as seen in the pic above.
Knee Tuck Push Ups
Push ups are one of your staple exercises and should be in your routine regardless. Toughen things up and incorporate a lot more of your core with these knee tuck push ups. As you lower your chest to the bench, raise one knee up at the same time, squeezing your abs hard. Don’t allow that same leg to touch the floor at all throughout the set, then swap legs. This one burns and engages your core very well while also getting your push ups in.
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