Hey all,
Recently I’ve been trying to build some muscle with @ home exercises, n started doing just push ups. I’ve noticed some improvements, but I heard you can have some issues if you focus too heavily on just one exercise, so what other exercises would people recommend?
I would prefer if it didn’t involve any equipment, but may be willing to buy dumbbells or kettlebells if absolutely necessary. Just financially a bit hard rn.
Check out body weight fitness subreddit, or hybrid calisthenics on YouTube.
A quick beginner bodyweight no equipment workout is here:
@Oakley
I also recommend bodyweight fitness subreddit and their recommended routine https://www.reddit.com/r/bodyweightfitness/wiki/kb/recommended_routine/
Colby said:
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Pull-up bar. Pull-ups balance out push-ups to prevent rounded shoulders. And, chin-ups are a good bicep exercise.
The main movements generally are 1-pushing (e.g. push-ups) which hits shoulders, chest, and triceps. 2- pulling (pull-ups) which hits back (lats and traps) and biceps. 3- lower body workouts like lunges and squats should be good for all lower body muscles, but a little further down the road you want to do something that targets the hamstrings more like Romanian deadlifts.
A nice exercise that’s the exact opposite of push-ups is inverted rows. Just put a broomstick across two chairs, position yourself face-up underneath, and pull yourself up to the bar keeping your body straight with your heels on the ground in front of you.
Now, can we talk about ‘keggles’? 
@Jalen
Hahaha meant a kettlebell not keggles 
I wanted to get into mountain biking recently and found a series of body weight exercises recommended by a winner of a mountain bike show/competition.
She said to do:
8 push ups
20 hill climbers
12 ‘floor touch’ jumps
12 tricep dips (can use a chair)
20 back lunges on each leg
12 burpees
20 jumping jacks
8 leg drops
She also stated to run through the routine 6-10 times. Let me tell you completing the exercises as stated was hard enough just once. But now it’s been a couple months and my form for all those exercises are vastly better. And I can complete the series of movements 6 times; it may take me about 45-60 minutes though.
But I do feel loads better and went out and completed a 30km bike ride the other day.
I prefer the method of having a workout program I can do literally anywhere. And as long as I have free time and enough space to lay out I can do this.
3 sets of 10 burpees will be difficult.
Hey OP, what are your goals? This can really help us give the best advice possible!
Tal said:
Hey OP, what are your goals? This can really help us give the best advice possible!
I’ve recently lost a lot of weight, and now I’m trying to tone/raise my BMR to keep it off and hopefully look good. Plus it’s nice to be generally fit.
@Hadley
Sounds very straightforward for sure. These will happen just from working out. Follow some of the other great comments that provided sources for calisthenics training on YouTube and you should be straight forward. However, don’t forget about cardio as well! It doesn’t really affect BMR but it is much better in the short term of helping with weight loss and that supplemental resistance training will help keep the weight off.
Go to the park and do pull-ups.