Bodybuilding/sculpting without weights

[Arkitech]

I really don't have a lot of room for weights so I've been thinking of trying to bodybuild without them. I've heard that gymnast seldom use weights and a lot of those guys are incredibly ripped. Anyone here workout/bodybuild without weights or machines? What's your routine?

 

[cyclistca]

Yoga

 

[Baked]

Swimming FTW.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: cyclistca
Yoga

no thanks, I need something a little more intense than yoga

 

[imported_Pablo]

Originally posted by: Baked
Swimming FTW.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: Baked
Swimming FTW.

needs to be something I can do at home. maybe one day after I build my first mansion and I build an indoor pool I can swim at home

 

[acemcmac]

Go build a log cabin :beer:

 

[K1052]

Er...why not just join a local gym?

 

[Baked]

Well, too bad you're not a midget, then you could just fill up the bath tub and swim in there.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: K1052
Er...why not just join a local gym?

I actually have a gym membership but not much time to use it


I need a routine I can do at home with as little equipment as possible.

 

[Arkitech]

Originally posted by: Baked
Well, too bad you're not a midget, then you could just fill up the bath tub and swim in there.

lmao

 

[ironcrotch]

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: K1052
Er...why not just join a local gym?

I actually have a gym membership but not much time to use it


I need a routine I can do at home with as little equipment as possible.

push ups

gymnasts are built because they spend hours at the gym

 

[halik]

ummm.... you won't build much muscular mass without weights... try gym maybe>

 

[gigapet]

Originally posted by: halik
ummm.... you won't build much muscular mass without weights... try gym maybe>

False.

There are entire military training regimens that only use your body weight as resistance. Look it up.

dips
pull up
push up
lunges

those alone hit a lot of major areas

 

[Atomicus]

I heard the best form of weight to build muscle with is your own body. Some gibberish about hand-stand pushups and whatnot.

 

[MX2]

A set of dumbbells can do wonders for you. They take up very little room.

 

[Trogdor91]

Originally posted by: MX2times
A set of dumbbells can do wonders for you. They take up very little room.

/thread

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Atomicus
I heard the best form of weight to build muscle with is your own body. Some gibberish about hand-stand pushups and whatnot.

It can be 'good' but for MOST people it will be useless. For one their own bodyweight is SO FAR out of range they can't do anything.

Koing

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Arkitech
I really don't have a lot of room for weights so I've been thinking of trying to bodybuild without them. I've heard that gymnast seldom use weights and a lot of those guys are incredibly ripped. Anyone here workout/bodybuild without weights or machines? What's your routine?

You don't know how many hrs a Gymnasts 'trains a week do you?'

A typical 'Gymnast' doesn't look like a Gymnast on tv. Those guys are TOP ELITE ATHLETES. The younger gymasts that are competitive start looking like that when they are 15-16. They are smaller but they are developing that build.

A Gymnast trains this manyhrs:

2-5yrs: 2-4hrs a week
5-10: 10hrs a week
10-14: 15hrs a week
14-18: 18hrs a week
18+: 25-35hrs A WEEK.

This is an INCREDIBLE amount of hrs to put yourself through. If you do 1/4 of what a Gymnast has done I have no doubt in my mind you'd look like them.

A Gymnast also has equipment, rings, p bars (parallel bars), mushroom leading on to the horse and floor work to do and other stuff.

I know as I do some Gymnasts at a club. They do a crazy amount of hrs those guys.

Best way to achieve results for most is weights. Easy to keep track of weights that increase. The Gymnastics stuff is much harder to gauge in those terms and you'd be hard pressed to do the stuff without going to a club.

Koing

 

[CKent]

Gymnasts look ripped because of a LOT of training and a very low bodyfat % - anyone except ATOT nerds will look ripped without any fat to hide the muscle (you do need some muscle).

 

[gotsmack]

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de...1/103-0296670-4431004?v=glance&s=books

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de...1/103-0296670-4431004?v=glance&s=books

you will need a yoga mat to do those exercises

get a cheap recumbant bike to do cardio.

http://www.sportsauthority.com/product/...esort=priceAscending&parentPage=family

 

[thesurge]

Originally posted by: Arkitech

Originally posted by: cyclistca
Yoga

no thanks, I need something a little more intense than yoga

Unless you can easily do all exercises with your body weight, Yoga can be intense enough. Yoga uses your own body weight as resistance.

Yoga+ Pull Ups+ Push Ups+ everytin.

 

[Sentinel]

Here's a routine that will get you ripped in no time:

100 x each one-armed pushups, 250 flat pushups, 250 incline pushups, 500 crunches. That's sets of, not total.

 

[Koing]

Originally posted by: Sentinel
Here's a routine that will get you ripped in no time:

100 x each one-armed pushups, 250 flat pushups, 250 incline pushups, 500 crunches. That's sets of, not total.

He'll be there all day to do that many sets of exercises...

Getting 'ripped' means getting lean. Having some/ more muscle mass will help 'the look' of 'ripped' but if your carrying 20% bf you won't look ripped ever.

Koing

 

[mather]

You really need resistance to build up muscle. Whether that's through weights or something else. Or else, everyone would be ripped just lifting a tootbrush. I think swimming will overall just tone not build up. Who ever saw swimmers look like Arnold?