Comments on: Bodyweight Exercise Program To Build Muscle and Burn Fat

By: KUMI

KUMI — Thu, 26 May 2011 02:42:59 +0000

i like the format set out here,

By: Durance

Durance — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:38:39 +0000

I hav another question.

Wat should I do about my calfs? If any other exercise is necessary , could you please send me the numbers for the rungs. Thank u for the help.

By: Durance

Durance — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 04:03:41 +0000

This looks like a great workout for my basketball training…

If I were to drink protein after this, such as muscle milk, could this help me “gain” weight? Thank u!

By: Caleb_Lee

Caleb_Lee — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:47:50 +0000

start with 3x per week, if you're still recovering easily, work up to every day.

By: Viking Dan

Viking Dan — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 00:22:56 +0000

How frequently should this be done? Daily? Every other day? 3 times a week?

By: Caleb_Lee

Caleb_Lee — Mon, 03 May 2010 17:49:33 +0000

Jesse,

If you're not too sore and you're recovering and still making progress, you're fine.

The Warrior diet is awesome, I eat basically like that every day …

Good luck!

– Caleb

By: Jesse

Jesse — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 18:19:54 +0000

Thanks! I’ve been doing the program for a week and I can already tell a difference in my strength. In addition to the ladder workout I’ve been doing some “holds” above the bar to help develop the pullup and I think that has also been helping a lot.

I’m looking forward to being able to KILL pull-ups without the jumping assistance. I’ve also been doing some frog jumps and one-legged jumps, and some HITT on my bike using a hill in my neighborhood.

I’ve been working out Mon-Fri and I started adding your abs circuit at the end of the ladder routine before the jumps and cylcing.

Do you think this is too much to do everyday? doing it all takes less than an hour, and after the first day I haven’t been sore in the mornings or anything. I’ve also started the Warrior Diet last week. Do you have any opinions on it?

By: Caleb_Lee

Caleb_Lee — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 17:10:52 +0000

James,

You could probably do well to start with the bodyweight exercise program at least 3x per week to build up the "base level" of strength and conditioning you want/need

Best,
Caleb

By: Caleb_Lee

Caleb_Lee — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:02:20 +0000

Jesse,

Try the alternatives here:
http://doubleyourgains.com/how-to-do-pull-ups-and...

And the inverted row alternative here:
http://doubleyourgains.com/pullup-alternatives-wh...

And google for more on the inverted row and figure out how to do them with some piece of furniture you have (table, door handles/frame, etc) … that should help. Also you could do negative pullups as explained on the first page

By: Jesse

Jesse — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:14:34 +0000

I am in fairly good shape. Or at least I thought I was. I've been following a beginner bodybuilding workout from bodybuilding.com. I've seen some results from the squats and deadlifts (my pants fit better, I can wear shirts that I haven't worn in a long time, etc), but I haven't really gotten stronger, I can barely do one pull up and only about 3 good chinups, which I think is kind of sad. Thats why I've decided to try your bodyweight training plan. I want funtional strength as well as to look good.

I went through the workout yesterday. Because I can barely do 1 pullup (and only once) I followed your advice and jumped up to the bar. Doing this I was only able to get up to rung 3. I then rested and did it again to rung 2 but switched to chinups (and I actually still needed to jump up to the bar). I followed this up with a walk mixed in with all out runs/walks for about 10 minutes. Today I'm only slightly sore. I plan on doing it again today.

Is there any other ways I can build up my pullup and chinup strength so it will catch up to my pushup strenght faster? Thanks!