Yeah I don’t have easy access to weights right now or a pull-up bar,but I’m looking to increase my upperbody strength. My upperbody strength isn’t great. Besides different variations of psuh-ups what else can I do to strengthing my upperbody considering I don’t have access to weights. Also what type of volume or rests between sets should I be using for push-ups.Thanks
Try medicine ball throws.
The medicine ball I have is too light:(
there are some old school things you can do like use 5 gallon buckets of water and curl them or chop wood this incorporates many upper body muscle groups. when doing push-ups though I would go to complete failure which for me is about 60. this means you will be doing a sort of pyramid push-up workout of 4 - 5 sets
Anybody every try the pushup thing here:
http://www.t-mag.com/articles/169stuff2.html ?
You could do pullups on the doorway. Might be a little dangerous though. Also maybe handclap pushups.
Heavy pressups: large rucksac with desired amount of bags of sand for reps of less than 6 etc. (can fit more than 50kg in some) - can also place hands on bricks -rest as for heavy gym.
Upper body bodyweight exercises:
Decline push ups (feet on a bench/chair)
Handstand push ups (against wall)
Dips (bench/chair)
Single arm push ups
Various ab exercises
Various back raises on floor
Various isometric holds with elbows & feet being the only contact on the floor, in supine, prone & lateral positions.
Any others?
llenny
lift the table in your house… or your car…im sure you can find things around your house to lift!
Check out Body by Fish as there are a couple of free bodyweight workouts on the site. Try them, they are challenging (and free).
Also, if you can get two 5 gallon buckets with handles, you can fill them with sand (start with half or 3/4 full). Take them down to the track. After you finish your speed workout, perform farmer’s walks around the track for distance/time