Body weight exercises are strength training exercises that provide resistance against gravity by using one’s own weight. They are performed to enhance a range of biomotor abilities including strength, power, endurance, speed, flexibility, coordination and balance.
In recent years, this type of training has grown in popularity for both recreational and professional athletes. It utilises simple abilities such as pushing, pulling, squatting, bending, twisting and balancing.
5 benefits of body weight training:
1)Body weight training is incredibly effective for building muscle.
2)Body weight exercises don’t beat up your joints as much as traditional weight training exercises do.
3)Body weight movements help athletes develop better core strength, better postural stability, and better preconception and body awareness.
4)Body weight training can go hand-in-hand with building strength and flexibility. Completing body weight exercises through a full range of motion ensures your joints are moving freely.
5) Body weight training requires no special equipment or training gear which means that you can do it anywhere and is accessible for everyone, indoors or outdoors.
Quarantine or no quarantine keep this in mind.
Stefanos Thrasyvoulides
BSc Physical Education and Sports Science
