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How to Get Fit With Gravity :May 04, 2007
The fitness industry has produced another machine that will no doubt find its way into most gyms. A gravity machine - looking something like a hack squat machine and leg press - is being used in group sessions as well as individually. There are other ways to make gravity your workout partner - and here are some of the best. The SquatMost people think: Big guys, big weights, hurt knees. It doesn't have to be this way. The squat is one of the most functional movements you can do (how many elderly people do you know who struggle to get up out of a chair?).Squats (without weights - sometimes called "Air Squats") are a fantastic movement to master. When done rapidly with high repetition, the movement will have you gasping for breath and begging for a break from the lactic acid build-up. Instruction and Inspiration (video): The CrossFit Air Squat The Push UpThere are many many variations to this basic exercise. Like many exercises, it can be done in intervals (such as the tabata - do as many as possible for 20 seconds, then rest 10 seconds. Repeat 8 times).Instruction and Inspiration (video): 19 Push-up Variations Pull Up / Chins / Jumping Pull UpIf you cannot do a straight pull up - then jumping pull ups are a good bet. Even if you are jumping off a box - you are still working against gravity to move your whole body up a few feet.This is one exercise where you do need equipment - namely a bar. Instruction and Inspiration (video): Jumping pull up , Kipping Pull up . The Rest
As the body-building style of workout has taken hold over the last few decades - these basic bodyweight exercises have been neglected. Do we really need another machine? |
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