Are You Really Sure About Bodyweight Exercises?

Did you ever go to the gym and lift weights like everyone else? When I did, I saw 'some' progress'. But only in the beginning. And if I'm not making progress, I can't keep myself going.

As if by luck, I found some information on bodyweight exercises. You remember those exercises, from the physical education days? So when I started doing the bodyweight exercises, I started to feel like I was making progress again.

I began doing exercises with very little weight, not real lifting weights exercises, but ones that challenged me like no other exercise did before. Sometimes I only used as much as 10 pounds. These were also like bodyweight exercises.

Then I added to my ever-increasing routine, I started using kettlebells and balance exercises with the Swiss ball. I now have more routines than I know what to do with. I don't think I'll ever get bored again. Is there anything worse than dragging your butt to the gym not psyched for your workout?

I'm pumped when it's time to workout. Just some of my exercises but definitely not a full list:

1. Hindu squats

2. Dive bomber pushups

3. Side bends on the stability ball

4. Military press on balance disks

5. Bridging on the Swiss ball

I have gazillions of routines that I can do. Is there any wonder I'm in the best shape of my life? When you start to use variety as a weapon, you start dropping some huge bombs when it comes to your workout routine.

Believe it or not, everything I've found on the internet has been free or low cost. I never spent a lot of money, like those ridiculous infomercials. Ok, maybe I did once, but I learned my lesson.

Whenever I feel like I need to start sprucing up my routine again, I usually pick up another nugget of a book on the internet. Just like that, I usually have about 50 more exercises to add to my routine, literally for practically not cost.

I head down to my basement, a Swiss ball, my kettlebells, my skip-rope and I have a better workout facility than any gym can provide. And believe me, it's at one one-hundredth of the cost. I guess you could say I've found the Holy Grail when it comes to staying in shape.