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Just because the perfect winter storm is howling like a banshee outside doesn’t mean your body-weight training schedule has to suffer along with your plants and small animals.  After you’ve taken care of getting your home secured for the onslaught of the “ blizzard of the century”, you can use this handy small space full body…

Closing out Women's’ Week here at BWET with an oldie but a goody, dug out of the dark and dusty archives where it has been neglected for a long time.  This workout isn’t pure unadulterated body-weight, but it is none the less effective.  If you’re a gym goer, then you will find it particularly useful.  Hope you enjoy it! …

You can actually strengthen your body without the use of free weights or other strength training equipment that is found in a gym. The secret to building body strength without gym equipment is body weight exercises. Resistance is built and muscles strengthened by using your body’s own weight when you engage in this form of exe…

Core strength training should be a part of any workout routine.  While building a strong core will help you get six pack abs, the core actually plays a much more important role in the overall function of your body.  So what are the best core exercises for men and women?  They’re exercises that work the abdominal, hips, and bac…

A couple weeks ago, a colleague asked me about how to increase bench press.  Increasing bench press is something I used to train for a long time ago.  While it’s not one of my current goals, the first question out of a lot of people’s mouths in the gym is: how much do you bench?  However, the first thing you should be asking y…

In my last two posts I’ve discussed how I use pushing exercises and pulling exercises as part of my workout routine.  When I do heavy weight low rep super sets, I like to pair a pushing exercise with a pulling exercise.  When I do low weight high rep training to failure, I like to perform pushing exercises one day and pulling…

Over the past couple months, my fitness routine has included many of my favorite strategies to get six pack abs.  Combining a clean diet with ample strength training and cardio has allowed me to significantly reduce my body fat to a level I have never been before.  As such, I’d like to share my six pack abs workout routine and…

Push-ups are an integral part of upper body weight exercises. Think of them as a bodybuilding exercise bench. Inclined, fall, overhead, triceps presses, all of these can be replicated in good old push-ups. It's just a matter of physical mechanics. Let's explore the different situations and what each one can do for you. Firs…