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Article #389: Bodyweight Training For Fitness: More Than You Think?

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Fitness is a complex term. This is why 1) The challenge requires you move your
when you ask someone for a universal body to successfully complete the task
definition of fitness you usually get 2) The challenge requires you move an
something vague like this, "Fitness is exterior object to successfully complete
being fit". Don't believe me, ask the task
someone (even fitness professionals). 3) The challenge requires you to move
But once you understand the true nature your body and an exterior object to
of fitness, I'm confident you'll see why successfully complete the task
bodyweight training for fitness should be And to make things more complicated, the
a part of your over-all workout program. challenge can require any of the physical
So, let's begin with my definition of abilities of fitness and in any
physical fitness! combination. As you can see, being able
Fitness is the acceptable and deliberate to move your own body is needed for two
compromise of competence and ability to of the types of challenges, and therefore
perform in all the areas of should be trained accordingly.
cardiorespiratory endurance, strength, Bodyweight training is that important.
flexibility, power, speed, coordination, Think of it this way, there are so many
agility, balance, accuracy and toughness abilities to train in order to be fit,
to produce optimum performance results you need a versatile tool capable of
under the greatest amount of training them all. And there is no
circumstances. better tool than your own body.
You'd better read that again to make sure Bodyweight training can effectively
you get it. target all of the physical abilities
As you can see, fitness is more than needed to be fit.
being strong. It is more than having Compare bodyweight training to weight
powerful heart and lungs. Fitness is the training. Bodyweight training is a much
ability to use all your physical more accessible and versatile form of
abilities simultaneously and seamlessly training. Don't get me wrong, I like
to overcome physical challenges. And weight training and think it superior for
bodyweight training is an excellent some types of training. I just think
method for training for over-all fitness! bodyweight training has more to offer in
Normally, people seeking fitness focus on terms of improving all the physical
only one or two of the physical abilities skills of fitness.
needed to be fit. Or, they base their So, if you want to truly be fit, you need
training on the RESULT of being fit, like to improve all the physical abilities of
burning fat or building muscle. You see, fitness. Bodyweight training for fitness
having muscle or being lean does not should be a part of everyone's physical
necessarily mean you are fit! However, training program. Because when you are
being fit usually manifests itself as a truly fit, you'll not only meet the
strong, muscular, lean body. challenges of sport, work and life with
There are three types of challenges excellence, you'll look great too!
you'll face in sport, work and life.






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