In past articles/posts, I have discussed the benefits of bodyweight-only – and bodyweight-primary – strength training. Since I first started blogging about bodyweight training few years ago, I have received many emails from readers who are interested in this stuff. The readers usually want one of two things. One, they just want to tell me how much they have been enjoying bodyweight strength training, and they want to offer their two cents on how effective/ enjoyable this kind of training has been for them. (I love reading these kind of e-mails because, first, it inspires me, and, second, it means I don’t have to reply to some of the odd-ball questions I occasionally get asked.) Two, they want to know exactly what kind of program they should be following. It is to this second set of questioners that this post is addressed – well, sort of . You see, I think it’s important for people to learn to think for themselves. Wh...
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