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This 20-minute bodyweight workout is Week 2 of the Women's Health+ 30-Day Bodyweight Challenge. Here's how to get stronger and build muscle without equipment.
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Meet the trainer: Claudette Sariya, CPT, is a personal trainer and fitness educator based in New York City as well as a part of the Women's Health/Men's Health Strength in Diversity program's ...
School children perform sit-ups, a common type of calisthenic, during a school fitness day.. Calisthenics (American English) or callisthenics (British English) (/ ˌ k æ l ɪ s ˈ θ ɛ n ɪ k s /) is a form of strength training that utilizes an individual's body weight as resistance to perform multi-joint, compound movements with little or no equipment.
This exercise is performed sitting on the floor with knees bent like in a "sit-up" position with the back typically kept off the floor at an angle of 45°. In this position, the extended arms are swung from one side to another in a twisting motion with or without weight. Equipment: body weight, kettlebell, medicine ball, or dumbbell.
However, single-joint exercises can result in greater muscle growth in the targeted muscles, [40] and are more suitable for injury prevention and rehabilitation. [39] Low variation in exercise selection or targeted muscle groups, combined with a high volume of training, is likely to lead to overtraining and training maladaptation. [41]
A full repetition consists of bending or "curling" the elbow until it is fully flexed, then slowly lowering the weight to the starting position. The torso should remain upright instead of swinging back and forth, as doing so transfers the load away from the biceps and onto other muscles, reducing the effectiveness of the exercise.
The exercise can be completed one shoulder at a time (with the other hand used to stabilize the body against the weight moved), or with both hands simultaneously if two parallel pulleys are available. This movement, when the shoulder is kept in neutral rotation, primarily targets the middle head of the deltoid.