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I found this website with some cool tips on working out without going to the gym, how to maximize the gains from simple exercises like pushups. Also, if you surf around the cite you can find the fitness basic requirements for different military groups and a training regimine one can take on to get to that level.
Who Needs a Gym? - Military Fitness - Military.com (http://www.military.com/military-fitness/workouts/who-needs-gym - broken link)
1) lengthen your body
2) Move a greater distance during each repitition (full extension)
3) Eliminate bounce (no springing)
4) Work on more plains (therefore engaging more fibres)
5) Make your muscles balance you
Heres an example of a starter workout for getting ready for going into green beret assesment
"swimmingNEVER Swim Alone
- Two to three times a week, 1,000 to 2,000 meters each time.
- One day a week, try to swim wearing cammies and boots for 100 meters.
- Wear fins when swimming half the time as well. Running:
- Four to five times a week, 3 to 5 miles as fast as you can.
- Twice a week, do rucksack marches carrying a 30 to 50-pound load marching 5 to 15 miles at a fast walking pace. PT: Every Other Day
- Pull-ups, 75 to 100 repetitions (seven to 10 sets of 10 reps).
- Push-ups, 200 to 300 repetitions (10 to 15 sets of 20 reps).
- Sit-ups, 200 to 300 repetitions (five to 10 sets of 40 to 50 reps). "(http://www.military.com/military-fit...beret-training)
How is it a weightless exercise if you are lugging around a 50lb bag?
It is weighted exercise. It's just not your traditional barbell/dumbell exercises. Without checking the link, I think the exercises are probably what the military puts you thru in basic training or similar. As LaoTzuMidnFu said, bodyweight exercise.
Don't start with a 50lb bag unless you are already used to it. Start much lighter.
This is for making a durable soldier, not for building size and shapes of any quantity/timeperiod. wether this is for you or not depends on what ideals you have and what your goals are.
Instead of weightless exercises it should be called bodyweight exercises.
As far as the 50 pound bag goes Im all for it. Been trying to find a good price on a GOOD 100 lb weight vest so I can do 3 mile weighted runs.
Dude--this is murder on your joints and your whole orthopedic well-being. You're simply asking for lower-back and knee problems, most likely be wearing out your meniscus. You'd be far better off running unencumbered for your cardio fitness, and then doing squats or leg presses in the gym for your strength training. Never carry weight while running! The succeptibility to injury simply isn't worth any minimal conditioning gain you might get. The military only does it because they have to train for situations they might find themselves in, i.e. having to run with their gear on! For someone who is not training for such a specific event, I'd advise against it. Doubt me? Ask ANY chiropractor or otho doc.
Since I'm a veteran as well as a personal trainer--I volunteer a few times a mionth at the local V.A. in their P/T dept. I see vets all the time with ruined knees and backs from military drills. So I just can't see anyone undergoing them if they don't have to, especially when there are so many alternative exercise methods out there.
Dude--this is murder on your joints and your whole orthopedic well-being. You're simply asking for lower-back and knee problems, most likely be wearing out your meniscus. You'd be far better off running unencumbered for your cardio fitness, and then doing squats or leg presses in the gym for your strength training. Never carry weight while running! The succeptibility to injury simply isn't worth any minimal conditioning gain you might get. The military only does it because they have to train for situations they might find themselves in, i.e. having to run with their gear on! For someone who is not training for such a specific event, I'd advise against it. Doubt me? Ask ANY chiropractor or otho doc.
Since I'm a veteran as well as a personal trainer--I volunteer a few times a mionth at the local V.A. in their P/T dept. I see vets all the time with ruined knees and backs from military drills. So I just can't see anyone undergoing them if they don't have to, especially when there are so many alternative exercise methods out there.
Thats exactly right. Murder on your joints. However I love body weight excersises. Esp pullups and dips. You can get seriously strong doing them.
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