Combining body weight training with odd object training

Owen Johnston
http://owenjohnstonkarate.com
You dont need a gym membership to get in great shape! Learn a few bodyweight on!y mo"ement techni#ues$
de"e!op confidence in them$ and app!y some creati"ity in your training progression. Look around you and see
what you can use in your en"ironment. %f you"e spent time !earning ways to make body weight training harder
by adjusting different "ariab!es & !e"erage$ hand position$ range of motion$ etc. & you can find end!ess ways to do
so with !itt!e to no cost.
'!ayground e#uipment at a pub!ic park.
(anging from a hand towe! that is doub!ed o"er your pu!!up bar.
)rrange a pair of tab!es or chairs such that you can perform dips or pushups from them.
*he mo"ement ski!!s you can !earn this way can trans!ate to better mo"ement in your martia! arts training as
we!!! 'rogressi"e ca!isthenics focus on not just bui!ding strength in your musc!es$ but a!so strength in mo"ement.
*he benefits to coordination$ confidence$ f!e+ibi!ity$ mobi!ity$ and joint hea!th a!so he!p with martia! arts$ but
a!so with !ife in genera!.
*he artic!e be!ow has some nifty ideas that combine this kind of training & progressi"e ca!isthenics & with ,odd
object training-. .heck it out!
http://progressi"eca!isthenics.com/oddobjecttrainingwithbodyweight/
/or my writeup on ,odd object training-$ see the post be!ow
http://oddobjecttraining.b!ogspot.com/0123/10/freepdfbook.htm!