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[anti-war94]

What's a good way to get exercise when there are no gyms in the area and you have no exercising equipment?

[James123]

Climbing trees.


no joke.

[anti-war94]

Whatever.

[Gibby]

He's correct actually. Even ignoring the fact that he knows a lot on the subject.

You could also go for a walk/run or if you have a bike or can borrow one you could ride that? Swimming, if there's a pool near you?

[anti-war94]

I guess walking or running would be a good idea. But I don't have a bike (my parents gave it to my nephew) and have no one to borrow a bike from. Swimming I also can't do because I don't have a pool and there really aren't any pools in the area, I don't like public pools anyway.

[Gibby]

Well, you do have a nice big woods near your house

[Zane911]

Or a park, like me.

[Fightin_da_Man]

Climb trees, fences, etc.  Run.  Do bodyweight exercises (pushups, ab exercises, pullups).  If you have some cash there's small equipment that can help you do more exercises with just bodyweight (http://www.fitnessanywhere.com/ is good, but wouldn't recommend dropping the coin on it until you know you're serious about your regimen).

[Steve]

Or read the health and fitness thread.

[James123]

"Tree climbing is good exercise. Tree climbing is not only fun, but it's also an excellent workout. Though it's not nearly as demanding as it appears, climbing is great exercise for the arms and legs. Climbers work many muscle groups they often don't use elsewhere, and climbing is also great for the spine. The extra bonus to this exercise is that it is stimulating and never boring."

http://www.treeclimb...category/17/54/

Seriously climbing trees is a full body all round workout. It will improve your strength by having to pull yourself up using only arms and legs and will get your heart beating very fast. Plus the best thing about it is it's great fun and all natural movements so you don't to learn how to any complex gym machines or whatever.  

There are tons of things you can do to improve your fitness without any equipment as the gibster rightly said walking and running is probably the first and best option. You say you have a wood near you? go for a walk around them a few times and climb a few trees on the way ( ). You can go swiming in a river. Do you have a wheel barrow in your shed? fill it up with anything you can find, don't make it too heavy and just walk around for a bit with it then rest a little bit and do it again a few times. Tons of calisthenics you could do. Just type "bodyweight circuit" into google and you will find many examples of workouts using only bodyweight movements. You know what the squat is? if not click here. Just practice those every other day and try to eventually to get to one hundred repetitions with out resting. Set smaller goals first like 20, then 30 then 50 and so on and so on. The posibilities are endless and Im not kidding.

[Steve]

123, are you aware of MovNat and Methode Naturelle?

[Decay153]

anti-war94, on 29 June 2009 - 12:21 PM, said:

What's a good way to get exercise when there are no gyms in the area and you have no exercising equipment?

Play an instrument, form a band, and play shows.

[James123]

Steve, on 29 June 2009 - 01:36 PM, said:

123, are you aware of MovNat and Methode Naturelle?

Never heard of them. Just searched in google and it looks very interesting. Do you know much about them?. Looks like something Im certainly interested in. Time to do some reading lol.

[Steve]

James123, on 29 June 2009 - 01:47 PM, said:

Never heard of them. Just searched in google and it looks very interesting. Do you know much about them?. Looks like something Im certainly interested in. Time to do some reading lol.

I know some kids who dabble in it. Parkour is based heavily on it, but I have never personally done any of it. But yeah I figured you would like it. Its based off of like six movement types: Lifting, throwing, running, climbing, fighting, and swimming.

[James123]

Steve, on 29 June 2009 - 01:49 PM, said:

I know some kids who dabble in it. Parkour is based heavily on it, but I have never personally done any of it. But yeah I figured you would like it. Its based off of like six movement types: Lifting, throwing, running, climbing, fighting, and swimming.

Just reading the MovNat website and I can't tel you how much I agree with their philosophy.

"human biology is built upon natural laws that we cannot afford to overlook if we desire true and lasting health."

So true. Thanks Steve for showing me these! will have to found out more !

[Steve]

<3 u

[JohnWayneWasANazi]

Every night I jerk off for three hours with no orgasm. In a week I lost around 2 pounds.

[James123]

Steve, on 29 June 2009 - 02:00 PM, said:

<3 u

[Steve]

JohnWayneWasANazi, on 29 June 2009 - 02:04 PM, said:

Every night I jerk off for three hours with no orgasm. In a week I lost around 2 pounds.

That's gross dude.

[Fightin_da_Man]

Steve, on 29 June 2009 - 01:36 PM, said:

123, are you aware of MovNat and Methode Naturelle?

I would love to go train in Brazil with Le Corre.  Check out his video (must watch in HD).