How to Build Muscles Without the Weights

How to Build Muscles Without the Weights

The fastest way to build muscles is to make use of weights and machines you’d normally find in a gym however not all people can sign up for gym membership and not all can afford to buy these weights and equipment in a fitness center store.

So where does that leave the average Joe who wants to get buffed? For some of you who can relate to this situation there is a way to build muscles without the weights. You will need to do some aerobic exercises to build endurance and strengthen your muscles to push to more difficult resistance exercise not using metal weights but rather your own body weight.

1.    Add more repetitions to your usual routine. Adding the reps will make your muscles build up and strengthen for more heavy weight training that involves body weight resistance.

2.    Flex harder when doing exercises without weights as this will be equivalent to twice as much effort compared to your routine exercise when you use weights. Use iso-tension to tighten and stiffen the muscles. As most body builders like Arnold Schwarzenegger pose in body building contests, these poses are not for aesthetic purposes only because the more they flex their muscles when posing the more muscle strength they produce.

3.    Reduce the rest time in between exercises. When doing work out with traditional dumbbells we find ourselves tired and weary after a set and often rest for a period of time. Now that we are not using weights, minimizing rests in between exercises will not only make your workout efficient but equally fruitful compared to doing exercises with weights.

Here are the exercises that will help you build muscles and have great body with form and shape without the hassle of heavy equipments and weights.

·         Push ups – best builds chest, shoulder and arm muscles. Use momentum and don’t forget to increase repetitions and decreased rest time in between sets. All you need is a flat surface where you can plant your palms on and start pushing your body away from the ground. You can do varying exercises by pushing up with one arm at a time only.

·         Pull ups – Strengthens back and arms muscles and you can do this just about any where that’s got an overhead bar. When doing this exercise you are pulling your weight off which is a great way to stiffen the arm muscles.

·         Squats – These exercises build leg muscles for that help you make the upper body proportion to your lower extremities. With hands of the back of the head, slowly bend through your knees with your heels kept close to the floor. Squeeze your butt muscles as you back your way up.

After building endurance your muscles can now move on to more difficult exercises pull up rings, one arm push ups, one leg squats and one arm pull ups. This progression to a harder form of exercise will build muscle in no time.