The fitness industry is a mega-billion dollar industry with a seemingly endless variety of ways to stay or get in shape. Some work and some are gimmicks. Some are simple and some are complex. But one of the simplest  methods of physical conditioning uses a piece of equipment far more complex than any fitness machine and that is your body.

Back in the day, in PE class we did things like push-ups, sit-ups, toe touches and jumping jacks and we hated them, but they did work back then and they still work and are in wide use today, only now we call them "bodyweight exercises". There is a website that is all about bodyweight exercises for fitness. It is called bodyweightculture.com On that website, they take all those "old school" exercises and add all new variations on the theme. So, when you don’t want to go to the gym, (I didn’t today), or even leave the house to workout, just do some of those bwt exercises and you will be amazed at the results. Today, I did 300 push-ups in the living room. Here is what how it turned out:

3 rounds of 100 push-ups for time, 5 minutes rest between rounds. Proper form observed.
Round 1: 2:40 in 5 splits
Round 2: 3:18 in 8 splits
Round 3: 6:18 in 13 splits

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