John Cooper - Calisthenics: The True Bodyweight Training Guide Your Body Deserves - For Explosive Muscle Gains and Incredible Strength (Calisthenics)

Calisthenics is the newest, most popular trend in exercise and fitness (in accordance with the annual survey conducted in 2015). It can be used to help sculpt your body, regardless of your end objective muscle building, getting fit, or losing weight!

Calisthenics are a form of exercise that consist of different gross motor movements, which are mostly conducted rhythmically, usually without using equipment or apparatus. These exercises are meant to increase body strength, body fitness and flexibility through the performance of movements like bending, jumping, swinging, twisting or kicking, using only the body weight for resistance. These exercises are mostly performed alongside stretches. When performed with force and with diversity, calisthenics can yield the advantages of muscular and aerobic conditioning. Calisthenics also improve psychomotor skills such as balance, swiftness and coordination.

The word calisthenics is derived from the ancient Greek words kals (), meaning beauty, and sthnos (), which means strength. It is the process of making use of body weight and inertia qualities as a way to develop ones physical structure. Some of the most common calisthenics exercises are lunges, sit ups and crunches.

The top benefits of Calisthenics are as follows:

• You do not need equipment. If you have something to do pull ups on them, you are ready to go.
• It can be done anywhere, so you wont waste time waiting for the machines and you can save on expensive gym memberships.
• It trains your whole body, builds strength and increases muscle mass. For example, a simple pull up will not only work the muscles in your back, but also your arms, shoulders, lower back and abdominal muscles.
• It supports weight loss, helping you to drop fat.
• Its a natural, fun workout that you can tailor to suit yourself and avoid the injuries.

This book will cover everything youll need to know to get you started with this new exercise regime; the science behind it, a set of bodyweight exercises for you to try at home and even your diet. You wont find a more comprehensive book on the market, and by the time youve finished reading it, youll be desperate to give it a try!

The military, sports teams and even schools are incorporating calisthenics in their exercise programs. It is even one of the baseline physical evaluations for the U.S. Army, which just demonstrates how much there really is to it. If all of these experts can see benefits from calisthenics, then the chances are that you will too.

For more information watch Calisthenics For Beginners.