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Strength and Conditioning Programs Without Weights

Strength and conditioning programs can be done without weights, just using your body weight. Shelby Sheehan-Bernard  interviewed a couple of certified strength and conditioning specialist on how to perform exercises correctly to prevent injury and gain maximum health benefits. Doing simple exercises like push ups, pull-ups, jogging, stair climbing and squats can build the major muscle groups. Start gradually and focus on doing the exercises correctly to insure you maximize your benefits and eliminate injury.

The key is to pick the right exercise for each muscle group and perform them correctly, says Brian Biagioli, University of Miami Strength and Conditioning Graduate Program Director and National Council on Strength and Fitness (NCSF) Executive Director of Board for Certification.

“Start with a small group of exercises to allow yourself time to gain physical knowledge, and then add a couple more to your repertoire as you progress,” he says.

Good form ensures workout efficiency and reduces the likelihood of injury. Although this isn’t news to anyone, Biagioli says people are always surprised at how difficult it is to achieve and maintain it.

“People assume they can just start right away and get it, but exercising is a learned motor pattern, just like learning to hit a softball,” he says. “It’s a lot more complicated than people think.”

Even his graduate students in kinesiology struggle to correctly perform simple moves like a squat. He estimates that 60 to 80 percent cannot maintain proper form, leaving little hope that the average person is doing it right on the first try.

So how do you avoid this? First, make friends with your mirror. Your body naturally inclines to incorrect biomechanics, explains Biagioli, and you won’t always be able to recognize poor form without seeing it. Then check to ensure your spine stays in what experts deem the “neutral” position, which allows your back to maintain its natural curvature without a forward hunch or exaggerated arch.

After you have a neutral starting point, give yourself time to learn the correct way to perform an exercise. The requirements depend on the move, but it almost always involves keeping your joints aligned.

“Think of your body like a building,” says Biagioli. “When we build skyscrapers, we don’t build them at an angle.”

Take a lunge, for example. When you bend your front knee, it should not move over your toe; you should be moving downward as much as forward. The alignment rule applies to arms as well, such as when you perform a bicep curl. Many will move their elbow forward as they pull the weight up. Instead, you should keep your elbow aligned with your shoulder.

Remember, too, that exercise should be difficult and your body naturally inclines to bad form to compensate for this strain. As soon as you feel fatigue (which may be quickly if you’re just learning a new exercise), stop the exercise and rest for 30 seconds to one minute.

Most people working out at home are already crunched for time, so they’ll want to work the whole body rather than focusing on one specifically. If this is the case, start with the largest muscle groups first. This means beginning at the legs and working your way up, suggests Derek Grabert, certified strength and conditioning specialist (CSCS) and education assistant for the National Strength and Conditioning Association. Moving from the bottom up also helps maintain balance. See more about this…

“Men especially always want to start with the arms first, but it’s best to save that for the end of the routine,” Grabert says.

Strength and conditioning only requires discipline, commitment, and a workout plan that you do consistently. If you need to find motivation and a variety of instructors and exercises go to You Tube.

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