In a previous life, I used to travel quite a bit.  Living out of hotels 3-4 days a week became the norm for me.  The first thing I typically did was scout out a gym or health club somewhere in the vicinity of where I was staying just so I could maintain my workout schedule.  Over time I got tired of paying exorbitant club guest fees for what was usually a facility full of inferior equipment.  That’s when I started looking into the benefits of body weight exercise, or for me, exercise-with-no-gym-required.   One of the best sources of information came from the RMAXInternational site where I learned about the Circular Strength Training (CST) approach.

There are tremendous advantages to adopting a workout that incorporates a body weight exercise regimen.  Gym exercises with weights and machines typically focus on working isolated muscles.  This is a cosmetic approach and doesn’t do much to increase “real world” strength or endurance.

What is “real world” strength?  It is simply the level of effort you can expend to perform real tasks such as throwing a ball, rowing a boat, or moving heavy furniture.  Notice the similarity of these activities?  They all involve movements that require the strength and coordination of multiple major muscle groups at once.  This is unlike, say, a bicep curl which, while building a nice little muscle, doesn’t really help develop real, practical strength.

I have been a proponent of utilizing body weight exercises for the last three years and it has made an amazing impact in my overall strength, agility, and endurance.  Now, Ryan Murdock of the RMAX International team, along with Adam Steer, has put together the Bodyweight Exercise Revolution program, a comprehensive fitness plan that focuses on all natural, no-gym-required workouts.

The program consists of a 182 page e-book along with just over an hour of video providing detailed technique tips and guidance.  The Bodyweight Exercise Revolution program focuses on the CST approach and utilizes a 4×7 plan (seven cycles of four days each) to provide a 28 day regimen that will maximize your workout goals.   There are multiple 4×7 regimens covered in the materials.  Many of these focus on specific goals such as fat loss, flexibility, agility, and strength.  And others that concentrate on general real world athleticism.

The variety in the regimens is pretty impressive.  But the real key to the program is in the catalog of exercises that are detailed in the material.  Clear cut instructions are provided and as you progress, more complex movements are introduced.  Strength, agility, and endurance are developed, not through performing monotonous sets and repetitions, but by tackling more sophisticated movements that really tax the core muscles of the body.

The structure of the regimens is also key.  Extensive work has gone into designing the regimens to maximize the benefits of high intensity intervals.  As you progress through the program, you can actually notice substantial gains over the 28 day cycle, with each cycle building on top of the previous one.

The science that forms the foundation of the program represents results from some of the more recent cutting edge developments in the fitness industry.  It is clear that Ryan and Adam are staying on top of the latest fitness findings both in physiology and nutrition.

And the best thing about the Bodyweight Exercise Revolution?  You only need your body, some space, and the motivation to reach a whole new level of core strength, agility, and endurance.  Become a part of the Bodyweight Exercise Revolution.

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