Who uses bodyweight exercise with SoloStrength?

The SoloStrength Bodyweight Exercise Circuit Training gym is used by all different kinds of people at every age and stage in life.   For Balance training, strength training and overall body conditioning, the simplicity of use is what attracts people, and keeps them active on the versatile and easy to follow programs.  Professionals and trainers can come up with new movements all day long on SoloStrength.  Beginners find the easy to learn natural body movements which make up our Lifestyle Program for strength, energy and body toning, very attractive and simple to follow.  Take a look at some of the profiles of users from 12-77 years old, and find more information on the video interviews here.  Live strong everyday with SoloStrength!

Are you are looking for better ways to keep you, and your family fit and healthy?

We, at SoloStrength, have the best solution for you.

 

WHY? SoloStrength utilizes the two most effective exercise techniques for keeping fit, with a beautifully designed and easy to learn and use system, for exciting benefits and results that will amaze you. 

Again, WHY?  Body weight exercise and circuit training are effective - VERY effective for every type of person.  Professional athletes use our system and techniques and by adding simple accessories like weighted vests, BOSU, Swiss exercise balls, and resistance bands.  Beginners enjoy the simplicity of learning our exercises; the natural movements that help them feel strong, connected and energized right from the first time the use the SoloStrength bodyweight exercise system.    All the movements are supported with a secure bar easily adjusted to provide the best support (and adjust resistance levels for strength training), to improve balance, strength, energy, muscle tone, and mind/body connection to yield great feelings of health and experience life at its best.

Kids naturally know how to use it, and by watching you, they learn even more the value of certain movements and exercises for engaging their bodies and mind to be strong, positive and energized for a constant state of being ready – ready for sport, activity and life. 

What happens? When you use SoloStrength body weight exercises, your body and mind connect, you gain strength, your body engages, your muscles, tone, and you will gain whatever level of fitness you desire, supporting your activity with well portioned diet and rest. 

What is the best exercise? What is the most energized you can feel?  What is the feeling of energy and fitness and feeling ready for taking on everything in life the best you can?  We call it SoloStrength; simply the best solution for everyday fitness.  The real way, the natural way, the simple way.  Live strong everyday with SoloStrength.  Triumph over the challenges of modern living and keeping fit.  We know you will be satisfied, and guarantee it with a free trial for 30 days.  For more information visit our website for shipping locations and availability.

Fitness is easy...the hard part is finding the activities you can do consistently enough to keep fit.

Why is SoloStrength a solution you should consider for your families fitness needs?

        1.      It’s easy.

        2.      It’s fast.

        3.      It’s extremely effective.

Why does it work?

Bodyweight exercise is and always has been the standard by which all of the fittest people condition their bodies.  Gymnasts, military boot camp training, and yoga, Pilates, all the most effective activities for keeping our minds and bodies fit and energized, or bodyweight exercise based.  

What we have done, was taken the best and most basic movements, and combined them with an extremely simple and fast system to use, (the SoloStrength FUSE bodyweight exercise equipment), and by using simple and basic accessories like exercise balls and resistance bands to have an endless array of exercises to satisfy every level of exercise desire.  In your home, personal training studio, wellness centre or gym, alone or with a partner (partner exercises are great with the fast bar changes and exercises) SoloStrength is extremely compact, well designed, and works as well as it looks - there for you to enjoy each day.  

Simply the best solution for every day fitness.  Live strong everyday with SoloStrength.  For more information, visit our website for pricing, shipping locations and availability.  www.solostrength.com

SoloStrength bodyweight exercise IS the easiest way to keep you and your family FIT.

We developed the SoloStrength FUSE and the bodyweight exercises for simple and fast exercise that is suitable and works great for every type of person. 

From professional athletes, to beginners and home bodies seeking safe weight loss, the SoloStrength Lifestyle Program results in energy, strength, all over body toning, and flexibility with safe, easy to learn and use, lowest level impact possible.  For those that are short on time, freedom to leave the house to attend classes or gyms, or those that would rather just have maximum fitness benefits in the least time – so you can get out and enjoy all the other fun activities in life with your friends and family, the SoloStrength bodyweight exercise and stretching system is for you.  Developed by professionals with families, we understand your needs, what works, and how great it is to feel fit, and see your entire family enjoy the SoloStrength home gym all in one fitness solution.  No matter what your fitness level, use it today, use it for life.  Live strong with SoloStrength.   Triumph over the challenges of modern living and keeping fit.  We know you will be satisfied, and guarantee it with a free trial for 30 days.  For more information visit our website for shipping locations and availability.

Bodyweight Exercises for Strength and Muscle RP from ABOUT.com article

I read this article on bodyweight exercise and felt Mr. Paul Rogers did a very good job communicating the benefits of Bodyweight exercise.  I felt it was valuable enough to repost.  The suggestions can all work well with SoloStrength FUSE home gym personal training fitness station and our lifestyle programs!  Enjoy!

Bodyweight Exercises for Strength and Muscle

Use Your Bodyweight in a Weight Training Workout

By Paul Rogers, About.com

Updated: October 31, 2008

About.com Health's Disease and Condition content is reviewed by our Medical Review Board

Pull-up in progress

Photo (c) Paul Rogers and Cooloola Fitness

Using the weight of your own body to create resistance was one of the earliest forms of strength training. It's easy to learn, effective, and you can do it just about anywhere.

Although you can get quite inventive, the following exercises are the primary bodyweight exercises and how to do them. It's a somewhat fine distinction, but the core resistance bodyweight exercises are not the same as calisthenics, stretching, plyometrics or most yoga exercises (in my opinion anyway), although they may include elements of all these disciplines.

The exercises form the core of any bodyweight workout program. Many others are variations and trivial modifications.

Push-ups¹

The push-up is a classic bodyweight exercise, and it demonstrates quite clearly the principle of bodyweight resistance training.

1. Lie face down on the floor, preferably on a firm carpet or mat or rubber surface, with feet together.

2. Place your hands on the floor at shoulder level, facing forward. Keep a slight bubble in the hands and fingers, rather than positioning them flat on the hard surface.

3. Raise your body up on the hands and toes until elbows are nearly straight, then lower to a point where the elbow is at a right angle. Don't let your body touch the floor.

4. One "up and down" is one push-up repetition. Don't go too fast or too slow. Keep the head and neck steady.

5. Do as many as you can in one minute, rest, then try again. Rest your knees on the ground if you find the exercise difficult when you first start out.

The push-up develops strength in the chest, shoulders and the triceps muscles of the upper arms.

Variations include resting knees on the floor, using a wide or narrow hand position and using one arm to perform the push-up motion (for the tough guys and girls).

The Squat²

The squat without weights may seem easy, but once you get up around the 20 rep mark it starts to take a toll on the knees, upper legs and butt until you build some condition. Here's how it goes:

1. Stand with feet about shoulder width apart. Keep hands on your hips, crossed over the chest, held out in front, or at your sides. I like the hands out in front because it allows you to settle back a little into the squat and put some emphasis on the butt muscles and hamstrings.

2. Keeping the back straight, bend the knees and squat down until your knees are are at approximately 90 degrees (a right angle).

3. Push up to the starting position and repeat. The squat develops legs and butt muscles and, over time, may strengthen knee joints. However, be cautious with this exercise if you have an existing knee injury or feel knee pain at any stage in the workout.

4. Start with 3 sets of 10 repetitions.

Lunges

The lunge is a fundamental bodyweight exercise. Done in sets of 8 or more (each leg), lunges provide strength, balance and flexibility training. You can see how to perform the lunge in this example of a weighted lunge³.

Options include a variety of arm positions -- at the sides, straight out in front, raised at each side, crossed at the chest or straight up overhead. Try them all, as each arm position provides a slightly different emphasis and perhaps level of difficulty. For example, the arms raised at the sides provides better balance and stability than arms crossed at the chest.

Other more advanced options include the backward lunge and the 45-degree angle side lunge.

Crunches

Crunches are a key exercise for strengthening the abdominal muscles. Many different types of crunches are possible. Some of the best are:

• Standard crunch, in which the shoulders are raised off the floor while you contract the abs
• Reverse crunch, in which the legs and knees are raised off the floor while you contract the abs
• Combo crunch, which is a combination of both of the above
• Bicycle crunch, which includes all of the above and you peddle the legs in the air as well (see examples in this article on best crunches⁴)

Dips

Dips are performed with a chair or bench. You can also use a special machine at the gym that helps you. These are called "assisted dips." These instructions are for the standard dip from a bench:

1. Make sure you select a secure bench or chair that will not slide from under you.

2. Sit on a bench or chair and slide your butt forward off the bench so that you are supporting your whole body weight on your hands, with your butt hanging and your feet on the ground. You can see how it's done in thisvideo demonstration⁵.

3. Lower your body down until the elbow is at about 90 degrees (a right angle). Don't go below this, as the shoulder joint can get in a position that may not be safe for some people.

4. You can start out with the legs bent at about 90 degrees and your feet more or less flat on the floor, then extend them out as you get stronger until your "dipping" on your heels with your feet stretched out in front of you.

Pull-ups and Chin-ups

1. Stand below the bar, steady, then jump up and grab the bar with an overhand grip a little wider than shoulder width.

2. Haul yourself up so that your mouth is about level with the bar. You can go higher if you want to clear the chin.
3. Pull your shoulder blades back at the same time as you lift.

Variations include using an underhand or wide and narrow grips, claps, alternating over- and underhand, leg position and more.

Do as many as you can in a minute, then see if you have anything left for another set.

Pull-ups are demonstrated in this article⁶. It's a difficult exercise for many people, especially women. While pull-ups or chin-ups are a good example of a bodyweight exercise, you may not have a pull-up bar at home or anywhere convenient. Most gyms have a pull-up bar, and you can improvise at home or away with a beam or bar meant for other things. Make sure it's solid and secure.

These six bodyweight exercises are all you need to build good strength and muscle in a fitness program. Don't forget that you can use most of them at just about any time and any place.

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2. http://weighttraining.about.com/od/exercisegallery/tp/dumbbell_sh_squat1.htm
3. http://weighttraining.about.com/od/beginningweighttraining/tp/weighted_lunge.htm
4. http://exercise.about.com/od/abs/ss/abexercises.htm
5. http://www.youtube.com/watchv=u3ZfAM9eHWQ
6. http://weighttraining.about.com/od/exercisegallery/tp/pullup.htm

Another SoloStrength installation! (alongside Technogym)

We recently had an installation at the beautiful Langley Rec Centre, which otherwise was primarily Technogym equipment otherwise.  We love Technogym equipment, and think our products well compliment each other. We hope to work with them one day to help us reach our international market that is very challenging as a smaller company right now!  This isn't the first time we have come across Technogym equipment in facilities where we have installed our SoloStrength FUSE bodyweight circuit training and fitness exercise system.  Trainers LOVE it, they can do most of the work they want to do with clients on our system alone, and keeps their activity client centered rather than running around between stations.   We get fantastic feedback by trainers and home users alike, and we appreciate it all!  Thankyou!  Below is a photo of one of the trainers getting familiar with their new piece, she was SO excited.  Now I love SoloStrength, because I know what can be done with it, and how a person feels using it, but to see others as excited as I am (and even more sometimes!), is really wonderful and encouraging.  Thank you for your orders, support, keep the use ideas rolling in and all feedback is appreciated!  We have made some small modifications on our Gen.2 version which we are taking orders on now!  Put the best all in one bodyweight exercise and bodyweight fitness system on your list today!  visit us at www.solostrength.com to put in your order or call 604.818.6225 with any questions!

Another SoloStrength installation at a primarily Technogym filled facility in the beautiful Rec. Center in Langley, BC