TRAINING FOCUS:
BODYWEIGHT EXERCISES
Alisha Smith, Australian Fitness Network’s education manager, highlights three
awesome bodyweight exercises.
Crossover lunge (photo 1)
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Start: stand upright with feet parallel.
Action: step forward and towards the opposite side with one leg,
crossing one leg in front of the other. Lower the body towards the
ground by bending the knees of both legs until the back knee hovers
just above the floor.
End: push off the front leg and return to an upright stance.
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Inverted pull up, overhand grip, side to side (photo 2)
Start: hang from a straight bar suspended at waist height. Hands
are in overgrip, with arms straight, shoulders directly beneath the
bar, the torso, hips and knees in front of the bar and fully extended,
and feet on the floor.
Action: pull the body up and to the side until the chin approaches
one of the hands at bar level.
End: lower back to the starting position by extending the elbows.
Incline T-stabilisation push up, feet on floor, hands on bench (photo 3)
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Start: adopt a plank position, with the hands up on a bench in the front and the feet on
the floor in back.
Action: lower the body down by bending the elbows, descending until the chest hovers
above the top of the bench. Extend the elbows and return to the plank position. Near the
top of the push up, begin to rotate the body to one side, keeping the torso and legs aligned
and the hips extended. Keep both elbows extended as the torso rotates, remove one hand
from the bench and raise it to the side until it points towards the ceiling. Pause briefly in
this T position, supported on the outside edge of the inner foot on the floor and the inside
hand on the bench.
End: keeping the raised arm extended in line with the shoulder, lower the raised hand back
down to the bench, and simultaneously rotate the torso until back in the plank position.
A thousand exercises in yo