Use your own bodyweight to improve fitness

One of the most basic ways to get in shape is using your own bodyweight. Uou have undoubtedly done this already in the past using pushup, situps, chinups and there are lots more.

I ran across an article on CNN about some people trying to popularize working out only using your own bodyweight lathough some of the equipment may be a bit hard to come by.

The Bartendaz of New York want to serve as many young people as possible — and that’s a good thing.
One of the Bartendaz, Metaphysics, performs the flag move during a demonstration at an Atlanta-area school.

These fitness gurus aren’t promoting underage drinking. Named for the creative moves they perform on the pull-up bar, the Bartendaz are empowering youths through calisthenics.

By ditching free weights and weight machines in favor of using their own body weight on the bar and the floor, the Bartendaz have developed a series of acrobatic strength exercises that have sparked attention on YouTube and from such celebrity clients as rapper Ludacris and mixed martial arts champion Rashad Evans. Some members also earned a stint with New York’s Apollo Circus of Soul.

But Bartendaz founder Hassan Yasin’s proudest achievement is his program’s impact on youths.

“My number one claim to fame [is] … when I walk in the park and they’re not chilling on the benches, they’re at the bars,” said Yasin, 40. “All the guys that [were] hanging out there, taking up space, [are] now leaving because there’s too many youth coming back.”

Read the rest of the article at CNN

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