Bodyweight Training for extremely explosive power

Bodyweight Training for extremely explosive power. by Johnny Grube

Bodyweight Training for extremely explosive power.
Bodyweight training has been on the rise as of late and the reason is it works. It has always worked, it has worked for millions of years.

You will benefit from the many years of research that bodyweight training is and always will be the way for the fastest, greatest and natural results ever.

Our bodies are made to be explosive, our bodies are made to work. There was a time when survival was the key. Survival meaning you had to hunt for food. You had to have extreme endurance. you had to be able to sprint, climb, jump do whatever to stay alive, and if you were slow you didn’t eat or may die.

As a matter of fact in this hard-core world you better be strong, fast and explosive because you never know when your life or a loved ones life will be on the line.

Using bodyweight training as a way to total fitness is a great way to tap in to the natural element of your body.

There are a ton of exercise programs out there, some good some bad. You don’t need any other piece of equipment to build a strong lean, athletic body then what you already have.

Bodyweight training is very effective for all your fitness objectives. I personally don’t want to spend 2 hours a day in the gym. So that’s why I love bodyweight training it’s quick and gets the job done fast.

Years ago I could lift a lot of weight and I thought I was fit. I found I was strong but not conditioned. And I was not explosive. I was big, strong and slow and that was fine as long as I was just going to the gym.

But here I am 15 years later 85lbs lighter, quicker, explosive and have more overall body strength then I did squatting 600lbs or bench pressing 350lbs.

Training explosive and fast will get you explosive and fast. I don’t recommend you train explosive everyday but I would spend time training fast and explosive for a more conditioned body.

I do use some slow training like isometrics, dynamic resistance which will build a lot of strength but I still rather train for explosive strength then to have slow type strength.

Here’s a pushup exercise you can try for explosive strength.

You will need a small step about 12″ tall or something study.

Make sure when you do these your face won’t hit the object.

In a standing position- drop down into a wide pushup position from there you will explode up bringing your hands closer together doing another pushup, explode up and this time bringing your hands together almost touching then you will do another pushup and this time explode up and forward landing on the step. You can repeat this a few times.

Or you can do the same just start in the pushup position and do the 4 pushups start wide, regular, close, explode up and out but this time push back off the step close, regular, wide.

Let me know how this works.

About the Author
John Grube B.C.S F.F.S is an expert on the subject of bodyweight training. He has over 25 years of training experience and is the author of The Wildman Training Program manual and other training manuals www.youtube.com/johnnygrube for training videos and his blog For more info www.wildmantraining.com