How do you build muscle without using weights?

Answer 1

Why not use weights? This matters actually. Weights are used because their weight provides resistance to movement forcing you to use more strength with triggers the building of muscle. How often you do these excersizes, how much resistance/weight you use, how long a session is and how long you hold a position and how many reps you do all affect what sort of muscle you will put on. You will either strengthen existing fibers or create new ones. Usually people do both. You can end up bulking up very little, some or a lot (women and men will have different results.) If you want to avoid the expense of weights use water or sand in bottles or cans of food. These have weight and are cheaper. I would advise getting real weights tho, you can find them for $1 per lb so it is worth the expense to have something easier to hold. If they just aren't your thing try rubber bands, they sell special ones that also provide resistance like weights but instead of lifting something heavy you stretch something. Or you can use your own weight, crunches, push-ups, pull-ups, running and other equipment-free exercises make use of your own weight to provide the resistance. I like a combination, keeps things fresh and helps ensure that I am working all my muscles fairly evenly. Talk to your doctor or a fitness counselor for more information about a good routine for yourself. :)

Answer 2

You don't.

Dude you can use the isometric or plyometric manners !! Simply by using your body weight (such as push ups or standing calve raises ) Heck take a rope and wrap it around a pole and you can get curls lats back and support for squats and calf work for absolutely no money !! Get you some whey protein and a bottle of branch chain amino acids ( Be sure to take the aminos to your body weight / that means multiply the milligrams to equal the grams needed for your body weight !! Im 205 so I have to take like 10 a day !! Anyway you can build a great body w/out touching one single weight !!

Answer 3

The main question on this topic is where do you want to build muscle? For a core workout the best thing is press ups and sit ups. You can do the same work through different means at the gym or select a specific group of muscles to work on.

If you want good upper body strength the best thing is press-ups nothing can beat this simple workout, every night before bed just do as many as possible, the next night add 5 more press ups to the workout keep this up an u will see a result quickly. There is no fast way to building muscle nor is there a easy way but with hard work you can get a good body.

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Answer 4

It depends what you want, bulk or definition. There are several schools of thought . Resistance, overload, super setting. You could see three trainers and each would say something different. If you can't afford seeing a trainer to set up a routine go on line, to the muscle mags also buy a few of the solid kind research and see what type of muscle you like and want. Read the articles and form your work out around them. Put off protein drinks until a few months into your working out. A change of better diet, increasing protein, decreasing carbs slightly will help but be sure you don't suffer deprivation as you start into this new territory. Start slow!!!!! If you hurt yourself, or your repair time is too painful you may give up. To be perfectly honest the best investment you could make is have a personal trainer get you going. They can test your fitness level, gage your ability and desire and get you going in the direction you need to. Meanwhile you get reading and start doing a little on your own as things start getting easier.

Answer 5

There is no good way. Your muscles will grow in response to resistance training and, assuming that you are an adult, they will not grow without it. You can do resistance training without dumbbells, barbells, or strength training machines (by, for example, pressing against something), but without very favourable genetics, it is not possible to get muscular without resistance training.

Answer 6

The deadlift is regarded by many as the king of mass builders. And for a good reason since it works more muscles simultaneously than any other strength training weight lifting exercise. It effectively adds slabs of muscle to the lower and upper body. When properly executed it is risk free. It employs and strengthens over 25 major muscles including those of the entire back (lower, middle, upper), the shoulders, abdominals, forearms, hips (gluteal muscles) and the legs (hamstrings and quadriceps). The deadlift is a true measure of somebodys strength. The deadlift world record is 1,015 lb by Benedict Magnusson.

Answer 7

You can use any household item. I would use cans, or any other cylinder type thing. Soething that looks or reminds you of a real weight can work, as long as it isn't really lightweight.

Answer 8

Use a process known as Dynamic tension