Busy Dads Should Try Body Weight Exercises
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Busy Dads Should Try Body Weight Exercises
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With jobs to go to, businesses to run, kids to put to bed, dishes to get done, and wives to spend time with, it’s really difficult for busy dads to squeeze in a workout. The solution I found was to focus on practicing body weight exercises, including isometrics and plyometrics. They don’t bulk you up as quickly as lifting weights, but if situps, pushups, dips, and pullups are good enough for the Navy SEALs, then they’re good enough for me.
Here are some reasons why you should be doing body weight exercises if you’re a busy dad…
Flexibility – Body weight exercises can be done anywhere. We all have cell phones and laptops, so we know how important it is to be able to move around. Why should we be tied down to bulky exercise equipment and gyms? It’s a lot easier to do situps and pushups in the basement or living room than it is to drive to the gym and wait around for equipment to be free. Sitting in the bathroom giving your child a bath? Then it’s an ideal time to do some palm presses. Once you’ve learnt some of the exercises, you’ll see how easy they are to fit into your daily routine.
Effectiveness – Are you wondering if body weight exercises are effective? Just ask the police officers, firemen, elite fighters, and special forces commandos who live and die by these exercises. They won’t be the biggest guys you’ll ever come across, but they’ll be among the strongest. And that’s the only thing that matters. If you feel like you’ve hit a plateau, you can add weights, increase the reps, do variations, etc. It’s easy to find weighted vests to add more resistance to your situps, pullups, etc.
Efficiency – Body weight exercises are both effective and economical, so there’s no excuse not to do them. Not only are isometrics and body weight exercises financially efficient, they are time efficient too. In certain martial arts there is a strong emphasis on “economy of movement”, meaning you shouldn’t exert a lot of energy on something if you don’t have to. Focus on the task before you and get it done with the least amount of effort.
Obviously, lifting weights is important if you want to get stronger and build lots of muscle. If we could spend an hour in the gym everyday we would. But with a lifestyle that makes staying fit so difficult, body weight training is the best route for the rest of us.
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