Full Body Routine

[Rikkru]

Can I just get a list of the best exercises that cover the whole body? Also, should I just do them in sets of 3 until fail or something? Every day/every other? And can I still gain mass from bodyweight exercises? Also, will bodyweight exercises increase how much you can lift? I have a pull-up bar, nothing else.. I can try handstand push-ups, don't exactly have the strength for them yet.

Edit* One more thing. With bodyweight exercises, will my body possibly become disproportional?

[Old_kyokushin]

I have a pull-up bar, nothing else..

Osu,


That's great:
- Push ups
- Pull ups
- leg raises
- squats
- bridges
- handstand push ups.

Follow a nice and easy progression.


Osu!

[Hatamoto]

I was told to go to failure* daily.

*the definition of failure being "until you can't do another GOOD FORM rep." A ridiculously handsome personal trainer told me this would lead to very fast and dramatic gains in strength, without making me bulky. Doesn't matter if you can make 2 or 20, it's one convenient way of working with consistant weight in a way where you can keep count and easily see how you're getting stronger when you can whip out more reps :)

I try to do push ups, squats, sit ups, dishes, and side bends to work the obliques. You could add calf raises and tricep dips to that which I think will cover most of your major muscles (you can use the chin up bar to do biceps and lats)

Also it's worth checking out Charles Bronson's book Solitary Fitness for exercises that require the floor and your body (a few exercises require you to splash out on a chair or a towel but that's the kind of sacrifice a commitment to getting stronger takes ;))

[Zaad]

Burpees with a pull up bar high above you.
squat down, do a push up, jump up and grab the pull up bar, do a pull up, then squat back down.
to make it harder switch the jump for a tuck jump.

[harukoraharu]

Can I just get a list of the best exercises that cover the whole body? Also, should I just do them in sets of 3 until fail or something? Every day/every other? And can I still gain mass from bodyweight exercises? Also, will bodyweight exercises increase how much you can lift? I have a pull-up bar, nothing else.. I can try handstand push-ups, don't exactly have the strength for them yet.

Edit* One more thing. With bodyweight exercises, will my body possibly become disproportional?

YouTube - ‪hindu strength training... (bodyweight exercises).‬‏

I'm unsure whether you can gain mass from bodyweight exercises, surely it would partly depend on diet. I've been able to do more pull-ups as a result of weight training. If anything I am doing strength training to be able to do more bodyweight exercises like handstands, more difficult push up and pull up variations. Training to failure is all well and good if you can do 3 sets of 10 reps. My best for chin ups is 8 reps but after the first set I can just do 5-6, or I could do 6 reps but more sets

[Zaad]

YouTube - ‪hindu strength training... (bodyweight exercises).‬‏ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0NLilpx1l4)

I'm unsure whether you can gain mass from bodyweight exercises, surely it would partly depend on diet. I've been able to do more pull-ups as a result of weight training. If anything I am doing strength training to be able to do more bodyweight exercises like handstands, more difficult push up and pull up variations. Training to failure is all well and good if you can do 3 sets of 10 reps. My best for chin ups is 8 reps but after the first set I can just do 5-6, or I could do 6 reps but more sets

You'll be able to gain mass to a certain degree until you change the exercises to a harder one but incredible bulk would be impossible. good proportional and fitness from an all round bodyweight program would be possible but i doubt you'd have the strength of a lifter unless you were a genetic freak.
E.G. Herschel Walker.

[Frodocious]

Other exercises to consider are:

Pistols
Glute ham raises
Reverse leg lifts (weighted if necessary)
Hanging leg lifts
Windshield wipers
Bodyweight rows

Have a look at the following website:

http://www.gymnasticbodies.com/

and its forum:

http://www.gymnasticbodies.com/forum/

for some good information