Bodyweight Training & Calisthenics: The Progressive Bodyweight Workout Book For Beginners & Beyond (Weight training & resistance workouts) Paperback – October 12, 2021

British certified fitness coach and author James Atkinson has published ten valuable books on his advice for encouraging good health – FITNESS & EXERCISE MOTIVATION, FITNESS FOR WOMEN OF ANY AGE, JIM’S WEIGHT TRAINING GUIDE. JIM’S WEIGHT TRAINING & BODY BUILDING WORKOUT PLAN, MARATHON TRAINING, TOTAL FITNESS FOR WHEELCHAIR USERS, HEALTH AND FITNESS TIPS THAT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE, HOME WORKOUT FOR BEGINNERS, HOME WORKOUT CIRCUIT TRAINING, RESISTANCE BAND TRAINING, and now BODYWEIGHT TRAINING AND CALISTHENICS. He covers all the bases with actionable results!James now encourages us to bring the ‘gym’ home – a feasible and impressive way to build strength and mobility at home without all the ‘tools’ that fitness gyms provide: instead, using our own body weight in a planned and progressive workout. As he states, ‘Bodyweight training is an excellent choice of resistance training for almost everyone. For the beginner or senior trainer it can be an entry point to fitness that will yield unbelievable results as body weight exercise is often more than enough to challenge previously unconditioned muscle groups with progressive overload, leading to results that can be superior to the same intensity of training from barbells and dumbbells, etc. In my experience, I believe that this is because of the functional nature of bodyweight training and calisthenics that lend itself to core stability, along with a bigger emphasis on or stabilizer muscles.’One of the many reasons James’ book is so valuable is his instruction of functional muscle groups, explaining clearly how all muscle groups (back, legs, shoulders, biceps, triceps etc) work – a factor that makes fitness training educational and far more beneficial. His exercising with bodyweight include calisthenics and isometric training, both of which have a strong focus on muscular strength and growth.’ After some solid mental instruction, he moves on to physical guidance with The Big Five – Push=ups’ Pullups, Dips, Shoulder Press, Squats – explaining the dynamics and illustrating the exercises (excellent images that define the muscle groups visually!) - of each. All promises made in his intro are fulfilled – and we benefit!All of James’ books provide supportive encouragement to the reader for achieving and maintaining fitness, delivered in a user-friendly manner. This is one of the finest books for realistic, informed and results-producing fitness books this reader has encountered! Very highly recommended. Grady Harp, October 21

Not a bad beginner book. However the editor needs more experience, some poorly formed sentences.

Simple and straighforward writing. Useful. I've already started doing some of the exercises. Sometimes we want the wrong things in such books. We want pictures and more pictures. This book has a nice mix of advice and suggestions that are vital to read. The pictures are very nice drawings. Few know that drawings are often better than pictures because of how certain aspects of the body, birds, animals, etc can emphasize certain characteristics. Nice book and worth the money.I am already doing some of the exercises.

I've read some of the other books that fit along with this book, and I definitely should have started with the exercises illustrated here. I have started incorporating some of these exercises in my workouts, and they are working so nicely. Anyone wanting to ease their way into fitness, start here.

I am a big fan of Jim. He's been a great help to me in my journey to both lose weight and be healthy. This book comes at a time when I need it most. I sit at a desk at home all day and find myself being tired, stiff, and feeling crappy at the end of my day. This book, which I didn't know was coming, came out when I was looking into Calisthenics and Bodyweight training. I can do these things while on calls or whenever really. I had no idea where to start. Now I do! Thanks again Jim and keep it up! I will if you do!

Very informative and good information on bodyweight training, need more exercise routines, I approved this message, good for beginners to workout to

The summary before buying led me to believe I would get a book with plenty of exercises and variations of them (from modified to advanced). What I got was a book with 5 or six basic exercises with their progressions! Do not buy if your looking for a guide book to all types of calisthenic movements for a workout plan.

This book did not meet my expectations. However, may be useful for another reader.