The Naked Warrior

[taimenz]

Just got done reading Pavel's   The Naked Warrior and it made me think about bodyweight training in a different way. He treats it as powerlifting, only doing low reps of hard moves like one arm pushups, pistols (one legged squats with your butt to the ground), one arm pull ups. The book is a good book if you want to get stronger quick, to bad anymore I try to shed a lot of my built up bulky muscle for a leaner longer more functional one.

[SidheDraoi]

nothing wrong with bulk, every body shape has its abilities and disabilities. I highly believe that some people were made to be muscular, others scrawny, some good at running and others good at lifting heavy objects. The diversity is a good thing!

now back on topic! That sounds like an interesting book, I have alot of 'warrior' books in my collection... Buddhist Warrior, Viking Warriors, Spiritual Warrior, all very interesting! I will have to pick this one up. I need a good read.

[Tony Bondioli]

I have "Naked Warrior," and feel it was largely a waste of money.  It's nothing you can't find elsewhere online for free, and really just focuses on a "grease the groove" methodology applied to pullups, one-armed pushups, and one-legged squats.

[taimenz]

I agree but I bought it used for 5$ on amazon and it helped me vary my bodyweight workouts just because I never thought that way when it came to bodyweight it was always more reps go for more reps now every few days I do some of that stuff. But it is all online except i probably would never have looked for it.