Thursday, November 26, 2009
The Front BridgeThe Back Bridge gets a lot of press but the Front Bridge, as demonstrated here by John Grimek, is also a very good exercise choice for building neck strength". Both exercises are discussed in detail in Combat Conditioning by Matt Furey.
Labels: Back Bridge, Bodyweight Calisthenics, Bodyweight Exercise, Combat Conditioning, Front Bridge, John Grimek, Neck Development, Neck Exercise
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Sunday, October 07, 2007
Combat Conditioning by Matt FureySure, a lot of people "coulda" done it, but Matt Furey is the one who actually did it -- he wrote Combat Conditioning,THE book on bodyweight calisthenics, and brought this intensely productive and useful form of training back to the public eye after it had all but become extinct.
The strength of this program is its simplicity -- 50 simple, yet effective bodyweight exercises incorporating elements of Ancient Indian Physical Culture, Wrestling, Gymnastics, Old Gym Class Favorites and more than a few "Special" exercises passed down from "The God of Wrestling", Karl Gotch.
If you think bodyweight training is "too easy to be effective," all I have to say is try it... And please keep in mind that almost all of the oldtime strength writers, including Alan Calvert, George Jowett, Earle E. Liederman and Joe Bonomo included bodyweight training in their respective training programs.
On the left you'll see the first edition of Combat Conditioning published in 2000, and on the right, the revised and expanded edition, published in 2004.
Labels: Bodyweight Training, book, Calisthenics, Combat Conditioning, Gymnastics, Karl Gotch, Matt Furey, Wrestling
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