bodyweight exercises

Gym-free fitness movements

Bodyweight exercises are physical movements that use the body's own weight as resistance rather than external weights or machines.

Push-ups, pull-ups, squats, and planks are classic examples.

The term often appears in discussions of home workouts or minimal-equipment fitness: I do bodyweight exercises when I travel.

Opposites
resistance source

bodyweight exercisesweightlifting

Sport of hoisting barbells

weight training · kettlebell training · weighted exercises · powerlifting · Olympic lifting

exercise modality

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Pulse-elevating exercise regimen

aerobic exercise · rest · inactivity

training methodology

bodyweight exercisesseated exercises

Workouts performed sitting down

Family

weight, exercise

Familiarity
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G