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Many exercise systems often sound great at first glance, but in reality simply will not make a good fit for
your life. Thankfully, there is something else you can try called bodyweight exercise, which is so flexible that it answers every possible concern you might have, including time constraints, prohibitive cost, and location concerns.

It got its name because
your own body provides all the resistance needed to take you to the peak of fitness… and it does so at your own pace, without requiring a personal trainer to design the perfect system for your lifestyle and fitness level.

You likely already know that exercise is necessary for good health and a long life. What is not always clear is how you should go about it. There are a countless number of different plans and theories about how to exercise.

Of course researching and careful reflection is important, but it’s confusing.  What’s the best plan? How hard or easy should your workout be? Then, there’s the day-to-day reality, and the inevitable challenges of implementing an exercise regimen:

Not enough time  The equipment is too expensive   Traveling to the gym or other facility   You like outdoor exercising, but it’s snowing.

Bodyweight exercises resolve all of these problems! You can do them anywhere, anytime, at your own pace and level, alone or with a friend-even if you and your friend are at different levels. It doesn’t cost a single penny.

Yet, you can get a perfect workout as if it had been designed just for you.  That’s because it has-you will have designed it yourself!

It is not a newfangled idea. It’s well researched, so you do not need to be concerned that you might hurt yourself. Bodyweight exercising uses your own body to provide resistance, so you do not even need weights-though you can use them if you wish. The method is not only effective, allowing you to train every muscle in your body, but is simple and let’s you work out at your own pace.