Swing Away My Friends

"Now that's what I call a Swinging Party."- Baloo The Bear


Getting fresh air can be a good thing since we've been told to stay home. In your backyard or out on the front lawn, getting in a good workout can really get you into the "swing" of things. Recently, on a nice sunny day, I went out and swung my Monster Mace that weighs about 25 lbs. Doing various exercises to really target my grip strength, coordination and a little cardio. The Mace is a great tool that has been used for centuries by Indian Wrestlers training in the ancient art of Kushti.

In modern day fitness, it is used to help those get fit with minimal equipment and work exercises that hit muscles that most weight training exercises don't. People like Mr. Maceman Rik Brown, Jake Shannon of Scientific Wrestling, Zenkahuna, Ryan Pitts and others have made Mace Swinging an art form and bringing back an ancient art of building warriors and conditioned people.

If you do some research on the Mace, you'll find that it's not always how heavy the mace is, it's the performance of the movements with the Mace that take on a entity of itself. Unlike a barbell where you do limited planes of movement, the Mace forces you to stay coordinated and balanced in a very unique way. There are all sorts of exercises you can do that will strengthen your core like crazy, build a powerful grip and challenges the way you move your elbows, shoulders, hands and wrists.

This implement is a lot of fun to use and you can play around with a lot of exercises that gets you fit and develops functional strength and power.

Are You A Bold One?

"General Kenobi...You are a bold one."- General Grievous


Being geeky just adds the fun to things. It's no fun being on lockdown but that doesn't mean you can't make the best of it right? This is a time of self-reflection, channeling your imagination and enhancing your creativity. Since many gyms are closed, what the hell do you do now? There's still a way to get fit while in quarantine and you don't need any special equipment to do it. All you need is your own bodyweight and the will to push through your mental strength. A workout that doesn't take up a ton of tie but gets the job done.

We can go out for a run or a walk but for the most part, being told to stay home is the primary objective and if you want to get your cardio in, you'll have to find a way to do it. I have a solution that can really amp up your lungs and help build strength, conditioning and speed. It's three exercises done in a circuit for a few rounds and that's all you'll have to do.

It may look easy but it's not something you want to mess with. You'll be doing Push-ups, Squats & Punches, sounds pretty simple but even simple can kick your ass. It's called Bold Choice, a circuit workout from the world of Neila Rey and her website Darebee.com. You can do this anywhere and barely a few square feet of floor space. Do you think you can handle it?

I also have filmed doing this workout so you can see how it's done. It is important to note that if you're a beginner, rest when needed between rounds and go at your own level. I don't rest at all and go straight through it to really fire up my conditioning. Have fun and be sure to check out other workouts on the website where you can download programs, nutrition info and much more. Help support this site by donating or ordering their workout programs in book form on Amazon. 

The Transformetrics Isometric Power Belt Workout

The beauty of Isometrics is how they can be used just about anywhere with no special equipment whatsoever, but there are some things or specific equipment that can help hit muscles in certain areas that free-hand, weights or your environment don't hit so you can strengthen those areas. I have written in the past about the Isometric Power Belt from Transformetrics/Bronze Bow Publishing and how it's been a secret weapon of mine to strengthen my body from more angles than I can count.

The belt itself is just a tool, it's nothing really special in reality, it's not the end-all-be-all Isometric Apparatus and it's not going to make you a superman or wonder woman but it can enhance levels of strength from virtually limitless angles, the only thing it'll lack is your imagination. I was given two updated belts by John Peterson himself and we were going to see what I can do with them. I was very successful with it and because I didn't really need a second belt, I gave the other one to Bud Jeffries as a gift for being the man that married me and my wife.

Because of the length of the belt, you can make double loops with it and add more exercises to the repertoire as opposed to the original belt that was much shorter. Personally, I' not a fan of the double loops and it takes up more time than I want when it needs adjusted to the exercise I want to do. I love single loops better because I can focus on one arm at a time and I won't have to feel like I'm stepping on the damn thing or having the buckle push into my back. While reading the pamphlet for the original belt and coming up with exercises on my own, I never truly needed the updated version of the belt pamphlet/book and I'm sure I came up with exercises that the book won't have.

John Peterson has made countless claims on what the belt can do, most of them are exaggerated as hell but his heart is in the right place but like I said before, I have made great progress with it like; keeping weight down (My heaviest was 275 and with additional training with the belt, I've stayed within 250-260 ever since), developed definition in my forearms, back, shoulders and arms, increased strength in my tendons and ligaments to where I rarely ever get injured and when I did, I recovered pretty fast, my speed went up so when I do my regular training, I was quick on my feet and other benefits. It goes without saying that John so far has not been able to publish the new book with the new belt and keeps piling on projects that don't seem to get anywhere and this was his last attempt as a truly good fitness publisher. You can still buy the belt (as far as I know) but it is 100% certain the book will never be published. Wayne Gretzky once said "You miss 100% of the shots you don't take", this applies really well to John and as a friend, I feel sorry for him.

Another sad thing is, there really isn't a single video displaying the Belt and the exercises you can do, the closest thing you'll get is from a an named Greg Newton who lives in the Carolinas and is a gun enthusiast and fire fighter. However, yesterday I made a video not just on Isometric Exercises with the belt but how you can adjust it to various exercises, how it packs up and how to roll it back up into the little pouch it comes in. It's an 11 minute video of instructing you with my training, I don't talk or give an introduction like I've done with past videos on youtube. You'll see on hand what you can do if you wanted to do Curls, Presses, Rows and other fun stuff. I don't really stop or anything for rest, I breathe as calmly as possible and just adjust the belt to the next exercise, no BS and no messing around.

This youtube video will most likely be the only real training video for the updated Isometric Belt. There isn't any special lighting, no music, no pretty stuff, just me, the belt, my camera phone and the dungeon I train in at home. You'll find that you can adjust it just about any way you see fit and you'll see I don't fake anything. Hope you enjoy it and if you do get a belt, use it to make your goals come true and if it's too pricey for you, there's a link in the description about a strap you can get on Amazon or just click on the link that's on the right side of this blog.

The Power Of Meditation

Workouts are always awesome to do especially since we are dealing with a virus named after a beer but even at times, working out or just training can only put you at ease for so long. We will get through this but it is also important to focus on keeping yourself calm, relaxed and not overhyped up. Coming from someone like me who is prone to anxiety and ADD should be the last person to give you advice on staying calm and collected. That's the thing though, I understand what it's like to go through that and practicing what I can and helping you get through it together.

Aside from the Isometrics that have been my main source of fitness lately, I have also been practicing meditation. From various forms of it, meditating has been a blessing to me and although it could be better especially since being stuck in the house and trying not to go crazy when your wife is at home on her days off. I really have to give my girl credit for putting up with me and doing her best to deal with my stuff along with hers. She is just fighting to stay sane at this point and on her days off, she needs to rest as much as she can just to recharge. It has been a tough test of wills but we are one strong couple and it's going to make those days when this is over all that much sweeter.

I'm sure you know by now that meditation isn't a cure-for-all but the benefits alone can aid in how to keep your spirits up and find that it is more powerful than it is credited for. In these dark times, seeing a light shine is the biggest thing we can hope for and believe that times like these won't be pitch black and bring a stronger entity to our mental and emotional wellbeing. Our thoughts can go into our physical form and generate either good or bad factors that will determine how we go forward. The more we sink into the black hole of bad thoughts, it's going to bite us in the ass and the choices we make whether consciously or subconsciously will make our bodies worse or better.

The power of meditation puts you into the driver seat on how you see yourself, what you want out of yourself and how you can heal/regenerate yourself just by breathing and processing your thoughts. I sometimes will do the Theater Of The Mind technique to picture and energize in my mind what I want to be better whether it's myself or those around me. I sometimes will do the Magical Imagineering Theater audio to give myself extra juice on how I see my goals and take pictures in my imagination of my successes and get that positive vibration through seeing my excitement, the flow of electricity running through my body and seeing what I want to accomplish from an eagle's view. Most of the time, I would just meditate in the seiza position (sitting on the shins), do my breath of fire exercise to enhance my deep breathing after a few seconds and just sit, listen to the Force, breathe as deeply as possible and shut my eyes.

There are many ways to meditate but do what gives you the best benefit. You can stand, you sit, you can move, you can listen to music or whatever but use a style of meditation that helps relieve your stress, keeps you calm and helps you focus at your best. The more relaxed we can be, the easier we will get through this. I am with you on this and I want to send you as many positive vibes as possible because we all live on this planet and although we are a speck of dust in the universe, doesn't mean we can't be big in our hearts. Stay strong, stay safe and keep yourself relaxed and calm as best as you can.

Isometrics And Quarantine Part II

Calisthenics are essential to developing real world conditioning for sure but there are certain things or areas they don't hit and that's where Isometrics come in. I bet by now you've got Cabin Fever and if you're stuck with the kids, thank the universe you haven't gone completely insane. Isometric Exercise hits the little spots that other methods don't and for strength, it can come in handy.

With the Isometric Power Belt I have and the Wooden Dowel I use, I've been coming up with all sorts of different Isometrics to work with since Calisthenics and Animal Moves have burned me out lately, I'm just trying to keep things flowing by doing different things, test out different angles, strengthening areas that needed some work and develop better definition while still being a big guy.

It does suck that grown ass people are in a subtle way forced to stay home unless you're an ESSENTIAL EMPLOYEE and can barely make ends meet as it is at times. Yes staying home is better safe than getting sick but what most don't get especially fucked up politicians is that not everyone is meant to stay at home and if there's abuse at home, you're basically adding gasoline on engulfed flames. It's basically like locking a beast in a cage and you're aiding that animal-like instinct to where if it's not treated, someone will fucking lose it.

I want to help as much as I can, even if it's helping someone have a light bulb go on in their head and they get a cool idea to exercise. There are plenty of assholes out there who want to cash in on "Quarantine Workouts" but if you look hard enough, there's plenty of people who want to help and they don't charge a dime. Plenty of youtube videos of various workouts you can do, people like Melody Schoenfeld, Kristen Tulloch, Bud Jeffries and others that share workouts during this tough time and make it a mission to make sure you don't only stick to your goals but you'll have a blast doing it too because they make them interesting and throw in some humor because in these dark times, they are the light at the end of the tunnel.

Let's get back to Isometrics shall we. Because you don't have any movement, you have virtually limitless exercises to choose from especially in the house; you can use your kitchen table, your doorways, the walls, a dowel, a towel, the doors themselves, your bed, your pillows, your couch, a chair, the stairs, I can go on and on but I think you get the point. Exercise doesn't always involve the gym, it doesn't always involve being outside and you can come up with all the excuses you want but just by sitting and running off the excuses, you could've done more than 10 exercises in the process. Isometrics can be done by practically anyone at any age, the simplest Isometrics would be to just stand there for 5 minutes or hold a push-up in a variety of ways.

Being stuck in the house sucks, we all know that but it doesn't mean we can't make the best of what we have at the moment. Just as an experiment, for 5 minutes, do some Isometrics while you're sitting on the couch like holding your legs straight out for up to 10 seconds, press your hands together in a prayer-like fashion, flex every muscle in your body for 7 seconds, hold bicep curl positions, make a fist and squeeze as hard as you can for a few seconds, press your feet into the ground as if you can go through it, make your hands like claws and squeeze your fingers as if gripping flesh like a Tiger. You have just been given a free workout that doesn't take a ton of time and gets your blood flowing.

Be safe, take care of one another, do everything you can to not lose your shit and get fit without ever having to move a muscle.

STICK To Isometrics

Do you remember as a kid playing with a stick and pretending its a gun, a baseball bat, a lever, a sword, a paton, an oar or whatever your imagination conjured up? Was it fun, exciting and full of creative ways to play or practice an art? What if you could do that again but add in fitness to it, better yet, Isometrics?

Being creative is part of the fun when exercising. I'm talking about the kind of creativity that keeps you interested, makes you fit with long term abilities and strengthen the body without ever moving. Since we're in quarantine, might as well make the best of it right? What if you could strengthen not just the muscles, but your tendons and ligaments just by doing Isometrics with a stick by creating exercises based on only your imagination. Be able to strengthen the swing of a bat, be faster with a sword, quicker reflexes with a hockey stick or if you're a sadist, have crazy strength in your submission game in MMA/Catch Wrestling.

Yesterday, I made up a video of doing Isometrics with a stick from various angles where you're pushing, pulling, gripping, squatting and even squeezing using leverage. From sword play to a submission hold to pulling, bending, angling, holding the squat and more in less than than a couple minutes. Just an idea of developing world class strength without moving a damn muscle. One Isometric that I loved doing in this video was practicing the Catch Wrestling submission, the Double Wrist Lock or the Kimura for BJJ guys. This isometric can make your forearms feel like crazy strong pipes when you apply the hold; the hardening of the bones will make an opponent want to scream bloody murder. I learned this Isometric from Don Powers' book Catch Wrestling For Cops. Just this exercise alone can possibly tear an opponent's arm and put them in the hospital.

Isometrics go beyond just exercise and getting stronger. It's putting in work that can enhance your physical abilities and possibly reduce osteoporosis and reduce injury. A lot of injuries tend to be more on the tendons and ligaments, muscles heal much faster than a torn ligament. Old school Karate and Kung Fu masters did similar Isometric exercises to hardened the bones of their elbows, shins, wrists, fists and ankles. Although small, these guys were freakishly strong and deadly (Bruce Lee anybody?) and if they hit you, it could be fatal. In MMA or in other sports, not only Isometrics reduce injury but create an insane amount of durability and longevity that can aid a team or in a fight and if you happen to get into one on the streets, it can come in handy.

Muscles can only do so much and since so many people focus on the muscles, they forget that an overload wears down the tendons and ligaments so you're having a greater chance of tearing something and having to rehab for a fucking insane amount of time. After my accident, I was determined to be the strongest I can be without always resorting to or relying on the weights, so when I started practicing Isometrics along with the bodyweight exercises, my injury rate as opposed to when I was in high school and going to the gym went down incredibly and only got injured maybe once or twice but never anything severe.

A stick to some people is just a stick, to me and others with an incredible imagination, it's lifesaving and makes us stupid strong for the things we do in our lives. Get a hold of a stick and see what Isometrics you can come up with.

Can You Stand It?

Throughout the chaos of the Coronavirus, it is important to still stay calm as possible because when you get frustrated, angry and/or sad, people can sense it around you whether it's through body language or the way the energy is felt. As an empath, I understand how mental and emotional energy can be felt on another person and it can be draining. Let me ask you this....Have you ever walked into a room or walked by someone and something just felt off? It may not be the room or the person themselves but the energy or that feeling you get when something just isn't right. Some people are empaths, some aren't and others can be very intuitive while others don't know what the hell their sensing.

One of my biggest focuses lately is through meditation in various ways. The last few days I've done the Wu Ji Standing Posture for up to 20 minutes at a time, sometimes with my eyes open, sometimes with my eyes closed but all in all it just looks like i'm standing there. Things aren't always what they seem, you see just standing in a posture becomes more than what others see. It's like a restart for your body that creates internal energy from within and commanding the body to relax and let things sink. Now that doesn't mean you become so loose there's no strength, with the right mindset and the way your posture is, you're gaining strength from another point of view and energizing your system through breathing, mental imagery, relaxing the muscles and letting everything be.

It takes a lot of patience and coming from someone who has a form of ADD, it becomes a mental game more than anything. Can you stand still for 20 minutes? It's not easy lol, but if you allow yourself to program your mind, take command of your body and empty the garbage can of your brain of thoughts and fears, things will start to unravel. It's like feeling the Force or the universe speaking to you and teaching you things about yourself. That's within the deep levels of meditation and although I have felt things and learned some things, it still needs practice and haven't hit seafloor deep yet but still deep.

Meditation through this time is a hell of a way to keep yourself focused, recover mentally and physically, enhance your breathing capacity and feel more collected and staying cool. Recovery is just as important as physical training and one cannot exist without the other, if you do nothing but physical things, when will you rest or give yourself a break but if you just meditate and do nothing physical, your body won't function the way it needs to. Some need more physical activity than others and some need more time to recover. There should always be a balance. If one is thrown off, the other has to pick up the slack.

Some of the things I've experienced in my meditations whether they were standing or sitting have been somewhat of a wake up call. Without actually trying, I have seen myself in my mind wrestling (or doing the style of Catch As Catch Can) the relaxed version of myself and the tense and anxious version of myself and it was a battle, non stop fight and trying to break one another. Watching that in my mind was an experience. Other things were like a voice telling me flat out my addictions and causes of my anxiety and telling me how to handle them. It wasn't screaming or anything like that but it came at me head on with no filter and gave me something to reflect on. I wasn't mad or frustrated, I just listened and felt the energy I was feeling and accepting what was and not resisting what was going on.

Most of the time, the biggest fear we have is ourselves and not accepting who we are and resisting help even from within. Right now, we are living in constant fear, anxiety, worry, desperation and letting the outside world dictate our way of being. Yes it sucks that businesses are closing down and the only things standing is the Essential Employees and the news is telling us one thing after another about the research, the symptoms, the methods of treatment, being told to stay home, it really does fucking suck but a lot of the things that are happening are not within our control and we want to think we are. We can only control so many things and a couple of them is controlling our emotions and our reactions. We can't help that a business can't use its employees, it's not our fault that this virus popped up and it sure as hell isn't a child's fault he/she can't be in school because of the fear and super cautious people keep them from having an education.

The biggest things we can do right now is make this as positive as possible like meditating, making a person smile when it's been hard, donate to a charity, hugging and loving our loved ones, read a fun book, watch a favorite movie, buy what we need and get the fuck back home lol, there are some things we can control but it is up to us to do what is possible. One of the biggest problems we have is acceptance, we have trouble accepting the fact that this won't last forever, accepting the fact that kids being home is the safest thing even though they can be annoying and extremely patience-testing and accepting that working from home is a far better option than not working at all and not being able to afford the needs for your family or just yourself.

Practice meditation, learn to accept what is and what will be, take care of yourselves and each other and for the love of the god damn universe, laugh it up and smile when the opportunity arises. Can you stand it?

Having Cabin Fever Can Be A Struggle

It's getting worse before it's getting better with this fucked up Coronavirus thing. Being basically told to stay home while trying to live a regular life. Not being able to stand more than 6ft away from somebody or even shake a hand when making a new friend, physical contact has become scarce because of the potential of getting sick. It's almost becoming like a futuristic version of Demolition Man where you can't even high five somebody and physical contact is basically against the law.

Even with working from home, I get Cabin Fever myself and I will admit, it has gotten the best of me at times. The frustration, the inability to go out where you'd like to go, not be able to even eat at a decent restaurant because of the shutdowns, not being able to go to a freaking library or the movies, for real going to a movie now is nearly considered dangerous. If you have kids at home from schools being shut down, that's got to be a total pain in the ass and you have y sympathy, luckily I'm glad that kids are at least safe and some parents love having their kids around but that still takes a patience that tests that sanity. One of my sisters has three boys at home (10, 4 and a 17 year old stepson) and I wish I could help her out, my other sister has a 17 year old High School senior doing school on a laptop and having a teenager quarantined with you can't be easy.

Although we are "saving lives" and practicing Social Distancing during these hard times, it can't be good when a newborn is coming into the world in this state and possibly growing up not knowing what a freaking hug feels like. I know this virus won't last forever and maybe some kids will experience unconditional love through physical contact but that's the way the human race is these days. I'll admit, as a person who is a hugger and loves to shake hands and high five people, it's driving me nuts. My wife calls my way of being with people a Love Language because yes I do like to hug people and if some aren't like that than I tone it down but I care about people and comforting them whether they're happy or sad or whatever, that's the compassionate side of me which only those who are around me understand. When you're barely allowed to do that, it tears you up and breaks your heart.

I firmly respect boundaries and I get it that there's an epidemic that is potentially fatal but come on now, some form of physical contact is a stress reliever and aids in those who suffer from depression and anxiety. I don't have severe depression thank god but I know what it's like to have high anxiety and have empathy so I feel for those who could use a hug and a smile to brighten their day. When you start taking away a natural stress reliever and a person's right to share unconditional love because of fear, you're aiding gasoline on the fire on the notion that because of how bad it's gotten, people are being conditioned to stay away from each other. It's one thing to understand safety and learn how to keep yourself healthy but the coronavirus isn't within every square inch of somebody and out of over 7 billion people in the world not even 1% have gotten it. 

Be safe and healthy, share some love with someone even if you can't even hug them at the moment. If you go out, protect yourself but don't go to extremes and for the love of the damn universe, thank a store clerk, a nurse, a small business owner, a teacher, trucker and others that have to keep going out into the chaos to get a paycheck.

This may be too soon to do but for those who are stuck at home and need a little pick me up, turn your Cabin Fever from a negative to a positive and remember, this won't last forever.

Building Powerful Forearms Using Isometrics

Our lower arms and hands have built the tallest structures, crafted the most most beautiful yet devastating weapons, created some of the coolest cars on the planet and have also been a lifesaver whether it's holding onto somebody, made the difference in a fight, won or lost a game or literally saving someone from danger. We at times take our hands for granted and not realize that what can create, can also destroy in the blink of an eye.

One of my favorite sports has been Arm Wrestling and when I get an opportunity, I don't hesitate to take someone on. Maybe it's that thing about testosterone us guys have and an urge to test our strength. I have arm wrestled some pretty strong guys; took on three generations of men in my wife's family (two of them were loggers for many years and both are bigger than me), my friend and brother in strength Logan Christopher, big man named Travis who's 6'3 and around 250-260 at the time, and a friend of my dad's who's a practicing buddhist and weightlifter. It took me a lot of years to build the strength I have and a large part of it was due to Isometrics.

Although I have swung heavy hammers, torn phonebooks, bent short and long lengths of steel; Isometrics were a major key component to keep myself injury proof and strengthened my muscles, tendons, ligaments and bones. One of my favorite exercises that I haven't done in a while is Isometric Arm Wrestling and hitting angles that gave me incredible strength. In No Gi Grappling, it was hard for guys to armbar me and the extreme few that did, learned the sweet spot to get me but it was interesting the way they tried.

On a more serious note, it does take quite a bit of work to build the lower arms and strengthening the hand and wrists. Some solid movements are great especially if you're into things like Arm Wrestling but hitting different angles in an Isometric fashion can give you a incredible advantage where if you get caught up in a fight and you need that punching power or be able to squeeze your opponent in a choke hold and have that vice-like grip, that shit can save your life. If you're a member of law enforcement, the military or a firefighter, grip strength is an essential ingredient of being able to save someone's life or apprehending a suspect.

Using a thick handle for various exercises can build serious forearm and hand strength. I use to love doing pull-ups with the fat gripz or wrapping a thick towel around the bar, those were brutal. One exercise that really gave me the strength to rip thick phonebooks was actually trying to rip a phonebook that was completely wrapped in duct tape, I still have that book and was given to me by Logan Christopher. Because Isometrics were such a key asset to my training, they've helped me tackle weights I rarely ever touch but can still do like 60 lb db curls, 130 lb one arm db rows, picking up a 335 lb deadlift in the rack and still able to bench around 300.

It's amazing how some blue collar guys, old time farmers, arm wrestlers, football players and wrestlers have phenomenal grip strength even in their later years. One of the most fascinating to me is old time pro wrestler Danny Hodge whom had grip power that broke pliers, turned apples into mush by squeezing them and made opponents his bitch just by getting his hands on them. The best modern day grippers or men of hand strength are guys like Dennis Rogers, Bud Jeffries, Mark Henry, Chris Rider, Jedd Johnson and others. If you want to build stupid strong hands and steel cord like forearms, go with Isometrics.

Remember, what you can create, can also bring destruction, so train with intent and use that strength to help others when an opportunity arises. 

Isometrics & Quarantine

Since we the people were told to stay home, might as well make the best of it right? Good thing I work from home anyway or wherever the hell I want if internet is up. I'm more of a homebody anyway and when I do go out, its for a good walk, shopping with the wife (good thing we don't have to break anyone for Toilet Paper), spending time with family or being out on the patio getting some sun. Although this is a serious virus and I know I'm not invincible, I still don't feel threatened to it and I'm so grateful my wife hasn't gotten it considering how many people she deals with all day.

Where we live is beautiful, surrounded by trees, next to a golf course, awesome neighborhood and some good hiking trails nearby so fuck you Coronavirus. Anyway, since we're cooped up here, let's keep ourselves in shape and stay as healthy as possible. Over a period of weeks, I was doing the Matt Furey Exercise Bible which I got really good at and gotten incredible results as you have seen recently. However, as I naturally do, I switch things up to keep from doing the same thing over and over, so I switched over to mainly Isometric Training.

Some of the best info on Isometric training is through the Facebook group Vim & Vigor (Isometrics And Beyond) where you'll find like minded people who have a very positive spin on the subject, a great file section on Isometric Training and loads upon loads of encouragement and inspiration. For me, some of the best people to learn the subject of Isometrics are people like Bud Jeffries, Jarell Lindsey, Batman (Paul) O'Brien, Steve Justa and others.

Isometrics in and of themselves can be a hell of a workout and it doesn't take a ton of time. These would be the perfect workout to do while in Quarantine. You can do exercises from your couch, your bed, in the kitchen (maybe not while cooking lol) on the wall, in the doorways, hell even while you take a shower. The main summary of Isometrics is that you're using force without actually moving, you can also hold a certain position with less force and hold it for an extended period of time. The most common Isometric people do is the Plank where you're in push-up type position on the hands or forearms. 

Although the Plank is a good starting point, it's good to progress to other positions or hand placements to make the Plank more interesting such as holding it with your fists, holding in the mid position, on your fingertips, one arm, switch hand placements every 30 seconds, one legged and way more different variations. You can do virtually thousands upon thousands of exercises without ever moving a single muscle but in all fairness, I think around a dozen should cover it within a 10 minute period. They're phenomenal fat burners, can amp up your cardio (if you know how to do right, you'll never need to be on a treadmill), build real world strength and speed, possibly lower blood pressure, build muscle that is less prone to injury and strengthen the tendons and ligaments.

I mix up various Isometric Exercises ranging from using a Strap or Belt, Pushing against the wall or doing wall sits, free handed exercises, Gymnastic Type Holds, Yoga Poses, planks, Muscle Isolation such as Muscle Control, Chair Exercises, weighted holds and plenty more depending on what type of mood i'm in. They can also be very meditative such as holding the deep squat for several minutes, Horse Stances, being on one leg, holding a handstand, Wu Ji Posture like in Qi Gong and others. Isometrics are more than just flexing or holding a wall sit, they give you strength that not many possess and if you're an athlete, they can prolong a career. 

Being in Quarantine freaking sucks big time and with having time on our hands, avoiding cabin fever can be a chore in itself. A few minutes a day doing Isometrics can also alleviate stress and help you be calmer and more focused. Let's face it, we hate it when we have to be forced to stay in our homes but we can make the best of it and do our best to keep a positive attitude while getting fit in the process. 

Take care of yourselves, your loved ones and have positive vibes. This thing won't last forever.