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.
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