Bodyweight Basics Upper – Nick-E.com https://nick-e.com Personal Trainer, Sports Massage Therapist, and Online Coach Wed, 07 Dec 2022 11:34:46 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.7.8 https://nick-e.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/cropped-nick-e-tab-icon-LARGE-32x32.png Bodyweight Basics Upper – Nick-E.com https://nick-e.com 32 32 Reverse Push-ups https://nick-e.com/reverse-push-ups/ Fri, 25 Dec 2020 16:12:36 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=5458 If you are doing bodyweight training (perhaps you’re doing the BWF Primer routine, where you may have just come from the Day 3 post!) and are in a situation where you have absolutely no access to something to do rows on, you are in a bit of a sticky situation when it comes to making […]

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]]> Push-up https://nick-e.com/push-up/ Fri, 04 Sep 2020 19:54:54 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=4396 How to do Push-ups The push-up is one of the most fundamental upper body strength training movements in bodyweight training (along with the pull-up, row, and pike pushup or dip). That’s why it is the very first exercise you learn in my BWF Primer routine (A free routine for total beginners to exercise that’s meant […]

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]]> Inverted Rows https://nick-e.com/row/ Thu, 18 Feb 2016 12:27:53 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=482 How to do an Inverted Row The Inverted Row is one of the four (or five) fundamental upper-body bodyweight training movements (i.e. Push-up, Pull-up, Row and Pike Pushup or Dip). Like the push-up (but unlike the pull-up and pike push-up), it is totally scalable to any strength level so anyone can do it at an […]

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]]> Dips https://nick-e.com/dips/ https://nick-e.com/dips/#comments Sat, 26 Dec 2015 12:46:14 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=295 How to do Dips The Dip has been occasionally referred to by some as the ‘Squat of the upper body’. Perhaps because it’s probably one of the best movements to do load heavy and is a great tool to develop pushing strength. However, it’s also probably called that because of the extreme commonality of performing […]

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]]> https://nick-e.com/dips/feed/ 3 Pike Push-ups https://nick-e.com/pikepushup/ Wed, 02 Dec 2015 05:58:46 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=187 Pike Push-ups: Pike Push-ups are the main overhead pressing exercise progression in bodyweight training. They can eventually be used to progress into handstand push-ups. For many who find dips to bother their shoulders or aggravate sternum pain, if you have adequate overhead mobility, then pike push-ups are a great alternative to them as a pair […]

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]]> Pull-up https://nick-e.com/pull-up/ https://nick-e.com/pull-up/#comments Sat, 28 Nov 2015 20:01:28 +0000 https://nick-e.com/?p=179 How to do a Pull-up Pull-ups are a fundamental strength exercise, especially for individuals training without access to weights. For bodyweight exercise specifically, it is one of the 5 most important upper body exercises (the others being the Push-up, Row, Dip and Pike Push-up). The only other exercise that serves the exact purpose of a […]

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