Get Huge Without The Gym: Workout And Grow Muscle With No Equipment

How you can work out at home and grow muscle with no special equipment whatsoever!

0:00 No equipment, now what?
2:25 Using trees for gains
6:15 How to progress
12:40 Critical Factors

[Slapwagons]

Pro tip: i invested in two cats and spent 3 years sequestering rations from one and giving it to the other so i have varied cat weights. The smaller one is great for lateral cat raises, rear delt cat flys, and concentration cat curls. The heavier one is my compound move cat weight for things like cat squats, stiff legged cat lifts, and in the past i have fashioned an apparatus from old shoe strings that i sling over a door handle and do all variations of cat rows and cat pulldowns. Cats = gainz, and that's on God fr fr one hunny pee as the kids would say.

[searlearnold]

Seeing the prison, garage gym, calisthenics and gymnasts results convinced me that there are no excuses when you have no equipment.

[coryinthehouse]

The most important part is arrogantly declaring you dont lift weights to everyone in ear shot

[fitlawnguy]

I got pretty jacked doing this a few years ago. Some of the best workouts of my life were done with no equipment.

[deathonion]

Nice to see you approach this topic! Honestly, a simple pullup bar and/or a set of rings would elevate an equipment-less program to a way higher level of depth and diversity

[redcyric]

I have dumbbells and a barbel at home but do exercises without equipment aswell because I don't go to the gym. I was already including your advices in my work out because they are great, I'm happy with my progress even if I can't get really big! So thank you as always, not only for that video but for everything you share with us!

[diablominero]

If you have an old backpack and some books, wearing a backpack full of books can add a bit of extra weight to an exercise. It's not optimal, but it's better than no options for adding weight.

[ouuuchhh]

I've been training at home for the last couple of years and this is exactly what I needed! Thanks Dr. Mike!

[kjdskgj]

Kinda surprised you didn't mention one of your favorite things to mention: slow eccentrics. A very simple way to make a bodyweight exercise tougher and cause more stimulus for hypertrophy. And you can also add isometric holds within those reps, meaning for example that you make pushups so that you slowly descend, then hold the bottom stretched position just above the floor for a while, and then push yourself up. That way you don't need to do a shit-ton of reps before you get to those tough, slow-though-trying-to-be-explosive, hypertrophy stimulating reps.

[KiNG-txje]

Dr. mike thanks for this. I am the guy u described in the first 15 seconds of the video 😂. But yea. I needed this video bad. I've been doing a calisthenics deal with a bar and rings.Ive been working around the principles you discuss on other videos. You are THAT GUY! I have lost 30lbs this year and gotten more muscular thN I've ever been in my life. I turned 43 last month. I've been a lifelong skinny fat athlete. But I'm FINALLY making progress. and your videos are not only LOL Hillarious. But so helpful it's absurd. Thanks for all you do. Idk if you have discussed TRT yet. But I am seriously debating it. And I know alot of other guys are also. Maybe you could consider it as a topic in one video. Take care!❤

[Integrationist]

Extra tips: PLAYGROUND (possibilities are endless, just go when no one is there). Also, corner dips.

[robertgomicua]

Doc Mike, how about a discussion regarding breathing methods during weightlifting as well sa core bracing? This would help us a lot and avoid accidents! ❤

[DarthNoshitam]

Instead of progressions, I typically just slow down the tempo and add significant pauses. Thoughts?

[benjaminmiller]

Awesome content. Long time watching the channel but not a bodybuilder so this kind of stuff has great utility for me.

[Pentenfi]

I have been working out at home with little to no equipment for about ten years. The science based approach by RP and others really tremendously improved how I structured workouts and the results I'm getting.

Thank you for your work!

[agray]

I’m glad you made this video. I train calisthenics at home and love it. There is an endless amount of variations to choose from. And I seem to get better results than I ever did in a gym. Especially when I do circuit training.

[freehatespeech]

If you buy a pair of gymnastic rings, you can do pull ups (and lots of other stuff) under any tree

[michaelkulman]

Thanks for covering this topic.
Thanks also for some programming advice specific to it.
A minimal amount of equipment would
would flesh this out though and work out better for most people.
If your park has bars great, or trees with suitable branches great, but a pull up bar or rings or a suspension trainer sure would be nice to have.
Some equipment is still a lot different than a lot of equipment and fits a sweet spot a lot of people are interested in and can accommodate.

[letsgo_inc]

I've been adding push-ups and pull-ups to my routine as volume accessories to my heavy barbell lifts. I gotta say, 5x10 of pushups after a single amrap set of bench feels pretty sweet

[aviksaha]

Upper body:
Normal Pushups
Diamond Pushups
Decline pushups
Wide grip pushups
Pike push ups
Pull ups
Chin Ups
Lower Body
Squats
Lunges
Calf raises
Leg Bridges
This are only exercises you need to build muscle strength and endurance