The Bodyweight Coach Christmas Wish List

If you’re not sure what to ask for this Christmas, or if you’re still not done shopping for your favorite bodyweight exercise enthusiast, you’re in luck. We’ve put together a list of our Christmas gift top picks.

Gymboss*

There’s nothing more annoying than having one eye on the clock when you’re trying to pour your effort into your training. The Gymboss is by far the most versatile training timer we’ve run across.

You can program both work and rest times, so it’s perfect for any kind of interval training. It’s also super portable — the size of a pager.

Gym Rings*

This is a bigger purchase, but by far one of our favorite pieces of equipment. Training with rings allows you to add pulling movements into your bodyweight program. It also allows an element of instability to be injected into your training.

You could get by with just a pull-up bar, but these things are more versatile and so much more FUN!

Tiger Mats

Bodyweight exercise involves a lot of rolling around on the ground. That means some good floor mats are a must. You can get by if you cobble together a bunch of small puzzle mats from Walmart, but these mats from Tiger are the Rolls Royce.

These are the exact mats that I have in my training area and I love them.

Paralettes*

These little known training devices open up a whole new world of bodyweight pressing exercises. Essentially, they provide stable “handles” that allow you to do much more sophisticated exercises. They also take some of the strain off the wrists for people who have trouble with pressing movements straight from the ground.

Jump Stretch Bands

If you’re looking to add a little resistance to a bodyweight exercise, nothing beats the versatility of stretch bands. You can arrange them in virtually any combination and from any angle. You can also use them to REDUCE resistance for doing things like pull ups or Handstand Push Ups.

Bodyweight Exercise Revolution

OK, time for us to toot our own horns… Bodyweight Exercise Revolution contains several different 28-day programs geared to different goals: fat loss, general athleticism, strength, longevity, and functional muscle growth. They are all follow-along programs with charts, photos and videos of all exercises. All of the programs in BER use the 4×7 format of periodization.

Bodyweight Blueprint For Fat Loss

The Bodyweight Blueprint package focuses on fat loss. It’s a 3-month program (broken into 3 28-day phases), and is entirely follow-along, with videos, program charts, and printable daily program guides. It’s a much larger package of material than BER, but all focused on one goal. Phase 1 and 3 both use 4×7, while Phase 2 in the middle uses a more traditional periodization plan. Though the Blueprint ebook is focused on fat loss, it shares the same health-first approach as all CST stuff, so it’s also ideal to your goals.

So there you go. A whole sleigh full of ideas to keep you or your favorite bodyweight athlete happy!

Merry Christmas from the Bodyweight Coaches…

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