Questions tagged [bodyweight]

Questions based around usage of ones own body weight for exercise and injury rehabilitation.

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What happens to people who are sitting 8-10h per day?

I'm a 20 year old girl and I'm an employed programmer. My job consists of so-called "coding" all day long. I don't want to say that I don't get off of the computer at all, but the time I spend doing something else is small. I used to weigh like…
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How do you include a whole body exercise in a body party split program?

I am a beginner who trains only bodyweight. I am in my first month of training, after training for half a year, I want to start doing a body part split as my main program. How do I include exercises like the 'Burpee', which targets several muscles.…
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Ideal body weight for medium frame

I thought that this might be something someone has asked before but I cannot find it so here it goes... I am a 46 year old male. Weight 180 and height 5'10. According to every chart out there, I am overweight. However, I physically do not look…
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Year in which it was established and subjects of study of height/weight index

I read in the wikipedia some time ago that the height/weight index was generated using statistics taken from soldiers as subjects of study in the war, but now I can't find the article. For the records... I'm particularly interested in whether it is…
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Does green tea causes weight loss or other side effects?

I am a 26 year old lean person. I think I have less weight than the normal person of the same age. I know about the use of green tea for loosing weight. I want to ask if I start drinking green tea, will it reduce my weight? And, can it really…
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