Online resources for body weight training and weight lifting

Warning: a couple channels have videos that are NSFW due to explicit language and possibly other factors.

I’m a basic novice in all these areas and I simply did my own research.

I found some channels of interest and they appear to have at least a basic level of credibility in their respective areas, some more than others. In addition, some trainers have credentials in physical therapy, which provides a focus on rehabilitation and prevention of injury with optimal exercises and very specific form. This page is also a ‘Thank you’ to all of these resources. There may be some superb one I miss; over the years I searched for the best body weight training exercises on the Youtube Search feature.

The goal of my body weight program is to look strong to be a good example for the whole food-plant based diet. I have always been non-muscular, whether or not I have adipose tissue. Losing the weight exposes my lack of muscle but with a few months of hard work, I can look at least respectable. A year and more I could potentially look really good. My limit is my own discipline level and nothing more.

Bodyweight and gymnastics

• Youtube – Calisthenicmovement: Having built great physiques through gymnastics and body weight, they provide progressions and how-tos with invaluable advice on the most efficient progress.
• Youtube – Dr Levi Harrison: An orthopedic surgeon specializing in the hand who can provide superb strengthening, stretching, injury prevention and rehab exercises for the hand. This can be very important for those performing body weight exercises such as handstands and L-sits, which can place great pressure on the hands and wrists. Thank you, doctor!
• Youtube – Redefining Strength: Cori Lefkowith is a body weight and calisthenics expert who provides videos regarding plyometrics and body weight exercises for specific muscle groups among other types of training. There’s a high number of exercises which can be performed listed in many of the videos, with her performing samples. Included are physiotherapy type exercises as prevention or treatment of injury and pain.
• Youtube – Funk Roberts: Very positive and motivational person who’s a good example; mostly cardio, provides how-tos on plyometrics with our without equipment. It appears to be more of an athlete-centric program from what little I have have seen so far.
• Youtube – Bob and Brad: Funny in their own way, these physical therapists make many videos which can help people with rehab of certain issues. Many tangentially related videos about health in general.
• Youtube – GMB Fitness: How-to videos on progression of gymnastics.
• Youtube – Pigmie: A humorous and helpful, he has some great tips on novel progressions for handstands, for example.
• Youtube – Fitness Blender : Popular HIIT and cardio / aerobics workouts.
• Youtube – Dan Jeong: Gymnast with how-to videos and progressions: handstand, for example.
• Youtube – Calisthenics Family: A recently discovered channel: a gymnast and body weight strength trainer who is motivating, positive and full of useful information to progress and avoid injury.

Weight Training

• Youtube – AthleanX: A popular weightlifting channel, Jeff Cavalier has credentials in physiotherapy so there’s a focus on safety, but also a very interesting focus on bodybuilding for Athleanx. He has worked with the New York Mets as I believe the term is strength coach. He is big on also showing body weight forms of the lifts, which for me is superb. He has diet-related information but not totally vegan or plant based.
• Youtube – FitnessFAQs – A popular body weight training channel with individuals who built impressive physiques using almost exclusively gymnastics and body weight training.
• Youtube Clarence Kennedy – Weight Lifting; an accomplished weightlifter who eats plants only, so he’s double the benefit of healthy diet and strength. He is friends and has been or is the coach of Omar, another person I will link.
• Youtube – OmarIsuf: A funny guy who’s a popular and very humorous (at times) weight lifters. He runs with a crowd of You-tubers who are funny together.
• Youtube: Jeff Nippard: A very science minded bodybuilder, also an accomplished bodybuilder.