What if all we really needed was explosive bodyweight training, plyometrics, and brutal consistency not lifting heavy-ass weights every session? Prison gym bros be looking JACKED with nothing but push-ups, pull-ups, dips, squats, burpees, jumps and sprints😭

They have endless time

That's absolutely true 👍

Natural test levels are also elevated from being in such a high stress, and dangerous area. I've spent my share of time locked up so I can vouch for this

What was the experience like? @Marc63672609

Not bad enough to be scared to go back, but bad enough where I dont do things to go back....lol.

@Willsturdy_ Perfectly said. Definitely not scared to go back but would hate to. Boring as fuck and kicking it with mostly idiots all day.

@Marc63672609 @Willsturdy_ Hey that's how us prison staff describe it too 😅

@TheXIIK @Willsturdy_ And i never saw any Guards smuggling in steroids or Testosterone for anyone...I would think the last thing they want is a bunch of juiced up dudes they have to try to control....lol

Isometrics are extremely effective here's a pic to prove it. Zero weights at this point btw.

Broo you look like you've been lifting

Started just doing more body weight training in recent years. Going to the gym for an hour and a half is a colossal waste of time the older you get, especially 5-6 days per week. You only need 30 focused minutes for strength training to get the job done.

you still need to lift weights heavier than you can do comfortably to grow. doesnt matter how you do it, just that you do. the ONLY way to grow is to do hard stuff get to the desired size and fuck around but do hard shit to start

These definitely looks like a hard shit to do man

@dyk_ceph guaranteed the dude in this video lifts weights

@Willsturdy_ what im saying

I guess it’s a requirement for survival

It sure is man.

They have access to drugs.

Really?

Isometrics kicks weight training. All day long.

Isometric builds you up like a damn machine.

It’s shocking how great it is. Why bother with weights and possible injuries?

That's me. The only problem is most prison inmates are ignorant and only do burpees. They usually don't even do them correctly. Burpees are just one exercise in the toolbox. I've been training for 28 years and calisthenics are the foundation of my program.

Burpee can't give you such physique man. Calisthenics truly builds you up like you're lifting weights

I find calisthenics to be more effective and efficient. Unfortunately, they're also like 5 times more difficult. However I feel I'm fitter now than when I was performing the obsolete bodybuilding paradigm. Thanks for the conversation and follow.

They do use weights. Prisons are equipped with actual gym like machines. Mfs just be doing this to kill time.

I feel like I could focus on my physique when I have literally not a single thing else in the world to do except wake up, work out, and sleep

Turns out, when you have NOTHING TO DO but exercise, and allow time for recovery, it works. Gyms just don't compare cause folk aren't spending 12 hours a day using them.

What do you mean what if? Functional training has always been the optimal to build

No doubt it is.

Not all of us planning an escape 😉

You know who has the time for this ? They do You know how many damn burpees it takes 😂

And they get jacked with mostly shitty nutrition

You can’t build a billion dollar fitness industry if people knew the truth about fitness.

your testostrone will naturally shoot up if you're thrown into prison

The lengths in this guy is something else

There's this homie at my gym tatted from top of the head, neck and who knows how low lol. he wears high white socks and big baggy shorts haha. he does burpees/push up and jumping jacks like this between sets. Homie is jacked. Not assuming he's done time but sure looks the part.

Lots of guys with hernias in prison

You do know they get steroids smuggled into prison. Kali muscle, eventually, was honest about it.

I need to do 60 push up to reach failure, it shows that bodybuilding is about time optimization too

Guy at the woods' table is fully and constantly aware of him without head movement.

We are we surprised by this?

This nigs been doing this for 20 years,you get the same results in 2 lifting heavy

Sure. We all have 23 spare hours a day with nothing else to do, right?

Its not just workouts its also diet. They dont have access to taco bell and McDonald's for breakfast and as long as they aren't buying bs with their commissary then its easier being locked in

the only difference is that weight lifting builds more strength than these guys. but you can build muscle size with any type of hard training. pure calisthenics guys just end up needing to do so many reps for their training to be hard enough to trigger hypertrophy.

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I remember im trying to have a nice jog during rec time, the CO can start claiming shit only for the other criminals to start race trials.... Turned a quiet situation into a trend of frustrated inmates trying to run and over exert themselves. Thats why yall need explosiveness

Zero stress, no job, all the sleep and water you want. They actually carb maxx with all the snacks.

Spent 13 years around guys like this. You wouldn’t last 10 seconds on a straight fade with them