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Your muscles NEED the work load provided by heavier weight in combination with regular exercise or they don't stand a chance to become stronger.

If you don't want artificial equipment or lead weights...go buck hay, move logs, transport blocks of ice, or chop wood.

2006-11-15 19:16:56 · answer #1 · answered by Warrior 7 · 1 0

All excercises are natural! The body doesn't see the difference between the resistance supplied by a stack of weight plates on a machine verses cinder blocks, buckets of water, or anything else of considerable weight. Weight machines were simply developed because barbells and dumb bells have one inherant weakness: Gravity only pulls straight down, so many barbell/dumb bell movements have very little resistance in the fully contracted position. Cables and pulleys offer a way around this. The most efficient manner of developing strength involves placing resistance against a fully contracted muscle--any movement that allows for this will potentially create the environment necessary for stimulating an increase of strength.

2006-11-16 03:21:39 · answer #2 · answered by writersblock73 6 · 0 0

Yes. Lifting, moving, running, squatting...basically any movement your body can do when done outside of a gym either holding a weight or utilizing it in another way.
There is also isometrics which is using the bodys weight against itself to build muscle (think Charles Atlas). A good example of this is holding your arms out straight to your sides and holding them for a count of 20, resting for a count of 5, and doing it again. If you repeat this, do enough reps, you will eventually build muscle.

2006-11-16 03:18:02 · answer #3 · answered by Star 5 · 0 0

the right forms of yoga and pilates may help.
finding the type for your needs is pretty simple.
The muscle tone and different in this form ofcouse..
but strength wise you can't go wrong.....
..I know you dont want artificial equipment but the workout ball is cheap... easy to use..and a hella lotta fun...
(also some fancy smancy sex can keep alot muscles in shape..and that even finds another use for that exercise ball)

2006-11-16 03:20:42 · answer #4 · answered by Unitsi 2 · 0 0

There's over 600 free articles about muscle building at http://buildmuscle.hammocksurvivalguide.com/
Hope they help :)

2006-11-18 09:32:03 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

the standard exercises:
a) jogging for lean body
b) squats for nice butts
c) push ups for for biceps/triceps/pecs
d) sit ups for abs..

gd luck

2006-11-16 03:17:01 · answer #6 · answered by sam_mail_sg 2 · 0 0

pilates

2006-11-16 03:20:05 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

pushups....yoga...karate

2006-11-16 08:48:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

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