Fitness and exercise · Health
bodyweight training
exercise without equipment
Bodyweight training uses your own body as resistance instead of weights or machines.
This vs that
I mainly do bodyweight training.
I mainly do weight training.
Hear it in real life
Do you use any equipment?
Not really. Most of my workouts are bodyweight training.
I do bodyweight training at home because I don't have room for a set of weights.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
'Bodyweight training' is the established fitness term; the stiff version is not how people normally describe it.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I do body weight trainings every morning.
Say: I do bodyweight training every morning.
Use 'bodyweight' as one word and 'training' as an uncountable noun here.
Say it together
Whole chunks natives use with it.
do bodyweight training
I do bodyweight training when I can't get to the gym.
She does bodyweight training three times a week.
Phrases to borrow
More for talking about fitness and exercise.
get into shape
I'm joining a gym to get into shape.
build up your strength
Gentle exercises can build up your strength.
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Your turn: say it out loud
I do bodyweight training.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
bodyweight training
exercise without equipment
“I do bodyweight training at home because I don't have room for a set of weights.”
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