I started my personal training business by training women in their homes. I loved this and still try to make housecalls here and there. one added benefit was teaching these women that they didn’t have an excuse not to workout because they didn’t have a full gym. Here are my top 3 reasons why I love body weight training.

1. Bone density. As women we have a big bone density issue. It’s a fact of nature. Body weight training helps to keep the bone density you have and even build it slightly. By putting the pressure and weight on your bones with squats, running, push ups and more, you are forcing the bones to work to become stronger. Remember our bodies are always striving to be stronger when we break parts down.

2. Body weight training is free. You don’t need an expensive gym to drop and give me 20. Yes, there are other reason’s why training with weights is important, but that is no excuse for not working out. Visit Busy Momma Wellness for some great body weight training exercises.

3. Train anywhere. In your house, at the office, or on vacation. Since there is no need of equipment you can workout whereever you are. As long as you have an arms length of space, you can accomplish many exercises.

Even though I train most of my clients in a gym now, I still use a good mix of body weight exercises. Especially in my bootcamp classes as I don’t have enough weights for 6 or more to work out at once and I don’t want to cart them around to the community centers either.

If you’ve been using the lack of a gym or equipment as an excuse not to workout, I hope you are ready to stop. Now drop and give me 20!