Street workout exercises you can do at home or outdoors

Bodyweight training is becoming more and more popular. The proof is the workout parks that have sprung up like mushrooms in housing estates and parks in recent years. That's great news for all fans of outdoor training. If you're not one of them, though, there's always the option of getting a doorway pull-up bar. That way you can do the basic workout exercises at home as well as outdoors. All the exercises that follow can of course be done by women too. Pull-ups as the basic workout exercise for the back Pull-ups are among the street workout bodyweight exercises that strengthen the back muscles comprehensively. As with other exercises, pull-ups come in a whole range of variations. It depends on the type and width of the grip. They can even be adapted for beginners, which only a handful of people know. Because of that, pull-ups are often forgotten, which is a great shame, since it's pull-ups that build the wide back people long for. The beginner's variation The simplified version of pull-ups uses a so-called expander band, or resistance band, which is looped over the bar and passed under your bottom. As you pull your body up to the bar, the band will help you slightly. The technique of the pull-up otherwise stays unchanged. It's still a hang from the bar with your arms shoulder-width apart. The grip can be overhand or underhand. With an underhand grip the biceps are more involved. With an overhand grip the back muscles are more activated. The advanced variation If classic pull-ups are too easy for you and you want to avoid stagnating, you can take up close-grip pull-ups, parallel-grip pull-ups or pull-ups on rings. Close-grip pull-ups probably don't need explaining — it's simply narrowing the grip to less than the width of your shoulders. A parallel grip then requires a more elaborate bar construction, since a parallel grip means the palms face each other during the pull-up. In this version of the pull-up the brachialis is involved the most. The third advanced variat…