Bodyweight exercise is obviously getting more and more popular. The internet is filled with endless sets of crunches and push ups. And although you can find some pretty tough bodyweight workouts on the "tube," they're all pretty boring.

But that's where Circular Strength Training bodyweight exercise steps in and saves the day. These two guys who call themselves the Bodyweight Coaches are pumping out tons of amazing workouts that aren't just tough-they're FUN!! (bodyweightcoach.com).

The problem with most bodyweight training programs is that they're very two dimensional. But life ain't like that. We move and twist in every direction and every angle. And by building that into your training, you get more excitement AND better results!

I heard a great story. A guy came up to this trainer I know while he was performing a certain exercise and asked him what muscle he was working. He reportedly answered, "Ya know when you're, say, on a football field, and someone throws you the ball, and you sprint and catch it?" The hapless gym rat said, "Sure." Staley said, "It works that muscle."

In the real world we don't isolate muscles. We use them together in complex patterns. If we train the right patterns, we'll be able to call upon them when we need them. Or, we can train two dimensionally and be stuck for an answer whenever someone throws us a football.

This is where the Circular Strength Training® system has been able to make such a brilliant contribution to health and fitness. CST has taken the intuitive efficiency of timeless physical cultures and plugged in the reliable, repeatable and efficient practices of modern sports science.

This old meets new-East meets West-approach to health and fitness is the harbinger of the next evolution in the fitness industry. The mainstream fitness industry would like us to stay "stuck in simplistic stupidity." It empowers them, and it keeps us paying for memberships at their gyms. But what would they do if we figured out we could train at home, in the park, in a hotel room, or in any number of alternative spaces?

The word is spreading fast that we can ditch the gym and get even better results through exercising in more efficient and effective ways. Convention would have us believe that more is better. CST teaches us that better is better. And bodyweight exercise is one of the best, most portable ways to explore it.