Making sense of slimming

I’ve been doing bodyweight exercise training for a while now. In that time, I’ve discovered a few things that you might want to know about bodyweight exercising and how to best approach it. By knowing these 4 things, you’ll be able to overcome some problems you might run into, or even avoid them altogether.
If there were 4 things I would’ve liked to have known when I started doing bodyweight training, it would be these:
1. This isn’t a race or a contest, especially if this is new to you. Instead of focusing on how many modified push-ups you can do or how fast you can do them, learn to do the movement properly and slowly, at first. Start with a proper, step-by-step understanding of the movement and it’s mechanics.

Since you’re learning something new, you’ll be developing new neurological pathways in your brain. It can take a while for these to develop and for you to become familiar with you new way of exercising, and this brings me to my second piece of advice…
2. …Go easy on yourself. You may not be able to fully do a pistol, but do the best you can today (without going to fatigue), and set a goal to do better next week.

3. Don’t overload yourself by trying to master too many exercises at one time. If you’re new, learning a lot of new exercises, I advise you to master the few ones you like best. After that, then you can move on to other exercises.
When you can do a previously-challenging exercise a certain number of times, with proper technique, then you can move on to conquering the next exercise. Only you can really know how many new exercises you can take on at one time without overwhelming yourself. What I’m saying here is to keep it manageable, so that you don’t get overwhelmed and discouraged.

This fourth piece of advice is a little obvious, but it’s still worth mentioning…

4. …Don’t hold your breath. Breathe in and out, continuously, throughout the movement. When you come to a sticking point, try not to hold your breath. Or, at the very least, don’t hold your breath so long that you become light-headed or start to see stars. Try forcefully pushing or whistling the air out of your lips as you push yourself past a tough spot. Only perform a movement as fast as your body can keep up with.