Gold-Medal Workout

Muscle-Building Body-Weight and Resistance Exercises The Gold-Medal Workout To look like an athlete, you need to train like one. Our Olympic workout shows you how By: Alwyn Cosgrove, Photograph by: Thierry des Fontaines Pound for pound, Olympic gymnasts are perhaps the strongest athletes in the world. But it's not because they pick up a lot of heavy objects. "I don't lift weights at all," says Team USA gymnast David Durante. "I'm either practicing gymnastics or doing body-weight exercises." Which just goes to show that you don't need high-tech training equipment to be strong and muscular. One problem, though: "Not just anyone can mount the still rings and do an iron cross," says Durante. "It takes years to develop the specific muscles that allow us to perform our routines." And that's why we've created a plan that will let you train your muscles the way a gymnast does but without having to be a world-class athlete. By combining the classic body-weight exercises (you'll add resistance to some) and cutting-edge training techniques found in this workout, you'll build shirt-splitting muscle, real-world strength, and a more athletic-looking body. And you won't have to spend hours at the gym -- you'll be in and out in under 40 minutes. Get the full workout at www.menshealth.com