Welcome to USAJUNGLEGYM.COM! Home of Gorilla Nation!
We are a growing community of fitness enthusiast’s who come from many different backgrounds who all share a passion for seeking alternative ways to exercise and train. We believe that fitness should not be a financial burden but very low cost, if not, for FREE. We also believe that fitness is not just found in a gym setting, but everywhere you look. The parks, the open spaces, the forest, the backyard or garage, all of these places provide an opportunity for exercise.
This site is dedicated to outdoor/indoor home gyms and workouts; a help-tool for anyone who seeks to get fit and have fun doing so. Information regarding types of training, training tools and equipment, latest approaches to fitness, links, and video’s are available, as well as the opportunity to for you to submit and share your fitness tips and training regimens.
USAJUNGLEGYM.COM is a catalyst in promoting different approaches to physical fitness that are effective, fun and extremely low cost.
Posted: July 26th, 2008.
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Pullups. A tremendous upper body exercise that can be done almost anywhere on anything. Here’s Mantis proving it on an I-Beam while in Mexico….
Alternative Fitness for Alternative Minds
Posted: July 2nd, 2009.
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‘Showcasing one of the coolest body weight exercises straight from the beach down in Mexico, it’s Burpees. You can pack this exercise up and take it across the world if you want. A total body and cardio workout hands down.
-manTis
Posted: July 1st, 2009.
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Gorilla’s! So here’s a move that’s been around forever right? The Dip; mainly done on a “dip machine” or “dip station”. BUT what of you ain’t got one? Maybe you’re on the road, in the hotels, or logging some long hours at work and you wanna get something in?!?!? Then find a set of chairs or anything thing that will allow you to hoist yourself up off the ground in the likeness of a dip. Kung-Pow! There it is! Your own dip station! Check out the clip below, you’ll see what I mean!
Like the knee raise in the vid? Add alittle something different, go on get creative!
Get Gorilla.
Posted: June 30th, 2009.
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Gorilla Nation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! What’s crackin’!?! I hope that everyone is well and healthy out there! Thanks for sticking around while Mantis was away on vacation. I know he did get out a couple quick blurps out, but now that he is back you can expect to see alot of good stuff! He spent some time filming really cool outdoor and indoor exercises/workouts to prove that fitness is anywhere you make it. If there’s one thing Mantis does well, it’s his ability to find fitness in any environment. So without further delay here’s USAJG’s latest installment, a 3 minute plus beach workout entitled, ”Beach Fitness”! And be sure to look for a new video every day this week here at usajunglegym.com!
Posted: June 29th, 2009.
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…..it never stops. Gorillas always look for improvised ways to stay fit no matter where! On land or in water, gorillas utilize the resources around them! Stay tuned my friends, cause Mantis has some great footage coming your way of doing this exactly!………
Posted: June 26th, 2009.
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Greetings Gorillas from the land of many rivers! I am writing you today from Riveria Maya, Mexico. I had a chance to slip away and get something out to you all so you would not think I had abandoned you. Read more »
Posted: June 23rd, 2009.
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Greetings Gorilla Nation!!!!!!!!!! We got 2 words for ya’, Get Gorilla!! Here we are full throttle once more; just bust’n out some new exercises for all of Gorilla Nation to try. Check out the Gorilla Burpee, Sprawl & Punch, and Dips wih a Twist! Read more »
Posted: June 20th, 2009.
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Gorillaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa’s!!! Mantis here. What’s going down in the jungle!??! Hope everyone is doing well out there! Keeping it quick, keeping it simple, today’s subject matter is: Who Needs A ‘Bench’!? Yep. And the answer is: YOU DONT. Read more »
Posted: June 19th, 2009.
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‘Came across a really great video from a friend of ours, Fire Cop, and we felt impressed to post it up here at USAJunglegym. To all the men and women who have served and presently serve the USAJunglegym Team says, Thankyou.
Posted: June 18th, 2009.
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Gorilla Nation! It is good to be with you! Today we had a great session with Spartan, Eziekel, Red Dragon, Animal(who’s up from Virginia) and myself. We put together an awesome regimen; Gorilla Attack, that focused on 1 minute rounds for each exercise and incoprated fight/strength tactics. As always the fitness is and was FREE and the workout was challenging and engaging! Click “read more” to see the Gorilla Attack Regimen… Read more »
Posted: June 16th, 2009.
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Stronger than ever, USAJunglegym took the Brady’s Run Park Challenge and crushed it! Not just anyone decides to put their bodies thru a grueling 4 mile forest run after situp, pushup, and pullup challenges all on a Sunday evening. Gotta Get Gorilla. Here’s a clip at the 3 mile mark: Read more »
Posted: June 15th, 2009.
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Welcome to another edition of Gorilla workouts by USAJG! As forementioned USAJG will be live on location at Brady’s Run Park this Sunday June 14th, 2009. There will be a body weight training session, a 5K forest trail run, and USAJG’s ManTis, will be introducing two new exercises: The MobileMan Pullup Station and Tactical Burpees. Featured clips from this outdoor excursion will be available and we will post the regimen that will be featured this afternoon at Brady’s Run Park.
Stay Tuned! ‘Cause it’s gonna, Get Gorilla!
Posted: June 14th, 2009.
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Gorilla’s, what’s up?!?! We got a couple vids from the other day for you to check out as promised!!!! Read more »
Posted: June 12th, 2009.
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What’s crackin’ Gorilla’s!? ’Wishing you all well, from here at the USAJunglegym compound. We had a great showing down in the “sand pit” today and will be releasing some footage of it in the next couple days. In the meantime however, we wanted to share this video with you. We all found it beyond inspirational…… So sit back and watch this one….it’s worth your time.
Posted: June 10th, 2009.
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Name: Mantis Age: 31 Height: 6′ Weight: 184lbs.
2mi run: 15:52 Pushups: 85 in 2mins. Situps: 65 in 2mins. Pullups: 14
As I came home from work I seen the earlier post on usajunglegym.com and thought, I gotta go out an do this…. Gotta see where I am at this week. I wanted to really push the run time more than anything. As I was running along, I kept thinking about this saying I was told to by an old Russian friend; she used to sayto me, “Good , better, best. Never let it rest til’ your good is better and your better’s best.”
Thanks Toots.
Posted: June 9th, 2009.
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Every week we like to take a day or two and step back from the weights and the odd objects to focus on body weight exercises out in the junglegym, or on days like today, go through some basic training exercises. Sticking with the K.I.S.S principle, we charged thru 4 simple exercises and time tested ourselves: Read more »
Posted: June 9th, 2009.
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Gorilla Nation!!!! Another week begins, another day for Get’n Gorilla. Monday started out right with an early am workout with 2 state wreslters and Spartan, a new comer, who trains in the Indonesian martial art Bukti Negara. We got physical Read more »
Posted: June 8th, 2009.
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Mantis here…Hope everyone is well and that your fitness is ‘Gorilla’ day in and day out! I happened to tumble onto some new material this week and I thought I’d throw it out here for your viewing pleasure. First, we got Eric Wong getting it done…. Read more »
Posted: June 5th, 2009.
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Gorilla Nationnnnnnnnnnnnnn! What’s crack’n!??! We comin’ at you today with a brand new vid! We got down on this one and hit the plyometric action! That’s right, plyometric pushups. Using the heavy bags and cinder blocks we put together an excellent station for our variation of this plyometric pushup. Give this exercise a try if you’re ready to take your pushups to the next level. This exercise will test all the muscle sinews in your chest…… believe us!
-USAJG Team
Posted: June 4th, 2009.
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That’s right, we said RUN! Don’t forget to hit up this awesome exercise that’s been around for centuries! RUN! at the local park, on the trails, down on the track, up the hills, and even in the sand! No tread mill, no eliptical, not even jogging! RUN! Go short or go long, the distance is up to you. Just be sure you’re firin’ up your legs and putting the RUN! into your Gorilla routine!
This message is brought to you by the Gorilla’s at USAJunglegym.
Posted: June 1st, 2009.
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That’s right Gorilla Nation! Gorilla Fit. The newest low cost fitness video by USAJunglegym! This latest installment brings out some great core exercises for men and women who would rather be outside than in between four walls. Tj and ManTis prove that you don’t need a slew of gym equipment to get fit and look fit. If you need the proof, here it is: Neither of these guys have stepped foot in a gym for a very long time, especially Mantis. But hey, we’ll let you be the judge. So go ahead watch the vid and let us know how you’re gonna’ Get Gorilla!
Posted: May 31st, 2009.
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Gorilla Nation!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! We recently had a few guests ask us what type of body weight routines we did here at the compound when not using weights, logs or stones…. Instead of replying back directly, we thought we’d post our response on the front page so you can take away from it what you want. Here’s a sample below. (Each group of exercises are performed one after the other with little or no rest. Set your own number of reps and times.) Read more »
Posted: May 29th, 2009.
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Gorilla Nation! What’s crackin!? Hello to you all! ‘Got some new stuff for you to view today. We did one of our home spun circuit training routines last night and … Read more »
Posted: May 27th, 2009.
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Greeting’s Gorilla’s! Hope everyone had a good, safe holiday. We wanted to take a moment and touch base with everyone who checks us out regularly or periodically by our RSS feed or thru our Youtube site. Believe it or not it’s been almost 1yr that we have been up and running here out of Beaver County, Pennsylvania. It’s truly has been a cool first year. We’ve launch 80+ videos, posted numerous on line workout regimens, as well as, a few how-to’s, and of course we published 3 original articles on outdoor fitness and exercise. By mainly word of mouth, our site has gained over 50, 000 hits and contiunes to see steady growth daily. Read more »
Posted: May 26th, 2009.
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USAJunglegym goes to suburbia to bring Mantis and Optimus together to perform this unique barbell exercise . Pairing up, each man takes the 115lbs and presses it, switch grips it, curls and throws it to the other. Cool way to workout together and incorporate some good upper body exercises.
Suburban Gorilla’s Unit
Posted: May 23rd, 2009.
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What’s crackin’ G o r i l l a ‘ s !!!!! Brining you what we promise as always, more inexpensive and unconventional fitness video’s. Today you’ll see what cinder blocks and steel pipe can bring to a Gorilla’s playground! AND the ‘tire chop’?! A most excellent exercise for core building hands down! Yea, everyone liked it. (see previous post) So sit back and enjoy these clips of what Gorillas of all ages are doing……….then get out there and do it even better! ~ManTis
Posted: May 22nd, 2009.
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‘Check it out. We love the variations around here so here’s one that is definitely worth trying. If you happen to have access to some weights and a bar this give this exercise a go! NO weights, however, NO problem. Try it using a sandbag or cement bag, or even a large stone. A total body builder this one is.
Silverback’n It.
Posted: May 20th, 2009.
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Yeah, that’s right! ‘Been doing alot of that lately; working out in the sand bare foot. I’m finding out that unstable ground forces one to use more muscle fibers in the feet,legs and core to create body balance and stabilty. The Gladiators of old did it, so why not tap into a good thing right? I say, if you have sand near by take your fitness to a new level. Incorporate body weight exercises, stones, logs or whatever you can think of! and use it! Check out the latest from USAJG, it’s our take on it training in the sand!……..(and we’re just getting started….)
There’s more in the vids section!!
-Gorilla Out.-
Posted: May 14th, 2009.
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WHAT’S UP GORILLA NATION?!?!
X, here. It’s been awhile since I’ve wrote anything, ‘been really busy this spring with the chimps tryouts, softball, and junior’s jujitsu tournament( he took 2nd place, by the way). ‘Brought tears to me eyes watchin’ my 10 yr old choking the other kids ot sleep. HAH! Sandman, next generation or maybe sand chimp!?
Okay, that’s enpough catching up. Anybody seen the craziness Mantis has been bringing lately? Read more »
Posted: May 12th, 2009.
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Get’n Gorilla. Hope that’s what you got going on this week! We are brining to you some new material from GarageStrength ‘outta Reading, Pa. These garage gorilla’s get it done and we like it! You can see a vid of theirs posted below and we got the link to their youtube site located on the right. Really good stuff!
Also this week you can exepct to see a new vid from USAJG, AND we have ‘Exerciser X’ dropping by to do a guest post! Can’t wait to see what he has to say! We’ll be back soon, gonna be a good week!
Get Gorilla!
Posted: May 11th, 2009.
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’Wot up Gorilla’s!? Just checking in with you all, hoping that everyone is doing well out there! We just put out our newest vid of some highschoool wrestler’s stepping out in to the elements to get a great workout while having some fun as well. You’ll see them flipping plates forward and backwards and dragging them too! They also ran a number of sprints in the sand barefoot. For those of you who haven’t tried taking your workout outdoors, you gotta give it a shot! Here’s a little piece I wrote a while back ( posted on straighttothebar.com) on outdoor fitness. I hope you find it encouraging.
http://www.straighttothebar.com/2009/01/outdoor_fitness_why_its_good.html
Get Gorilla.
Posted: May 8th, 2009.
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‘Finishing up another great outdoor workout, 4 young Freedom Area wrestlers decide to get gorilla sling’n some plates and drag’n a few through the rain while barefoot. Fun and challenging all at the same time! They even threw in some sprints as well, check it out!
No membership dues.
Posted: May 6th, 2009.
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Grrrrrrrrrillllllllllaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa’s! ‘Coming through for you by brining you all we can with that low cost apporach to fintess that yields those huge net gains. For those of you that have been following us you know exactly what I mean. For those of you just coming on board, we keep it simple here. Let me show you the equation: Lowest fitness cost possible + cool and unique exercises = USAJunglegym. So with that said, look upon these new vids and then go out there and let your Gorilla out!
Posted: May 3rd, 2009.
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Get Gorilla! What’s up, what’s crackin’ what’s going down !??! It’s a Thursday here at USAJG and I just got back from my 2 hour MMA initiation class. Man, it was glorious! And it was FREE! Learned some new things today and found out I already knew some things and I put it all together. I rolled down with TJ, a local wreslter, who got a big match in Maryland this weekened. We sparred, grappled and sweat like crazy. HOWEVER, let me say that I am in no way abandoning my Gorilla’s out there and what we hold true here at USAJG. Training will continue here as always and believe me ,we are already getting ready for the next outdoor video. So fear not, though I embark on the local MMA circuit.
And just to give you alittle something new to view Read more »
Posted: April 30th, 2009.
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Wot up Gorilla’s? Hope all is well. ’Wanted to post a few updates for you, especially if you have been following us recently. 1st off, i was informed that the Pittsburgh, Pa. Navy Seal PFT Challenge has been post-poned indefinitely. There is no word as to whether or not it will come to Pittsburgh, so I guess we ain’t going. ( But, we’re still going to use the PFT as a basis for conditioning and fitness here at the USAJG compound). Read more »
Posted: April 28th, 2009.
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Damn. I love Gorilla Training! Who else but Danno brings the ‘blamo’ in B-Co?! Can I see a show of hands please ???
T.G.
Posted: April 27th, 2009.
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Get fit, ripped and possess everyday strength. ‘Ready to tackle whatever physical hurtles that come your way. That’s what USAJG represents and you’ll see it for yourself in this new outstanding outdoor video. Using limited equipment, Mantis puts it all together for the average joe, athlete, first responder, and/or fighter. Balls out. No doubt.
Posted: April 25th, 2009.
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Alright Gorilla’s, got alittle something for you today. Last night 6 wrestlers went thru some mad conditioning here at the USAJG basecamp and we’re gonna share with you what they did by using videos from USAJunglegym, putting them in the order that the exercises were performed. Remember this is the “at home series!” You, who are watching this can do this; outside, at a friends house, or garage! The equipment cost next to nothing. Read more »
Posted: April 23rd, 2009.
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USAJunglegym has competition!
Forest Gorilla!
Posted: April 21st, 2009.
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’Just got done watchin’ ‘UpHill Horror’. Man, that vid gets me jacked! We’re gonna do another one real soon like that, maybe I’ll pass out when I’m done as part of the grand finale! ….But hey couple of updates and changes for you read about:
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Posted: April 19th, 2009.
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’Okay so we went ahead and put some video together using the cement bags as a weight alternative. Check it out!
Posted: April 16th, 2009.
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Need some new weights, but low on the cashflow? Want to try alternative lifting methods but not sure where to start? Well here’s a idea that’ll keep your spending to a minimum and build the strength you’re after; may I introduce to you .. Cement Bags. This universal construction material is very cheap (under $4 will get you an 80lb bag) and it comes in various sizes. HomeDepot or Lowes will have 40lb, 60lb, and 80lb bags for example. Other places may vary . The only other purchase that goes with getting a cement bag is a roll of tape (duct tape) to keep the cement mix from leaking out. Read more »
Posted: April 15th, 2009.
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Greetings to all the USAJG enthusiasts out there! Hope you all are well. As this week gets underway, we are in preparation for the next Gorilla video. ‘Got some new equipment to reveal and the workouts to go with it! (Production should be completed by Thursday..and yes it’s back outdoors!) Be prepared.
Grrrrillla.
Posted: April 14th, 2009.
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Gorilla’s!! We just came across some footage from last year in Paris as Mantis and his brother Optimus make use of their body weight. Check out this clip of them guys testin’ their gorilla strength..(better than a stack off plates!)
Posted: April 13th, 2009.
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Wat up Gorillas!?! Here we go with 2 more vids as promised. Hope you enjoy’em as much as we did! Stay on dial cause we have some more fresh fitness coming yourway! Read more »
Posted: April 8th, 2009.
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USAJunglegym brings out 5 new ‘off the freakin wall’ fitness videos. We’re breaking into some new territory with a mix of heavy bag/mma/wrestling/ moves that just challenge the entire body and mind. While do not profess to be fighters of any nature, we sure as hell like to train like it. And you can too! These vids Read more »
Posted: April 8th, 2009.
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Here’s a 2 part portion of a weighted circuit training regimen that a few of the highschool wrestler’s are going thru this evening. You’ll notice the incorporation of all the body parts and the no rest between exercises. Read more »
Posted: April 6th, 2009.
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As we were out scouting the net for material to get us fired up and to use here at USAJG we came across this awesome vid from across the pond. We thought you might dig it. (USAJG wants do a ‘competition’ now.)
Icelandic Gorillas-
Posted: April 3rd, 2009.
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Startin’ April off right with 2 new vids for you. Check out ‘Home-made Rings’, USAJG’s version of the Olympic rings. Easy to make and highly effective. AND for a excellent exercise for core development watch Situp2Getup. Yea, you’ll wanna get out there an try that one. Click ‘read more’ to see the vids!…… Read more »
Posted: April 2nd, 2009.
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