Now, many say that "They can't workout" because they have no machines, no time, or no money to get this kind of strength, or get into shape. Other say that they are too lazy. Some CAN'T really do this... however, with this kind of people in mind, this should help you be able to workout at home, without weights!
Chest
For the chest, there are many basic exercises that are able to develop the chest. The most basic are the push-up and the dip. How to perform a push-up, is to get down, stick your legs out straight, have your back straight, and bottom DOWN, and place your hands to your side, around were you would bench press, or to the side of your chest. How to perform the dip, is get two objects, roughly the same height, exact if possible, and then place your arms on either side. Depending on the height, you should lower your body to were your arms are at a 90 degree angle, and fold your legs up. Variations of these include the one-armed push-up, the clapper push-up, the one-legged push-up, and the push-up performed with both knees on the ground. If you have milk jugs, or sand-bags, or anything for that matter, you can preform flyes. How to do flyes, is to get on a surface, flat, or raised, and then take the weight beside you, and stretch out your arms to were you just have a bend at the elbow, and then raise the weight in an extended upward position. This will be helpful.
Triceps
There several excersises for the tricep, however, the most basic and most useful are the tricep dip, dip, and close-grip push-up, or the diamond push-up or triangle push-up. How to perform the tricep push-up is to stick your hands out, hands at a close-grip, touching or almost touching, in the formation of a diamond or triangle. You then lower, completing like a normal push-up. For the dip, you do exactley what the dip is, by getting in-between two similiar height objects, placing your hands on it, and lowering. And last, for the tricep dip, position your body in front of a chair or other raised platform or device, and place your hands behind on on the device. With your hands on the platform or device, slowly lower yourself down, using your triceps, not your legs, and then raise back up.
Lats
To perform excersises for the lats, there is not much variance you can choose from. There is the chin-up, and the pull-up, that work most effectivley, however, there is the modified chin-up, which does not work as well, but still works. How to perform the modified chin-up, is to get underneath a bar, or extended bar, and do a chin-up, leaving part of your body on the ground. Another version is to grip it, and do what might be considered a reverse push-up, and grip the bar with an even distance, and pull yourself up. How to peform the pull-up, is to grab a raised bar an even distance apart, that is a normal distance for raising your arms above your head, and then pull-up, until your chin is level to or above the bar, and lower yourself to a fully-extended position. How to do a chin-up, is to grab a close distance apart, hands almost touching or touching, and to pull yourself up. Differant ways to experiment with this, is to do partials, only negatives, going really slow, having an extremely wide grip, and having a reverse grip. Other ways to perform the chin-up, are to change the grip, as in a hammer-grip, reverse grip, or normal grip, and to stick your legs out or raise them, as well as perform a one-armed chin-up, by placing your hand on your other one, and pulling with one arm, and using the other for support and balance.
Bicep
To perform excersises for the biceps, there is not much variance you can choose from. There is the chin-up, and the pull-up, that work most effectivley, however, there is the modified chin-up, which does not work as well, but still works. How to perform the modified chin-up, is to get underneath a bar, or extended bar, and do a chin-up, leaving part of your body on the ground. Another version is to grip it, and do what might be considered a reverse push-up, and grip the bar with an even distance, and pull yourself up. How to peform the pull-up, is to grab a raised bar an even distance apart, that is a normal distance for raising your arms above your head, and then pull-up, until your chin is level to or above the bar, and lower yourself to a fully-extended position. How to do a chin-up, is to grab a close distance apart, hands almost touching or touching, and to pull yourself up. Differant ways to experiment with this, is to do partials, only negatives, going really slow, having an extremely wide grip, and having a reverse grip. Other ways to perform the chin-up, are to change the grip, as in a hammer-grip, reverse grip, or normal grip, and to stick your legs out or raise them, as well as perform a one-armed chin-up, by placing your hand on your other one, and pulling with one arm, and using the other for support and balance.
Shoulders
There are not many excersises that dircetley effect the shoulders, however, push-ups, dips, and evne chin-ups effect the shoulders greatley. One excerise that could directley effect the shoulders would be the wall push-up. Place your hands at even place apart, and then put your feet against the wall, having your body almost touching the wall, straight up and down, at a point of balance. Lower yourself, with your hands above your head, and then raise yourself up. However, dips, and push-ups work the shoulders very well, so you won't have to worry much about working your shoulders directley anyways.
Legs
Now onto legs. Many people say that you can't work legs with bodyweight excersises. Well, you can't work them as well, normally, without heavy weight. However, I have find out many legs excersises, that are bodyweight only, that are effective in building leg strength. The first excersise, would have to be the most simple, the bodyweight squat. In order to perform the squat, point your head, chest, and toes forward, keep your back flat, and your head up, and lower your legs to a 90 degree angle, keeping your upperbody straight. Make sure to keep your knees good, to go to 90 degrees, and keep control and not to go down into a position that put excessive strain on the knees. The next excersise, would have to be the wall sit. To perform the wall sit, go up next against a wall, and place your legs at a 90 degree angle. Press your whole upper-body flat against the wall, with your hands to your side, and then keep your legs at a 90 degree angle. Hold it for a time that you can hold up your legs. The next excersise, is lunges. To perform lunges, stick out one of your legs, straight out in front of you, and lower your body, keeping your back straight, putting pressure on that leg. Repeat with the other leg, as this is one rep. Another excersise to be considered, are the hindu squats. Now hindu squats AE NOT to be taken lightly, or used by all. Anyone at all with knee problems, or ankle problems, should NOT perform this excersise. In order to complete one of these, lower your body, pointing your toes up as you go down, to balance yourself, lowering your legs ALL the way down, touching your calves, and your upper legs together, and balancing yourself as your go up. Go down SLOWLY, as to not harm yourself, and then slowly go up, as not to harm yourself. These kinds of squat can SERIOUSLY damage you, and should not be taken lightly. The next excersise, is performed by taking a raised platform, one big enough for your feet to fit on, and stepping up on it, and then lowering yourself on the same leg. Repeat with both legs, for this is one more rep. The last most effective excersise, is the one-legged squat. To peform this excersise, set your leg you arn't using on a raised platform, that isn't to high or too low, and lower your body as you would normally in the normal squat. Raise your body up, and continue with the same leg. Remember to work both legs, and do the same amount of reps, and same amount of distance, with each leg.
Calves
The calves are a bodypart that are normally actully worked ONLY with bodyweight excersises, as they are the best. The first set of excersises are the calf raises, donkey calf raises, and calf jumps, and floor calf raises. To perform the calf raise, get on a rasied platform, and stick your heels off the end of the platform. Lower your heel down, to a point were it is stretched to near as far as you can go, and then raise up, all the way up. Remember to go down sLOW, very slow, and to come up fast, as this bests works your calves. To complete donkey calf raises, get a weight, or a person, on your back, and lean over, placing your hands on an object to support yourself. Bent over, raise your body up, and lift yourself up, as in the normal clf raise, and lower. To perform floor calf raises, assume the normal calf raise position, except only lower to the floor, and go up very fast. for calf jumps, pick a height, or a place on the wall, and get an even stance, that will aid in how high you can jump. Jump up and down, repeadetly, for an extended period of time very fast, and explode off the ground. Don't jump too high, as you won't be able to complete enough repitions in the amount of time, and don't go too low, as you won't work the calves as well.
Abs
Abs are the EASIEST muslce-group to work by yourself. Use WHATEVER you feel like to get the job done, however, some good ideas, are crunches, leg raises, hyper-extension, oblique crunches, elbow to knee crunches, one-legged push-ups, captains chair, and sit-ups.
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