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Originally Posted by chaddukes
As for "getting more" out of them, I'm not sure what that means? Your certainly not getting more maximal strength. What exactly are you getting? And why would you not be able to get that same thing with weights?
I do agree that bodyweight exercises are under appreciated by most people.
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I'm coming from a martial arts background so...
No sitting. No lying on benches waiting on the clock.
Cleans, squats, deadlifts, snatches etc along with push ups from horizontal to handstand, pull ups, dips, and many other bodyweight work that most don't think about because people get stuck at just the ones I listed above.
Here is an example of an exercise I've been doing since I was a teen.
http://www.tmuscle.com/readArticle.do?id=459314 this is the kind of bodyweight work that taxes your entire body. By the way, for me, these do more for my arms and shoulders than most other exercises.
So a lot of these bodyweight exercises tax your core and stabilizers due to the balance required.
There is also a certain good feeling that comes from mastering your own body as it moves through space.
Of course all this is for shiite when it comes to powerlifting or bodybuilding.