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Originally Posted by tonester
I'm coming from a martial arts background so...
No sitting. No lying on benches waiting on the clock.
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. |
I guess it all depends on your goals. If your goals are strength-endurance then body weight is great. You can certainly get strength if you know what you're doing, and power. But all of these things can be done with weights, and in all cases (except endurance) you can achieve measurably greater results with free weights.
No one is talking about machines.
I'm not sure how "taxing" your body is something that bodyweight does better than the alternatives. I'm assuming that you're talking about fatigue? I mean what is unique about bodyweight exercises that causes more fatigue than other types? What about heavy deadlifts? What about shoveling snow? What about pushing a car?