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Old 07-04-2009, 09:59 AM   #11 (permalink)
tonester
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Absolutely. One should never say that one is better than the other because there are too many goals and disciplines requiring different approaches to make such a statement.

My experience has been that there is a noticeable absence of injuries and increased nimbleness that people who ALSO use calisthenics (bodyweight exercises) exhibit. The most obvious being shoulder health. I truly believe that there is an advantage to having good muscular endurance to go hand in hand with heavy lifting.

At any rate people would be well advised to have their toolbox filled with any and all big bang for the buck type work.
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