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Cute.
This does bring me to wonder though. I don't disagree with that sentiment, (heck I dont' have enough knowledge TO disagree with that sentiment!) but that does lead me to wonder about such programs. I suppose the obvious example is the Army basic training. A good portion of the program is based on body weight exercises (right?) and obviously it has proved functional.
I am not trying to promote them, it's just idle curiosity.
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This does bring me to wonder though. I don't disagree with that sentiment, (heck I dont' have enough knowledge TO disagree with that sentiment!) but that does lead me to wonder about such programs. I suppose the obvious example is the Army basic training. A good portion of the program is based on body weight exercises (right?) and obviously it has proved functional.
I am not trying to promote them, it's just idle curiosity.
Army fitness programs are based more on the need to train hundreds of people quickly and efficiently in a short period of time. Equipment is out (other than pull up bars, M16, etc.). Also, strength isn't really the goal. It's endurance. And in a setting like basic training it's more about mental toughness than anything else.
the thing that always ticked my PDHPE teacher off was the ambiguity of this term. It is defined as "exercise/exercises suitable for producing strength and grace" and is derived from the Greek "Kallos" meaning beauty and "sthenos" strength. As you can see this term could be used with reference to basically any type of exercise reflecting those qualities and lacks any real sort of specificity. So the idea that it should be exclusively used when referring to exercises utilizing body weight as the resistance, is absurd.
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The noob friendliest, quickest way to plateau routine.
Calisthenics. For some, yes, resistance training.
Great start for newbies to develop stability before external loading.
Great GPP/recovery for experienced lifters to keep the dogs of injury at bay. (My knees, hips and back are bullet proof from years of adding this kind of work to my schedule) Some endurance is important as the foil to pure strength.
Great in frenzied circuits as a change up to boring cardio.
The noob friendliest, quickest way to plateau routine.
I would just say the thread title is the best term.
ps. I have made more progress with body weight than with weights recently:
-pistols (1 leg squats)
-pullups
-planche pressups
-L sits
-1 arm pressups
-handstand pressups
-transverse abdominus work on the swiss ball
-the flag (i cant do this!)
I still think weights are great, I'm just saying don't knock body weight until you've tried it (including advanced exercises mentioned above, adding small weights e.g. to pullups)
I was stuck doing bodyweight exercises for quite a while. I definitely made progress. So, it's not an awful way to go. But, if your goal is strength and hypertrophy bodyweight exercises are going to present some significant challenges. But, you can do alot more with them than most people realize.
A set of rings is a great way to increase the DD on a lot of movements and avoid some plateaus. Still much easier to just add weight to a bar then continually advance progressions (something like an iron cross). Granted, for some people that might be much more fun/interesting anyway.
Well, I have always called it just an exercise and never put in such a serious thought calling it by a specific name and I wonder people have surprising names.
Body Weight exercises . .
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