Arent bodyweight exercises for beginners? This is simply not true. While bodyweight skills definitely have an upper limit, unlike weight lifting which is limited only by how many plates will fit on the bar, leverage can be varied quite a bit, increasing the difficulty of these skills. Progressive resistance makes you stronger. It does not matter if this comes from varied leverage, or extra weight. The key to getting stronger with bodyweight exercise is to make them progressively harder by changing exercises slightly as you get stronger. There are many stories of people who dont weight train and end up lifting very large amounts their first time out, due to body weight skills. Here is a video of Ross Enamait deadlifting 495lbs (at 170lb body weight) with no deadlift skills and a primarily bodyweight-only training routine. https://youtube/watch?v=95D7lj-A6tA
Posted on: Fri, 12 Dec 2014 04:45:00 +0000