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  • The great debate!

  • Bodyweight exercises or free weights?

  • Which one is better?

  • Now, there are avid people in both camps that adamantly believe that their method is very

  • clearly the better option of the two.

  • Some go as far as saying that doing the other is absolutely pointless.

  • Now we know, of course, that that’s just not true.

  • There are many examples of individuals in both camps that have gotten great results

  • in aspects of fitness, such as improving strength and muscle growth.

  • The thing is, anyone that tells you to avoid doing one or the other for whatever reason

  • does not the full benefits of the alternative.

  • Truthfully, yes, one can be better in some ways than the other.

  • Bodyweight exercises, aka calisthenics, are better suited to improve functional movements

  • that are used in daily life.

  • After all, the whole basis of calisthenics is to move your body through space without

  • any restrictions.

  • Free weights, on the other hand, are mainly static loads, where you stay in a single place

  • and manipulate the weight from point A to point B.

  • For example, if you want to improve your capabilities of moving more fluidly through a rocky environment

  • such as on a hike, stair runs and box jumps will be better suited than improving your

  • squat.

  • However, free weights have an advantage when it comes to simplifying progression.

  • If you wanted to build strength, you simply have to lift heavier weights.

  • This goes the same for building muscle, by increasing volume through increasing reps,

  • sets, or load.

  • If you watched my video about calisthenics, I stated, with much backlash, that bodyweight

  • exercises are simply not as easy to improve strength and muscle growth, and this remains

  • true.

  • Calisthenics progression is much more technically complex than your standardadd on more

  • weightsprogression.

  • Take the push-up, for example, where the most common progressions are raising your feet

  • off the floor, dips, or single-arm push-ups.

  • For free weights, you can similarly progress in a dumbbell bench press simply by lifting

  • heavier dumbbells.

  • For your average Joe that simply wants to get a stronger chest, free weights clearly

  • require less learning effort.

  • tThere are also other advantages in both camps.

  • Bodyweight exercises, for the most part, is absolutely free.

  • Free weight exercises requires you to either purchase weight equipment or a gym membership.

  • For calisthenics, you can always go to a local park that have calisthenics bars to exercise.

  • At the very most, you can purchase things like a pull-up bar or a suspension training

  • system if you want to work out from home.

  • A winning advantage of free weights is being able to target specific muscle groups.

  • Because calisthenics consist of many natural and functional movements, which is usually

  • a good thing, it requires that multiple muscle groups are targeted at the same time.

  • However, there are cases where you do want to isolate a specific muscle in a workout,

  • and a great way in doing so is by using weights.

  • Whether it’s because you want a particular muscle to be stronger or larger or because

  • youre recovering from an injury, isolation movements are best achieved with weights.

  • Speaking of injuries, many calisthenics enthusiasts will tell you to avoid free weight exercises

  • because it’s easier to get hurt.

  • Now, on paper, it might make sense, since free weights require you to lift heavy loads

  • and put a lot of stress on your muscle, tendons, joints, and ligaments.

  • But, fact of the matter is, with a proper training program and learning proper form,

  • there will hardly ever be a time where youll place yourself in danger of getting hurt.

  • The only times would be if youre trying to lift a weight that is clearly out of your

  • capabilities or that youre performing an exercise with improper form.

  • And that goes the same with bodyweight fitness.

  • Try to do a movement that youre not physically capable of doing or do a movement the wrong

  • way, you can just as much hurt yourself as well.

  • So with all this being said, which one is actually better?

  • Well, as boring as this may sound, it all boils down to it depends.

  • If your goal is to pack on muscle fast without much learning effort, free weights are for

  • you.

  • If you want to improve your capabilities in moving your body through space rather than

  • pushing big things around, then calisthenics are the way to go.

  • It also depends on what you enjoy doing more.

  • Some people simply like moving big heavy weights around and some enjoy working out in the fresh

  • air, free of weights limiting their body movement.

  • And the thing is, even though each have advantages, it doesn’t mean the other can’t be good

  • at it, too.

  • Even though free weight exercises seem to be the better option for building strength

  • and muscle, there is no doubt that calisthenics can be pretty much limitless in these aspects

  • as well, as long as youre willing to dedicate some work to it.

  • And that’s the catch for most.

  • Most people just want to be healthier or look slightly better than they do now.

  • Yes, doing something like push-ups and pull-ups can be beneficial to the average person, but

  • things such as flagpoles or front levers mean very little to them.

  • But if that’s what you want to be able to do, then by all means do it.

  • And that goes for free weight training as well.

  • Many of your standard calisthenics movements can be done with weight added to it, which

  • technically transforms them to a free weight exercise.

  • But of course, were talking about the typical exercises done in a gym.

  • Leg presses and back rows are great for pretty much anyone, but the majority of people don’t

  • care to deadlift 500 pounds off the floor.

  • But again, if youre into something like powerlifting, then it’s completely reasonable

  • to start stacking plates on the bar.

  • Ultimately, the best thing that you can do is for yourself isdo both!

  • As we can see, they both have great advantages that anyone can benefit from.

  • So why limit yourself to just one?

  • Do both and reap the benefits of both.

  • Ordo oneit’s up to you.

  • What are other benefits that separate calisthenics and free weights?

  • Share in the comments below!

  • Please like and share the video if you enjoyed it, and subscribe for more videos.

  • Thanks for watching!

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