Q: About Body weight exercises…
I’ve read that you can’t make any strength or muscle gains with body weight exercises, so I want your perspective, what kind of gains can I make with body weight exercises? If I add a weighted vest or some other weight that will force me to put more effort will it get me to gain strength or muscle?
A: My Answer…
Firstly, as with all fitness and nutrition questions, it’s hard to answer generally as every one’s situation is slightly different. Your training status, body weight, current strength all come into play, but for the most part many people can add both muscle and strength using body weight exercises. And, you could even keep this effect going by increasing the difficulty of the movements or greatly increasing the volume of training that you do. But after a while you will eventually have to move […]
Original post by Brad Pilon
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