Six reasons Calisthenics are superior to Weights. Come at me

[ironwill2008]

Quoted from a book I own:

LOL

Come at me

Not worth the effort. When top-level bodybuilders start doing bodyweight exercises, I'll remember this thread. Until then, not so much.

Not photoshop, the image was taken sideways and the whole pic was sideways. Rotated it in photosmart or some shit (stupid program on my computer). Fked with the proportions and the picture quality (lighting was terrible too).

You really should quit while you're behind.

[Yamar1]

Dudes in California prisons would agree.

I think if you do some kind of myo rep thing you can make it work.

[GodlyBuddha]

Don't look completely deformed in your photo.

How many times do I have to repeat I have asymmetry.

[joebrosef]

OP has shown me the light. I have cancelled my gym memberships and am currently doing 200 BW squats a day.

Mr. olympia here i come.

[GodlyBuddha]

Dudes in California prisons would agree.

I think if you do some kind of myo rep thing you can make it work.

Can I respectfully ask you to elaborate?

[ironwill2008]

Don't look completely deformed in your photo.

LOL. Missed this one my first time through.

[GodlyBuddha]

OP has shown me the light. I have cancelled my gym memberships and am currently doing 200 BW squats a day.

Mr. olympia here i come.

Never have I stated calisthenics will make you Mr.Olympia.

Doing 200 BW squats a day is only good for strength endurance, not for maximal strength. You will not gain much muscle mass from that beyond a certain point.

Do One legged Squats holding kettlebells in each hand, and then come back and tell me about it

[-Lucifer]

Battle of wits

See, you can get stronger by lifting weights, but you can't get smarter by trying to troll with a badly phochopped picture of you. Thus, I'll pass.

also tell me what I need to do to convince you my picture is authentic

Post a spoon pic with you holding up a sign that reads 'Lucifer is my daddy'.

[GodlyBuddha]

LOL. Missed this one my first time through.

When I fix up my back asymmetry I will post another picture, stay tuned

[GodlyBuddha]

See, you can get stronger by lifting weights, but you can't get smarter by trying to troll with a badly phochopped picture of you. Thus, I'll pass.



Post a spoon pic with you holding up a sign that reads 'Lucifer is my daddy'.

Ok fine, I will post a spoon pic in a sec, where can I upload it and link it to this thread?

[joebrosef]

Never have I stated calisthenics will make you Mr.Olympia.

Doing 200 BW squats a day is only good for strength endurance, not for maximal strength. You will not gain much muscle mass from that beyond a certain point.

Do One legged Squats holding kettlebells in each hand, and then come back and tell me about it

kettlebells = weights

herp derp

[Yamar1]

Can I respectfully ask you to elaborate?

Weights were banned in the Calornia prison system. Did you ever see some of the guys in San Quentin? I seen documentaries where they show their workouts....they just do an insane amount of bodyweight exercises, and some of them are huge.

[joelash302]

Do One legged Squats holding kettlebells in each hand, and then come back and tell me about it

Why not just squat at that point.

[GodlyBuddha]

Weights were banned in the Calornia prison system. Did you ever see some of the guys in San Quentin? I seen documentaries where they show their workouts....they just do an insane amount of bodyweight exercises, and some of them are huge.

Interesting, because Paul Wade (guy who wrote the book), also served time in San Quentin if I recall correctly. Good observations

[jason1903]

Come on me

come on me

No, both of you come on me, but prepare your anuses

Come on me bro

Come on me bro

Lucifer come on me bro

come on me

Pervert.

[GodlyBuddha]

kettlebells = weights

herp derp

Never said they weren't herp de derp derp

[-Lucifer]

I seen documentaries where they show their workouts....they just do an insane amount of bodyweight exercises, and some of them are huge.

[Jtrain71]

Pointless thread. This is a bodybuilding website. How many bodybuilders do you know who get big and prepped by just doing calisthenics?

[GodlyBuddha]

Pointless thread. This is a bodybuilding website. How many bodybuilders do you know who get big and prepped by just doing calisthenics?

Bodybuilding isn't about getting as huge as possible. It's about building an aesthetic body with good proportions or building the body the person doing it wants.

No doubt you have a good physique forged through weights. But don't deny that resistance is resistance, and resistance from your body is no different than resistance from weights.

[GodlyBuddha]

Why not just squat at that point.

Because not everyone has a power/squat rack and hundreds of pounds worth of weights at home. Some people only have at most a couple of dumbbells.

[Bone Crusher]

[b] Once you begin training regularly in calisthenics, the subconscious mind makes the connection between a leaner bodyweight and easier training, and regulates the appetite and eating habits automatically.

wtf is this garbage

[GodlyBuddha]

wtf is this garbage

Trust me this is real. I lost a lot of fat without changing my crap diet whatsoever.

[aestheticaeon]

Not saying I'm swole brah, just saying I got good progress with calisthenics compared to my sickly 120-130 pound self. Besides I've only been working out for about a year but I gained a lot of knowledge reading books (Convict Conditioning, Power to the People by Pavel Tsatsouline, Beyond Bodybuilding by Pavel, Starting Strength by Mark Rippetoe, etc)

I tried lifting weights before, I know proper form and such and it's kind of fun, but I'm a devoted to calisthenics and believe in training wherever you are, whenever you want (I live in a place with no gyms)

Ive only been training for 3 months, and ive went from 120 pounds to 153 pounds.

[GodlyBuddha]

Ive only been training for 3 months, and ive went from 120 pounds to 153 pounds.

Cool story bro tell it again

[UltimateAeroSSC]

Never have I stated calisthenics will make you Mr.Olympia.

Doing 200 BW squats a day is only good for strength endurance, not for maximal strength. You will not gain much muscle mass from that beyond a certain point.

Do One legged Squats holding kettlebells in each hand, and then come back and tell me about it

3. Bodyweight Training Maximizes Strength
Calisthenics movements are the most efficient exercises possible, because they work the body as it evolved to work; not by using individual muscles, or the portions of a muscle, but as an integrated unit.

[GodlyBuddha]

Correct bodyweight training my friend, the book is about progressive calisthenics and not cheap 1000 reps a day pushups. I don't consider someone doing one arm chin ups weak, do you?

Come at me

[UltimateAeroSSC]

Correct bodyweight training my friend, the book is about progressive calisthenics and not cheap 1000 reps a day pushups. I don't consider someone doing one arm chin ups weak, do you?

Come at me

Doesn't matter if it's "correct" or "incorrect" bodyweight training, now does it? Frankly I'm a little saddened by your lack of intelligence. I can troll better than you can even dream of so it's a little disheartening seeing one of your own fail to such a magnitude.

Here's an idea. How about either

A) Get in ****ing shape

or

B) Lrn2troll

I've seen 10 year olds do better then you. In fact, you aren't even funny. At least cover up your flaws or something. There's so many contradictions in your posts it's not even worth mentioning. lolol@ ur attempt to troll. U bad dawg.

[DJAuto]

Not sure how you can compare BW and weightlifting...

[GodlyBuddha]

Doesn't matter if it's "correct" or "incorrect" bodyweight training, now does it? Frankly I'm a little saddened by your lack of intelligence. I can troll better than you can even dream of so it's a little disheartening seeing one of your own fail to such a magnitude.

Here's an idea. How about either

A) Get in ****ing shape

or

B) Lrn2troll

I've seen 10 year olds do better then you. In fact, you aren't even funny. At least cover up your flaws or something. There's so many contradictions in your posts it's not even worth mentioning. lolol@ ur attempt to troll. U bad dawg.

5'4 128 pounds.

Come at me

[joebrosef]

Never said they weren't herp de derp derp

"calishthenics are superior to weights"

herp to the derp herpity derpity derp