Can You BUILD MUSCLE Using Bodyweight Exercises?

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Massive Iron - Steve Shaw says:

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Ason says:

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rc198028 says:

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Alex Kemp says:

this was of very interesting opinion and I agree with what your saying. it's not black or white thinking. it's about working with what you have. there is a lot of grey area even during this quarantine.

Zaherr Amashaa says:

I personally do weights and bodyweight. 70% of my programming is bodyweight and using a weight belt/backpack to add a little bit more weight

Tyler Legare says:

I’m curious how many people here can do a one arm chin up and one leg pistol squat

savc says:

Steve I have a question I would love to have you do a video on. I'm in my mid-forties. I have bulging disc in both my neck and back, + degenerative disc disease and arthritis through my whole spine. Would deadlifts help me? I have heard so many different answers that I don't know what to think anymore. I can tell you picking stuff up repetitively from the ground seems to really hurt and aggravate my back and cause pain. I really hope you do a video on this topic, thank you.

648392 says:

Upper body muscle, yes. Lower body muscle, not as much. Pushups, dips, handstand push-ups, pull-ups, inverted rows with a weighted vest or dip belt you can build muscle.

Lunges and Bulgarian split squats aren’t bodyweight exercises in my opinion anymore so than bilateral bodyweight squats, you’d eventually need to use a barbell as you get stronger doing these 2 exercises. Pistols are good for developing strength, but I don’t know about for building muscle. Ben Bruno did weighted pistols with his own bodyweight for 2 reps on each leg.

Lee VanCleef says:

Steve – I think you were way too all over the map with your answer…just take a side and roll with it. My personal opinion? If you are a Newbie? YES Pushups and Pull Ups for damn sure will build muscle…

Intermediate or Advanced? I think it can MAINTAIN…but if you are real smart about it…it can also build new muscle…BUT you must be REAL experimental with SLOW reps…PAUSES…EXHAUST…Failure…Partials…wide Grip Narrow Grip,,,,etc etc..but still YES

Riccardo Di Luca says:

I think the main thing here is how advanced you are. If you're a begginer you definitely can build a good foundation with calisthenics. If you're an intermediate, its going to take a bit more creativity and time.

Moose92411 says:

I love how you chose to address this issue. Very well said.

mjfeder says:

Hi before this crisis I was working towards a 200kg bench press I’m using 30kg dumbells and resistance bands but obviously I’m gonna lose strength. My question much strength will we lose on average and how long to get back to where we were ? Cheers

Mark Spurgeon says:

Think about this logically. A "marker" which is often set by people is being able to press their own bodyweight on a machine/Smith, barbell.

You don't necessarily "need" the iron equivalent of your bodyweight, if you use your "actual" bodyweight concentrated in the right way.

Handstand Push-Ups are a perfect example, because virtually your entire weight is loaded onto your arms.

On the other hand, there will obviously be some specific movements that are more difficult, like adduction or working the back & biceps from various angles. Even with these limitations, there are always options 👍

G S says:

Tells it like it is. Appreciated

Shantanu Sapru says:

Good, nuanced points!

Legit Gainz says:

Just Look at the prisoners. Dont over think it

Numero Uno says:

minos,whey ,lotta food and your constantly changing the exercise.ex… slow negitivesONE WEEK , speed on lockout NEXT WEEK.dividing full range of motion into 3 partial range of motion with splits of 5 to 7 reps.(total 15 to 21 reps)

Thaddeus Fields says:

Can you cross the ocean in a canoe? Yes, but it will take you a lot longer to get there than if you were in an ocean liner.

Teö L. says:

i've gained 15 pounds of muscle in the past 10 months with mainly calisthenics and weighted calisthenics, complementing with accesory exercises such as bicep curls, face pulls,etc., at around 11-13% body fat. So it's obviously possible to build muscle with only bodyweight exercises, what i'm trying to say is if you can't do anything else but bodyweight it will help you to at least maintain your current muscle, and increase a bit a of endurance, at the same time if you are an experienced lifter you will in fact lose some strenght gains but thanks to muscle memory it won't take long for you to recover it. I hope i expressed myself well enough (i'm argentinian).

Tree of Life Family says:

Balanced and wise, as always.

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