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Just to push back a little on one minor point: even if your goal is specifically strength, until you're quite far along you can get most of your muscle groups j
by danenania 6y ago
Just to push back a little on one minor point: even if your goal is specifically strength, until you're quite far along you can get most of your muscle groups just as strong with bodyweight exercises as you can with weights. Resistance is resistance.
By the time you get to the point where you need weights to keep progressing, you'll be really strong. Bodyweight training also improves muscular coordination, balance, and flexibility as well, which all have major benefits. I highly recommend it for beginners--you don't even need to buy rings or a bar necessarily if you can find a good tree branch.
- Jtsummers 6y agoI pretty much agree with this. But if strength training is a goal, getting a weight set and using it earlier (before the temptation to do too much weight because you’re already strong) is a good way to avoid issues with form and injury later. Regarding a tree branch, I agree. But good trees are hard to find here in the western part of the plains, and a good six months out of the year I can’t reliably go outside for exercise (and for a couple months pretty much can’t). That’s really the main reason I want a pull-up station in the house.