If you are looking to gain strength and put on muscle, there are two real ways to do so; through weightlifting and bodyweight training.

1. Bodyweight v. Weightlifting
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2. If you are looking to gain strength and put on muscle, there are two real
ways to do so; through weightlifting and bodyweight training. Both of
them are viable methods, and both bring different things to the table in
terms of benefits and detriments, but they are not exactly the same
thing and you certainly won’t see the same benefits if you do one solely
over the other.
For the sake of this article, we are going to pretend that bodyweight
training is done solely with the weight of a person’s body. There are no
weight vests, no backpacks full of books, just you and your body. The
first real benefit of bodyweight training is that it is incredibly cheap and
easy to do. Minimal equipment is necessary (a pullup bar is essentially
the only piece of equipment you need) and the movements are fairly
straightforward and easy to learn. The downside is that it is more
challenging to truly make strength gains without dipping into
weightlifting at some point. Yes, you can add difficulty to something like
a pushup by changing the position of your feet and hands or by dong
them one handed, but the reality is that you will never get as strong
with bodyweight training as you will with weight training.

3. On the flip side, weight training has essentially the opposite benefits
and detriments. Because of the variety of equipment, weights, exercises
and options available to weightlifters, they have more ability to sculpt
their bodies and improve their strength. However, the motions that
weightlifters go through are more technical than those that bodyweight
training require. There is also inherently more danger in having a weight
over your head or on your back, such as during a bench press or a squat,
and for novices or people without a spotter or coach weightlifting can be
dangerous.
There are other benefits to each of them, of course, but the ones
highlighted above should be the two main considerations for most
people. Bodyweight training is cheaper and relatively safer than weight
training, but won’t improve strength or physique to the same degree.

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