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>>318070 Failure as a human being. Bodyweight only is an excuse for being afraid to branch out into different areas of fitness due to stigma and percieved misconceptions. Just like what you have about lifting.
Lifting will make you big and make you strong. But that's all it will do. You will lack endurance and you will lack the ability to make full use of your body. However, for most of /fit/, getting big and strong so people will suck your dick is the point.
If you make the proper progressions in body weight, which does mean eventually turning to what's used by the military and gymnists, you will see great gains. However, if you just do 100 pushups all the time, you will not.
Weights are much easier to gauge progression and ability on. And there are several ways to combine the two.
I don't believe bodyweight only is the answer, unless one starts using devices like weighted vests and backpacks, sledgehammers and so forth.
I disagree that weight lifting is more work, however. Again, in the hypothetical scenario of someone doing basic bodyweight work, compared to someone doing their max level of weights, yes. But if you're doing real, progressive bodyweight work, it's just as grueling.
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