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/fit/ came around with some awfully good timing, 'cause I've been meaning to ask this.

I'm a big guy, with whatever strength that might entitle, but what I want now isn't being able to bench some superfluous weights, but rather functional strength. I want to do handstand pushups, onehanded chinups, pistol squats, and any and all outright strong uses of my own weight. As it is now, I can't do shit in that category, and it bothers me.

What I'm wondering, and I'm sure guys in my situation or just with a similiar questions want to know, is how I'm supposed to get started with this. Just delve into doing pushups, situps, and squats until I break down everyday? And what will I gain in the way of musculature compared to lifting weights, other than a buttload of endurance and a much more toned form?

Me in the pic, left is from early '06, right mid '07.
>> Hammerknife !7ITukp3Pj2
Pretty much. You could do that or just do isolation exercises with heavier weights, it'll come out the same.
>> Anonymous
Wow, you'd look like an actual manly man if you weren't such a fag and stopped shaving.
>> Anonymous
You have a big body. It seems like you want to have a small body.

I doubt any of the people in world's strongest man do one handed pullups or chinups.

Much easier for skinny compact people.

If you want to get functional strength, go do boxing at a gym. Hit a tire with a sledgehammer 20 times and then pick the tire up and run with it for 50 feet. etc etc

You will get strong as hell and kick any bodybuilder's ass.

If you're absolutely set on doing fancy showoff gymnastics shit, cut most of the extra weight you have while doing pushups/pulls/squats whatever it is you want to do, you'll be able to do them eventually and impress other gay men.
>> Anonymous
anything you do with your bodyweight will limit you strength-wise. you will be building only endurance after a certain point.

who is stronger, a guy who can do 200 push ups or the guy who can bench press 400 pounds? the push up guy can do more push ups than the bench guy, but i guarantee you the weight lifter has more power.
>> Anonymous
So in other words, you're looking to do parkour workouts.

www.americanparkour.com Good place to go. Ask around there.
>> Anonymous
>>3712
The fact that I have more chest hair than other people have pubic hair is kinda annoying, and the fact that I have more _back_ hair than most have chest hair is even more so.

>>3714
I'd have to say that I want as much functional strength as I can possibly get, and the chinups were apparantly an uneducated example of such on my part. I'd have to say that what I most of all want is complete and effective power, in the way of a boxer or very heavy martial artists, if you get what I'm going at here.
>> Anonymous
There's no such thing as "no functional" strenght
>> Anonymous
Its the age old Body Builder vs. Strong Man fight. Sure th body builder is strong as fuck, and has fuck hueg muscles, but the strongman has far more strength and endurance, even though he looks thick and fat.

Super heavy wieghts are gonna get you bigger weaker muscles, while lighter weights will get you stronger/faster higher endurance muscles.
>> Anonymous
>>3796

not quite.

low reps high weight build power. low weight high reps build endurance.

if you want a fighter's body you need to achieve a balance of both. too much power you start to bulk like a powerlifter, too much endurance you build lean muscles for endurance and sacrifice power.
>> Anonymous
>>3709
>how to kick a person's ass as fast as possible.

I'd have to say that this is very much related. Speed, power, intensity.

>>3796
Is this true, because all the bullshit I've heard usually goes that this is quite simply wrong?

However, most of these people were the "Do ten heavy twice"-people.
>> Anonymous
>>3820
I believe he had it backwards.

Straining on heavy weights makes strong muscles.

Doing lots of lighter weights tones muscles.