Calisthenics vs Weights

[semtex]

He may have had sport-specific strength

 

[semtex]

Depends what level of calisthenics tho

 

[Jesus]

6'7'' and 193lbs...solid....

Leverage breh...use your hips and watch some Charles Barkley highlights....I was working the paint when I weighed 160lbs.

 

[River_trey]

It depends on what your definition of strength is. If its to look big and lift a lot its weightlifting. If its to have maximum functional strength I would say calisthenics.
Like @semtex said its all specific to what your training towards.

 

[Bledswole]

6'7'' and 193lbs...solid....

Leverage breh...use your hips and watch some Charles Barkley highlights....I was working the paint when I weighed 160lbs.

Nah bruh nikka had that solid as a brick feel wasnt no leverage working with him nikka was just strong as fukk

 

[TLR Is Mental Poison]

Train for your sport

Max outright strength will come from powerlifting though.

 

[semtex]

Nah bruh nikka had that solid as a brick feel wasnt no leverage working with him nikka was just strong as fukk

How did his strength manifest?

 

[philmonroe]

It depends on what your definition of strength is. If its to look big and lift a lot its weightlifting. If its to have maximum functional strength I would say calisthenics.
Like @semtex said its all specific to what your training towards.

I don't know how long it takes with calisthenics esp that super hard shyt but you can improve maximum functional strength relatively quickly lifting weights of you do it right. I've increase my reps on 225 by 5 in 1.5 weeks by switching up my routine which I love. I don't know if its alot of reps increased but I was impressed by it though.

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Just do both breh.... Add some plyo work in there too

 

[Bledswole]

How did his strength manifest?

nikka was strong as fukk. Forget the basketball part nikka was dumb solid

 

[Bledswole]

Just do both breh.... Add some plyo work in there too

Yep I already do both,I was thinking about going strictly calisthenics tho

 

[O.T.I.S.]

Yep I already do both,I was thinking about going strictly calisthenics tho

Do one for a month or 2 then do the other

I used to do strictly calisthenics/plyo when I went on vacation and honestly, it felt great to take a break from weights

 

[Brandsdale]

weights through doing less weight and more reps.

plyo is very beneficial as well since you're controlling your own body weight and is better the heavier you are. I'm 216 and couldn't do a pull up to save my life before and now I can crunch the shyt out of it.

 

[Xtraz2]

Why dudes that do that 100 push up a day challenge look like garbage tho?

I'm coo off those non results

 

[BezO]

I do calisthenics only. There are ways to advance most exercises to build muscle similar to liftin' weights. Push up -> Archer Push up -> One Hand Push up -> or Push up -> Semi Planche -> Planche Push up, for example. There are MANY variations of push ups.

I do very few exercises that I can do more than 12 or so reps. Sometimes I do very slow reps and/or static holds. I never do mass amounts of push ups unless I'm simply curious how many I can do.

The bible of Calisthenics

Gotta check this out.