Calisthenics are something that are often times forgotten about by the average person that exercises, especially at the gym. They can prove to be the true tell sign of someone that has endurance.
Often times you will hear of the military, governmental training or the police academy wanting to know how well you can perform based on calisthenics more so than how much weight you can bench press.
Calisthenics, includes exercises that are your own body weight, without the use of machines, bar bells, dumb bells, or cables. Some basic examples are pull ups, dips, push ups, chin ups etc. Do not be the least bit mis lead by the fact that you are using your own weight. I can't tell you how many times I have seen people that can put tons of weight on a bench press and can't do five pull ups.
I don't know the reason behind it, but I can tell you that if your want to build your strength and the endurance of your muscle then include calisthenics into your routine. They work the muscle in a different manner than using weights.
This is not to say that you should do only calisthenics, because I also know people that can do a lot of calisthenics and can't lift even the lightest weight. So just mix it and get the benefits of both weights and calisthenics in your routine.
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