If you thought endlessly curling dumbbells was the only way to get jacked arms and build your upper body, think again. Yes, it may be one of the best ways, but it's not the only way. Calisthenics
There can be a mental shortcut to say “instead of bar exercise x I will do y calisthenic progression” because the work or movement is similar. Most calisthenic development (again, just my exp) conditions your joints and muscles to be resistant to leveraging forces, rather than in-line forces, so tissue development is specific to the direction and force of the leverage, more so than a given muscle’s overall work capacity.
It’s great if you need to train for that kind of strength and durability, but if muscle appearance (bigness) and work capacity are what someone is after, I suspect that many people will have faster and more easily maintainable results through other exercise disciplines, and be less prone to plateau and injury in the process.
Just a two cent ramble on this. Dumpthoughts.
There can be a mental shortcut to say “instead of bar exercise x I will do y calisthenic progression” because the work or movement is similar. Most calisthenic development (again, just my exp) conditions your joints and muscles to be resistant to leveraging forces, rather than in-line forces, so tissue development is specific to the direction and force of the leverage, more so than a given muscle’s overall work capacity.
It’s great if you need to train for that kind of strength and durability, but if muscle appearance (bigness) and work capacity are what someone is after, I suspect that many people will have faster and more easily maintainable results through other exercise disciplines, and be less prone to plateau and injury in the process.