Those who hate on bodyweight training say that you always lift the same weight and there is no objective way to quantify your strength. You can always use a weighted vest or tie a weight plate around your waist but the argument still holds and wouldn't your dips and chins then be classified as weight training?
You can mimic with body weight training virtually any movement you can do with weights and so exercise the same muscle groups. There are, however, no such exercises equivalent to deadlifts, cleans and snatches.
Some Beneficial Features of Weight Training:
1) Easier to get pumped up muscles.
2) Confidence in moving furniture more easily.
3) Enables lateral movements into power lifting and weightlifting, bodybuilding.
4) Therapeutic using light weights for high reps.
5) Bragging rights to competitive fitness (I can squat more than you).
6) Deadlifts and Olympic lifts cannot be duplicated with any other exercise.
7) Your competition uses it.
8) Possible to get brutally strong.
You can mimic with body weight training virtually any movement you can do with weights and so exercise the same muscle groups. There are, however, no such exercises equivalent to deadlifts, cleans and snatches.
Some Beneficial Features of Weight Training:
1) Easier to get pumped up muscles.
2) Confidence in moving furniture more easily.
3) Enables lateral movements into power lifting and weightlifting, bodybuilding.
4) Therapeutic using light weights for high reps.
5) Bragging rights to competitive fitness (I can squat more than you).
6) Deadlifts and Olympic lifts cannot be duplicated with any other exercise.
7) Your competition uses it.
8) Possible to get brutally strong.
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