Why Bodyweight Exercises work so well

* When you do squats Hindu pushups, body raises, leg raises or variations of them,
you are working major muscle groups. Most people who train with weights
do isolation exercises. The person who works major muscle groups beats the
isolation exercises.

* Because bodyweight exercises are 'natural' movements that require deeper
self-concentration, neurological connections are stronger than they are when
your focus is on something other than yourself, i.e. 'weights.'

* Bodyweight exercises allow you to train your body from virtually any angle
or position. The same cannot be said of weights, especially all those machines.

* Bodyweight exercises simultaneously increase strength, endurance and
flexibility.

* Bodyweight exercises attack the muscle at a deeper level than weights, thereby
giving you greater 'functional strength.' The person who does a set of pullups, for
example, works the muscles of the back and arms far more than the person doing
a lat pulldown on a machine.

There are more reasons 'why' - but I'll let you discover them yourself. This way it will
mean a lot more to you in the end.

Emmanuel