Gallery: Here Are Some Ways To Build Muscle and Strength Using Only Bodyweight

Gaining muscle is no easy task. Doing it in the gym is the easiest way, since you have different weights you can pick up and use. If you can't get a gym membership, it's even harder to build muscle. While gaining strength with basic bodyweight moves is easy, muscle mass won't improve like it would with weights. You’ll be able to do a ton of pull-ups, but you won’t LOOK like you can.

That’s where drop sets come in. They have been been proven to be extremely effective for building muscle mass. It just so happens that you can apply the same type of idea to bodyweight movements. Drop sets are effective because they break down your muscles through exhaustion (which is the key to building muscles). It takes a lot of reps of various weights, though. 

You can simulate increasing weights by shifting the angle of your body. Pick a muscle group and start with a difficult exercise. Then, work your way down to the easiest version, all while adding reps. Sound too complicated? Don’t worry, it’s easier than it sounds; we just need to take a look at some examples. Let’s examine how you can alter body weight exercises so that they aid in muscle gain!