Agreed. Plus, warriors have been doing bodyweight training exclusively for thousands of years. Nowadays, going to the gym is just a new conformist thing people do to lift weights, as well as since it’s partly kind of a “fashion statement”, and social media like Instagram is making expectations far too high for most people to grasp, thus, they quit within a month of lifting weights at the gym and continue glorifying these weight lifting Instagram models afterwards. With regard to Instagram models, it’s true that these people are generally pretty healthy and fit, not disputing that, but they will be looking for joint and tendon pain years down the road, especially ones that establish massive gains in only months (for instance, tendons and joints heal, recover, and become stronger in a matter of months, but muscles recover much quicker in a matter of weeks or even days, depending on what you’re doing).

On the other hand, people like Kaisa Fit prioritizes bodyweight training over weight training and uses household items as a secondary method only. People like her I can see, will live a long time without pain compared to people who prioritize weight training. In fact, due to being quarantined, I began a weight training routine known as “Convict Conditioning” and it’s purely bodyweight. I have only been doing it for a couple months, but I’ve noticed less joint pain, especially around my ac joint where I injured it during bench pressing more than five years ago.

So, as far as history and science goes, bodyweight training is superior to weight training in many ways and although the muscle strength and endurance gains will be slower and less noticeable compared to lifting weights, it is definitely safer, and a better choice for a plethora of reasons.

At least, that’s my take on it, after years of personal experience and amateur research, this is the conclusion of made.