Your speculation and arrogance on painting everyone with the "Moron," Brush is very ill advised.
I don't know the OP personally and neither does anyone else. I DO NOT paint anyone with the moron brush..I paint them with a "KEEP THE BEGINNER AS SAFE AS POSSIBLE" brush.
You don't know what his technique looks like, You don't know what his imbalances are, You don't know if there are small flaws in his technique. Bodyweight exercises are a good way to learn what feels most natural when moving. Overtime you begin to develop a certain pattern through repetition.
IT BECOMES AN EASIER TRANSITION WHEN ITS TIME TO MOVE ON TO BARBELL TRAINING. Sure you can get good results by just jumping into loaded weight training, but in my experience I've had tons of high school and college athletes tell me they see these programs from mark rippetoe and stronglifts and they gave em a try but their backs got jacked up, or they hurt their wrist trying powercleans.
Im not saying EVERYONE will have this problem but starting off carefully will reduce those issues. Of course doing loaded exercises is much different than body weight exercises but who do you think will have an easier time learning a deep barbell squat...Some one brand new to strength training with minimal athleticism or someone thats been doing body weight squats, push ups, dips and pull ups for awhile ??
I feel like someone who's already athletic should be able to start off on a weight-training program without needing to learn how to move properly. Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems like the best way to learn how to squat, bench, and deadlift is to squat, bench, and deadlift. What do you think?
It depends..Again referring back to my experience..I've had quite a few athletes who were taught things INCORRECTLY. I would be shocked if I ever came across an athlete who knew how to squat, deadlift or bench press correctly based on what their coach had taught them.
However..for the athlete that CAN be easily taught and already possess IDEAL movement patterns..then YES an out of shape or returning athlete can jump into barbell training...AFTER doing a proper conditioning cycle.
You don't lose all that dexterity and muscle memory the way you lose endurance and strength. Granted I didn't squat like Platz the first time I got under a bar, it's still not very hard to pick up a new movement if you have a solid base of athletic experience.
I agree with you, but the OP did not state whether or not he was an athlete he told us he was a NOOB, so im assuming he's a comeplete beginner that is why Im giving him the safe and steady route.
These are just my personal opinions on what has worked for me and my clients, of course there is MORE THAN ONE WAY to get bigger and stronger, but I have my way that has been proven to work time and time again. I've got a well developed SYSTEM that has given me great results so there is no need to change it (yet). As a beginner you need to start somewhere...why not learn to CRAWL - WALK and then RUN ??
