hi all...
i was just wondering...which makes u stronger?
doing heaps of push-up/ pull up/ dips
or
doing bench press type exe. (weight training)

I used to lift a lot, so here's my advice.

Doing the pushups and dips and shit makes you feel really energetic, like you can do anything. it gets your blood pumping and it slims your skin down to fit your muscle, giving you what they call the "cut" look. (You can also achieve this by lifting weights on a low weight with many many repetitions) However, while it may make your muscles proportioned to your body, it won't make them super huge.

If you wanna get built up like a wwf wrestler, you need to set the weights high so that you can do only a few reps, do about 3 or 4 sets or even 5 (I used to do 5 and it used to actually help, even though most people do 3 or 4)....this will build your muscles up, if you wanna look big and bad altogether and feel good, then you should mix it all up. A technique I heard once was doing your chest and back one day, your arms the next day and your legs the day after, then the following day to do cardio all day, pushups, jogging, swimming, riding a bike, sports, whatever. Then to take a 2 day break and start over from chest and abs.... I never got a chance to try this because I became busy with my life but I Do plan on joining the gym again soon...

hmmm...i guess that make sense...the thing is there are so many suggestions out there u don't really know what works n what doesn't...

i used to go to the gym n do the one body part a day (arm, chest, leg etc), but that doesn't really work since i ain't moving up weight nor was i getting bigger...

then i started doing a lot of push up n dips etc (12x 20 push up, 12x 25 sit up, 6x 10 pull up and 12x 15 dips) three times a week, that work out pretty well for me (got hell a lot bigger n i actually did 30kg more on bench press)

i heard bout the do 5 rep thing...some russian call pavel strongly in favor of it...(n he claim he was a spetnaz intructor...) but it just feel too easy...

n in my opinion...there's nothign worse than looking like a wwf wrestler...i always get this impression that they aren't that strong...i always think that the strongest ppl would be soldiers n some weight lifter since they get paid to train...it would be nice to know how they workout...

THOSE WWF GUYS DO ALOT OF ROIDS.TO MAKE YOUR SELF STRONGER IS YOUR FOOD,SUPS,AND YOUR MIND FREE WEIGTS ARE THE ONLY WAY TO GO.WARM UP THEN HIT THEM HARD.WHEN I CURL I WARM UP WITH 40LBS ON EACH ARM AND GO TO 85 AND SOMETIMES 90 ON EACH ARM.I USE MUSIC TO GET ME HYPED,SYSTEM OF THE DOWN,KORN,DISTURBED.I LOVE FAST MUSIC.YOU HAVE TO FEED YOU BODY IF YOU WANT IT TO GROW.

It really depends on just what your going for.

A soldier is not exactly the strongest but they must be prepared for anything. Their workouts are daily and consist of all sorts of basic stuffs, pushups, pullups, running, situps, etc. They actually workout so much that they never get a chance to build up much muscle. The body just can't rebuild what they teardown fast enough. The advantage of this is that you don't have all that bulky muscle getting in the way of your movement increasing reflexes, range of motion, and agility.

Body builders and Olympic class athletes are the strongest in very specific areas. Most things like benchpresses, squats, and all that enhances only a few muscles leaving many others out. Causing you to be really strong one way and weak another . Even free weights if can do this but to a smaller extent. Ever see an Olympic Bench Press champ? The are almost always kind of chunky looking, but the top halfs of ther bodies are huge. Most of these people couldn't throw a ball further than a girl in grade school.

ProWrestlers are much the same, except a bit more flashy. The little guys who do all the jumps and stuff are probably the most well rounded of that group. You may notice that a round with the big guys is pretty lame since the can't do all those fancy flips and stuff.

Then there are the true fighters like Boxers, Ultimate Fighters, Shootfighters, etc. Alot of their training focuses on taking blows and trying to remain standing.
Their endurance would also be incredibly high.

Last you have American football players, their work outs are so stupid that your are more likely to hurt yourself than anything.

Stretching also adds a curve. The more you can stretch a muscle the more improvement a muscle can actually gain.

Overall it depends on if you want to look strong or you want to be strong.

I CAN FEED INTO SOME OF THAT.WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO IS.IT DEPENDS ON YOUR BODY TYPE.DIFFRENT THINGS WORK FOR DIFFRENT GUYS.SOME LIKE ROIDS.IF YOU BECOME THAT ONE WHO LIKES ROIDS.READ ALOT BEFOR YOU DO.ALOT OF THEM ARE BLACKMARKET AND CAN FUCK YOU UP.THE REASON I USE EGG WHITES OR SOMETIME THE WHOLE EGG,YOGART,AND MILK.IS IT,S CHEAP.SOYBEAN IS ONE REAL GOOD PROTEIN.OILY FOODS ARE REAL BAD 4 YOUR HEART.SO READ ALOT AND FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF BODY YOU HAVE.