What's the best way to gain muscle without equipment?

[Anonymous]

What's the best way to gain muscle without using any equipment? Like at home or while walking a dog?

[HighlyVolatile]

Calisthenics with bodyweight motions. You can also use some ghetto equipment like a backpack filled with books to add more resistance.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/YVq5BHtZp00

[HighlyVolatile]

And a video on how to apply progressions in calisthenics:
https://youtu.be/ONNv2-zc8ZY

[Honesttguy]

Walking dog? Come on you showed your understanding about muscle and exercise right there with that sentence. It makes me laugh.

[its_amelia_c]

The right diet! Protein rich foods, shakes. Carbohydrates are also extremely important.

[Twalli]

If you don't use those foods to work out you won't get any benefits from them

[its_amelia_c]

That’s highly incorrect

[Twalli]

Trust me it's not. I have worked with people where generating muscle mass is their livelihood.

[its_amelia_c]

I just finished up research, and working with a team of experts including a dietitian, PT to put together a plan for my father who specifically wants to build muscle and weight. So pretty sure I’m speaking g from experience.

The poster asked not to include gym based equipment used to gain muscle, so of course I didn’t include those, and focused on the diet side of things.

[Twalli]

The diet works, because it allows you the ability to gain muscle, but the diet alone will not increase muscle mass.

[Anonymous]

Gain muscle. Probably body weight exercises.
My ex just got out of jail and omg...

[WhatTheHeckkkk]

Calisthenics, yoga, swimming, eating protein, cardio.

[NathanDavis]

use your own body... and gravity

look it up on YouTube

[ImDusty]

Bodyweight exercises, it's a big thing. Just look it up

[UniquelyBasic]

Anything where you use your own body as weight, like push ups or something.

[exitseven]

You can do things like push ups, chin ups, dips and squats with no weights.

[anton_dee]

Legs - climb stairs
Chest, biceps - pull ups
Stomach - sit ups

With that most of your body covered

[Creampiekarl420]

Relentless belligerent staple exercises push ups squats lunges pull-ups

[This_Is_My_Opinion8]

Calisthenics. Or doing heavy chores like chopping wood.

[lrina]

probably doing the exercises on youtube.

[Iron_Man]

Military protein MRE Google it

[Anonymous]

The needle jk. Push-up , dips , pull ups.