"Calisthenics can't build muscle" - a gentlemanly debate. --- Calisthenics can absolutely build muscle, and you can use different variations to find the ideal difficulty for you. Interestingly, this might ESPECIALLY apply to larger lifters as well as smaller beginners. The larger people have more bodyweight attached to them (even if it's muscle). 10 pullups for a 250lb bodybuilder, for example, is awesome. And beginners generally have more room to grow, regardless of what they use. That said, th