Some of the resources below are not exclusively dedicated to
calisthenics leg training but you can find a lot of info that applies to leg training as well.
Not exact matches
The most common argument weight lifters use against
calisthenics training is that
calisthenics athletes have skinny
legs.
I can't tell you that weight lifting is superior to
calisthenics in regards to
leg training, since
calisthenics has clearly many advantages in the area that weight lifting doesn't.
Now that you have built a base and become familiar with
calisthenics, it's time to add additional
leg and abdominal exercises and ensure a full body workout that
trains all the major muscle groups: Back, Chest,
Legs, Abs and Arms.
So, in this section I would like to focus just on the differences between
calisthenics and weight lifting in regards to
leg training.
While lots of people consider weight lifting superior to
calisthenics in regards to
leg training, there are still some very hard bodyweight
leg movements that can challenge even the more advanced athletes!
When I started
training with
calisthenics I started with the pistol squat, because I didn't know about other advanced
leg exercises back then.
The biggest challenge of
training your
legs with
calisthenics is that it isn't obvious how to progress to the next level.