Body Weight training

[Meguro]

How strong can you get using only your body weight for training? What would that routine be?

After reading the various threads on weight training, I was wondering what kind of results you can get if you didn't touch a barbell or machine. If your goal was for strength rather than endurance, what types of exercises could you guys come up with?

I started out doing 1 -arm pushs-ups, 5x5. 200 squats. 100 raised leg-sit-ups. Obviously, I need to work on the push-ups. But I also need to find a way to make the leg and abs exercises more efficient.

[shogeri]

It's not about how strong one should be, it's how long one can last.

When you add resistance, you increase strength. When you add repitition, you increase indurance.

[Meguro]

It's not about how strong one should be, it's how long one can last.

Are we talking about the same thing?

Here's the thing, controlling for weight, body dynamics, endurance, etc. increasing one's strength will improve one's chances in competition, life, wherever. If you decide to increase strength using body-weight alone, how does one do it most efficiently (what exercises/routines), and what measure do you use to gauge progress?

With free-weights, you count the number of plates you can put up. However, maxing out on the push-ups may only be a measure of endurance and not knockdown power.