Possible to maintain muscle with light lifting/body weight exercises? page

[betweenthewheel]

I've put on a good deal of lean mass over the past year lifting heavy, primarily squats, deadlift & presses.

Would I be able to maintain my current muscle mass with just body weight exercises or a lot lighter weight? i.e. weighted pushups, etc? Or would I gradually lose mass over time?

[js290]

I've put on a good deal of lean mass over the past year lifting heavy, primarily squats, deadlift & presses.

Would I be able to maintain my current muscle mass with just body weight exercises or a lot lighter weight? i.e. weighted pushups, etc? Or would I gradually lose mass over time?

Your body will maintain lean tissue appropriate for the activity level.

[Lean Ape Dave]

Try just working out once a week or even less. But basically if you don't try to progress in the weights you use then you should pretty much stay at the same level.

[Jiigigaw]

Yes, you can maintain and build bulk with body weight exercise. There are a lot of ways to increase things like leverage and such to increase the resistance without weights. Also, non-gym based exercise (no equipment, no bars, no nothing) tends to build more on the core as well, since most exercises require core use.