Possible to tear muscles with body weight exercises
I don't have a personal trainer, a gym membership, or really any gym equipment (such as dumbbells), so for my daily workout/training (to gain muscle) I have resorted to using body weight exercises.
It mainly consists of push-ups (and their many variations), pull ups and plank. My biggest fear about pushing my limits is that I may someone causes permanent or somewhat significant damage - such as pulling or ripping/tearing a muscle. I'm quite young so I do not want to have problems that will continue to plague me for years to come.
Can you rip/tear muscles through body weight exercises such as pullups, push ups, and plank?
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Certainly, it is possible. As @JohnP said in the comments,
it is possible to injure muscles getting out of bed in the morning.
As long as you keep your form as good as you can, and don't try to do an abrupt increase in work load - you should be fine.
For example, if you generally do 100 pushups per workout - don't try to do 500 in one session. Progressive loading will prepare your body for a larger volume and help prevent any strain injuries. So if you do 100 reps per workout - next time try to do 110, then 120, and so on. Also, dynamic warmup - will help to prepare your body for the workload.
Generally, muscle injuries, if treated correctly, don't end up plaguing your health for years to come. Joint and Ligament injuries are much worse.
Nevertheless, injures do sometime happen, even if you are careful. Don't get discouraged! Doesn't mean you failed, it means you only made a mistake.
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