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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]You can just start with simple body weight exercises - pushups, squats, lunges, etc.   if you do 20,30,40 of each of those after your run each day for a month or two you will start to notice a difference and then you can bridge yourself into actual weightlifting

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Why wait?[/quote]

I like to mix up the body weight exercises with weights ...

Pull up (if you can)
Pushups 
squats
lunges
plank
tricep dip won't hurt, either.

And then do weights on another day. I find they complement each other. Body weight exercises are great for your core, because doing a lunge isn't just for your legs, you have to have core and back.

I personally hate machines.[/quote]

I guess it depends where OP is in terms of fitness.  I don't find body weight exercises to be a good use of time and they kind of annoy me.  For the exercises you mention, I do:

Pullup -- currently I can do 4 sets of 10 bodyweight, but I prefer to do 5 x 5 with 25lbs weight.  
Pushups --  these don't make me stronger.  Instead, I do flat barbell bench, barbell incline bench and decline barbell bench.
Squats -- I do various weights/rep schemes of low bar barbell squats.  This week, I'll do 5x5 @ 250 lbs.
Lunges - will do today after deadlifts with 70lbs of weight.
Plank - do these on cardio days, but get more ab work from deadlifts and squats TBH
Tricep dips -- yup.  I do these body weight because my shoulders object to weighted dips.

My point is that you can start a program like starting strength or stronglifts and go from an empty bar to pretty good weights in all exercises pretty quickly, so why wait?  Personally, I can do pushups and pullups forever and not get much stronger, but with barbell compound movements, I quickly add strength. 
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