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Ladies and gentlemen as I have said before when it comes to health and fitness I am a constant student. I am always trying to learn from others so my question to you fellow members who exercise at home is this; What does your home exercise program consist of? I welcome both brief descriptions and detailed ones. I am sure I will see some interesting posts that will give me some great ideas that I will most likely end up adopting. Thanks in advance for your participation.
I invested a considerable amount of money in the fallowing:
-A power tower
-2 weighted vests
-lifting shoes
-A barbell rack for overhead pressing and inverted rows
-A bench
-A pair of adjustable dumbbells and a barbell
-A mattress
I currently have workout program where I work 3 days a week and alternate between 2 types of workouts each time. On saturdays I also go for a run across the neighborhood:
Workout A
Chin-ups
Pushups
Bodyweight squats with a weight vest
Some kind of core exercise (planks, leg raise etc depends on my mood)
Bicep curls
Workout B
Pull-ups
Overhead press
Bodyweight squats with a weight vest
Back hyperextensions or a deadlift (depends on my mood. Sometimes I do a bit of both)
Dumbbell pullover
The only real weakness of this setup is that I can't go heavy on the squat or deadlift since my barbell only goes up to 50kg (might invest in a more proper barbell and weights in the future, though). But personally, I don't really much care that much about that since I feel leg work is extremely overrated. I don't subscribe to this meme that if you aren't doing heavy leg work you will look like a piece of ****. I still do bodyweight squats (and running once a week though that's mostly just for cardio/health) with a weighted vest since I don't really feel like a real athlete if I ignore my legs completely, but I have no intention of ever doing traditional heavy leg work (and since I am working out at home I am not even sure if I even could).
Concept2 rower
Olympic barbell
Bumper plates
Pull-up rig
Squat/bench rig
Bench
Plyo boxes
Gymnastic rings
Slam balls
Kettle bells
Rubber mats for the garage floor
I can pretty much do any weightlifting/CrossFit style workout that I want. Right now I'm on a Wendler "Boring but big" cycle. Today was 5/3/1 squats and 5x10 deadlifts and 5x10 ab roll-outs. Ugh.
It depends on what "collection" of equipment you have, and how much money you are willing to spend on said collection. I have always been an at home exerciser, and only twice in my 56 years have I joined a gym, and both times that lasted less than six months.
Right now I am a runner, and I do that outside. But I do occasional cross training days. This is what I currently have in my home gym:
Hoist V5 single stack weight/pulley machine
Nordictrack
Spinner Blade Ion spin bike
Life Fitness X5 Advanced elliptical
Trimline treadmill
Power Blocks (up to 70lbs each) and weight bench
TRX
Band set
Many Beachbody DVD's
Bodyweight videos
I have plenty I can do at home, and over the years the routine changes.
Concept2 rower
Olympic barbell
Bumper plates
Pull-up rig
Squat/bench rig
Bench
Plyo boxes
Gymnastic rings
Slam balls
Kettle bells
Rubber mats for the garage floor
I can pretty much do any weightlifting/CrossFit style workout that I want. Right now I'm on a Wendler "Boring but big" cycle. Today was 5/3/1 squats and 5x10 deadlifts and 5x10 ab roll-outs. Ugh.
A garage can be very versatile. It looks nice and clean. Thanks for the picture
I should add that in my above post (which I can't edit anymore ) I made a slight mistake. I said I did pullups on day A and chin ups on day B. This is actually wrong. I alternate between pullups and chinups on day 1, and do inverted rows on day B.
I have found that I like the great outdoors. I have indoor equipment, and have been a gym member, but the thing that I do most consistently is to walk and cycle outside. I am entertained when outdoors, as there is always something different to look at. The time literally flies by. When exercising indoors, I have to listen to music and find myself counting the minutes until I'm done.
It's worked out great so far, other than we've only got a two car garage, so I have to park my car in the driveway.
Well hell consider yourself lucky. I wish I had a 2 car garage
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) I made a slight mistake. I said I did pullups on day A and chin ups on day B. This is actually wrong. I alternate between pullups and chinups on day 1, and do inverted rows on day B.
