| monrovianvogue
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I can no longer afford my gym membership or any additional equipment, lessons, or videos.
Fortunately, my new apartment has a complimentary 24-hour exercise room with a treadmill, stair climber, elliptical, and reclining bike thingy.
I own 1 lb ankle weights, and 3, 5, and 10 lb barbells.
Does anyone have a comprehensive strength-training program that I can do using this equipment and my body? I especially want to get a big strong bottom. :) |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:33 pm |
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| oldpjams
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All I own for resistance training is a stability ball, dumbbells, an olympic bar and weights (optional), a pull-up bar, and everything else is readily available stuff like milkcrates, step stools, stairs, etc.
Paul Chek's book How to Eat, Move, and Be Healthy has full workouts using only that equipment. Resistance bands aren't a bad investment either.
This is all I've done for 3 years. No gym, sold the Bowflex.
Anything you want to do with your butt and legs can be accomplised with lunges, deadlifts, and squats of various types. |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:44 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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| I have a low-end Smith bench, free weights for dumbbells and barbell, and stability ball. |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:59 pm |
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| oldpjams
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PapaBanucci wrote: I have a low-end Smith bench, free weights for dumbbells and barbell, and stability ball.
That's high tech! I wanted a squat rack at one point but figured out that I could get by with a couple of highback chairs. |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:03 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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oldpjams wrote: PapaBanucci wrote: I have a low-end Smith bench, free weights for dumbbells and barbell, and stability ball.
That's high tech! I wanted a squat rack at one point but figured out that I could get by with a couple of highback chairs.
Last year, I bought a treadmill. The year before, a Smith bench. Still need to properly decorate the workout room. It's fine and all that, just kinda blah. Too lazy to get around to it I guess. I wanted to do something like a year ago. |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:13 pm |
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| oldpjams
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| A C2 erg was my last big purchase. It's great cross training for cycling but I only do that for ~4weeks a year now so I'm not sure I'm going to keep it. Too much $$ going into cycling and racing. |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:17 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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oldpjams wrote: A C2 erg was my last big purchase. It's great cross training for cycling but I only do that for ~4weeks a year now so I'm not sure I'm going to keep it. Too much $$ going into cycling and racing.
I would think so! Here' I've got my shoes, a rather plain shirt, and rather plain shorts and bikers zip past me all the time.
Like they're on the way to a costume party. I mean, anymore, it's like bikers have to be wearing these logo'd-up-as-stock-cars outfits that are just over the top. Like I want to get back to the 80s for some serenity.
What's that all about anyhow? I just don't get it. |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:20 pm |
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| oldpjams
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| Whelp, those would be sponsors that pay money to support the team -- defray the cost of clothing, provide equipment and stuff, operating $$ for races. I get super jealous when I think about how relatively inexpensive running is, but then I pass some poor person going along at 8mph or something and the feeling subsides. :twisted: |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:26 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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| No, anymore it's like your average beer-bellied biker has logo'd up gear on daily base mileage rides. What's that about? |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:35 pm |
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| oldpjams
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PapaBanucci wrote: No, anymore it's like your average beer-bellied biker has logo'd up gear on daily base mileage rides. What's that about?
Ah, we have names for those people. I don't understand that either. |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:40 pm |
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| PapaBanucci
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In Colorado skiing we have an equivalent. Excellent equipment. Horrendous technique.
We call them Texans. |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:44 pm |
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| monrovianvogue
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oldpjams wrote: All I own for resistance training is a stability ball, dumbbells, an olympic bar and weights (optional), a pull-up bar, and everything else is readily available stuff like milkcrates, step stools, stairs, etc.
Paul Chek's book How to Eat, Move, and Be Healthy has full workouts using only that equipment. Resistance bands aren't a bad investment either.
This is all I've done for 3 years. No gym, sold the Bowflex.
Anything you want to do with your butt and legs can be accomplised with lunges, deadlifts, and squats of various types.
I'll go buy the book today and take a look. I don't have a stability ball either. I suppose $50 to save me from a $500/year gym membership ain't bad.
Thanks, gentlemen. |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:44 pm |
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| oldpjams
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| Amazon usually has the book. Or www.chekinstitute.com |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:46 pm |
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| toese
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monrovianvogue wrote: I especially want to get a big strong bottom. :)
I take a power class at my gym using barbells and weights but we do a lot and I mean a lot of SQUATS and LUNGES those are the best exercises for the bum and legs!!! If your apt has barbells and/or free weights you can use those while doing the aquats and lunges. We do 3-5 min straight doing those w/ maybe 10 sec breaks. |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 7:11 pm |
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| luvs_torun
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oldpjams wrote: Whelp, those would be sponsors that pay money to support the team -- defray the cost of clothing, provide equipment and stuff, operating $$ for races. I get super jealous when I think about how relatively inexpensive running is, but then I pass some poor person going along at 8mph or something and the feeling subsides. :twisted:
But that's a 7 1/2 minute mile........ don't feel sorry for that person! :P |
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Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:09 pm |
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