Increasing Strength

JJones4812
JJones4812 Posts: 5 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
OK so after a recent training session I feel that I seriously need to increase/improve my strength.

I'm thinking of getting a weights bench or similar but wanted advice before I spend the money as space and money is limited.

Thank in advance for any advice

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  • MT1134
    MT1134 Posts: 173 Member
    What exactly is your question?
  • Theoldguy1
    Theoldguy1 Posts: 2,494 Member
    MikePTY wrote: »
    Rather than a weight bench, it may be better to get a cheap gym membership. A lot of gyms out there are $10-$20 per month. While a weight bench is good, you will need several different levels of weights/dumbbells, etc, to have the right tools to get a complete strength workout. The gym will have 10s of thousands of dollars worth of equipment for you to use for a small fee.

    I'd agree, just a bench isn't going to do much good.

    If for whatever reason you can't get a gym membership, look at s suspension trainer (TRX is the one promoted the most, but there are a bunch of others, lower cost and in some cases better) You can find full body workouts with one of these that would be suitable for an 80 yo grandmother to a world class athlete and anywhere in between.

    Good luck.
  • mojavemtbr
    mojavemtbr Posts: 65 Member
    Theoldguy1 wrote: »
    MikePTY wrote: »
    Rather than a weight bench, it may be better to get a cheap gym membership. A lot of gyms out there are $10-$20 per month. While a weight bench is good, you will need several different levels of weights/dumbbells, etc, to have the right tools to get a complete strength workout. The gym will have 10s of thousands of dollars worth of equipment for you to use for a small fee.

    I'd agree, just a bench isn't going to do much good.

    If for whatever reason you can't get a gym membership, look at s suspension trainer (TRX is the one promoted the most, but there are a bunch of others, lower cost and in some cases better) You can find full body workouts with one of these that would be suitable for an 80 yo grandmother to a world class athlete and anywhere in between.

    Good luck.

    I agree a TRX or similar suspension strap device is the most versatile single piece of strength/conditioning equipment you can get. There are hundreds of exercises you can do with one and you can easily scale the workouts from easy to advanced.
  • erickirb
    erickirb Posts: 12,294 Member
    Depending how serious you are, a power cage, a good bench, barbell and weights would be where I would go
  • pondee629
    pondee629 Posts: 2,469 Member
    Shop around the gyms in your area, checking out their monthly costs. Divide that cost into what you would have to spend to get GOOD equipment for your home and , then, decide whether it's in your best interest to buy or join. The variety of stuff available at a reasonably equipped gym often out weighs the cost of a home gym. Good equipment is expensive.

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