Suggestions on Strenght Training at Home

msmayor

I need to incorporate strength training and I really want to do it from home - I have 5 & 10 lbs dumbells and one of those rubberband things (?) can someone share some strenght training routines....

Thanks you

MsMayor

themommie

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punpunks28

I usually do bicep curls, chest presses, flys, skull crushers and isolated holds with the weights............

bethvandenberg

check out self, shape and fitness mag sites and they have workouts that you can do. A wonderful tool and free.

sherrisloan

I found a great book at the library. I liked it so much I then bought it off ebay. It's called the Ultimate Body Shaping Bible. Great book!!!

mssweetjay

biceps curls, triceps, shoulder raise, chest flys

msmayor

I usually do bicep curls, chest presses, flys, skull crushers and isolated holds with the weights............

What is skull crushers and anything for the legs?

JoceyyySmall

I went back and found this of ideas that I gave to someone before so all in all I'm copying it and pasting it.


Do you have a dvd player at home? Go to your local library and check out some fitness dvds- you keep them for a week or so and you have home fitness right at your finger tips- if they require weights and since you mentioned you don't have any you can make your own. Get some soup cans to start out with and weigh them to see how much they are (that way you know what your lifting) You can also get different jugs and fill them with water or dirt what have you.

This is the time to think outside the box. Do you know anyone with weights just sitting around- or maybe hit up a cheap yard sale for weights if you don't want to make your own, but don't want to spend a fortune at a sports shop.

With these weights in your confined space you can do strength training like push ups, sits ups, squats, leg raises, tricep dips with the homeade weights, exercises for your chest. Skies the limit in doors. Look up different exercises on a place like Bodybuilder.com, magazines always have some kind of at home fitness regime that incorporate things like chairs etc.


if you have any other questions I can try and think of some things.. Some of the best resistance can be your own body weight.

B_L_A_Z_I_A_N

What is skull crushers and anything for the legs?

lunges with weights
work your calves by going up and down on your toes

Kagard11

I did a kettle bell workout for thqe first time today and went on YouTube for a routine!

msmayor

Thanks everyone!!! These are some great ideas - I will configure a weekly plan and pull out the dvd's.....MFP is Awesome and the ppl here are even BETTER!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to you all......

H_Factor

given the weight equipment you have, my recommendation is that you do a bodyweight training circuit (which you can mix in with interval training to get a cardio workout as well). I'm going to give you some ideas of what that might look like and I strongly recommend that you go to youtube, type in "bodyweight exercises" and watch some videos to get some ideas on how to do different exercises. I also recommend reading about Craig Ballantyne's Turbulence Training...he has an entire 6 month program consisting of solely bodyweight exercises (some of which require a $10 stability ball).

I have a home gym with weights, a bench, a bowflex, but my best and toughest work-out is a sprint/bodyweight interval work-out. here it is...

first, stretch ... especially your chest, triceps, hamstrings, hips, quads and calves. second, walk for a few minutes to start loosening up the joints. If you can do some knee ups after the walking, that helps as well. after the warm-up, I do a 10-20 second sprint (depending on how I feel that day) followed by a bodyweight exercise. then rest for 20-30 seconds, do another sprint and then another bodyweight exercise. I usually do 10-12 intervals of this.

here is an example of the bodyweight exercises I use during the interval training: push-ups, lunges, spiderman push-ups, Y or T squats, breakdancer, ape step, hip raises, burpee, kong, plank, supermans. I usually mix up the exercises, but that's a good sequence for a full body work-out. notably, the sprints will work your hamstrings nicely, but if you want a nice exercise for your hamstrings to throw into this mix, do stability ball leg curls.

the problem with the weights you have is that they are too light to do multi-joint (or compound) exercises. doing bicep curls and tricep extensions are not the way to burn fat and build strength. once you learn some bodyweight exercises, your own body becomes an excellent home gym.