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Strength training at home/beginner
conniehv40
Posts: 442 Member
I am so inspired by so many of you on this site!
I am 50, 151 lbs, 5' 4", trying to lose weight-about 15 more pounds. I finally get it-log my food according to the roadmap for TDEE etc., exercise a lot more and now I need strength training.
Can anyone send some exercises I can do at home? I don't have equipment, so send along anything that comes to mind, along with any information on the specific exercise so I don't do it incorrectly!
planks
squats
lunges....
THANK YOU!!!
I am 50, 151 lbs, 5' 4", trying to lose weight-about 15 more pounds. I finally get it-log my food according to the roadmap for TDEE etc., exercise a lot more and now I need strength training.
Can anyone send some exercises I can do at home? I don't have equipment, so send along anything that comes to mind, along with any information on the specific exercise so I don't do it incorrectly!
planks
squats
lunges....
THANK YOU!!!
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http://www.amazon.com/You-Are-Your-Own-Gym/dp/0345528581/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1291240989&sr=8-2
You are your own gym. This book should cover all of the whats and hows.0 -
Thank you! I will look at these tomorrow and see what I can figure out!
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Pinterest.com has a lot of workouts you can do at home with no equipment. I use them all the time: such as
10 pushups
10 cruches
20 lunges ( 10 each leg)
20 squats
60 jumping jacks
20 sec plank
repeat 3 to 5 times
also bodyrock.tv has a bunch too. They have some with equipment and some with out.0 -
I am glad you asked this. I do use the weights at the Y but when I'm at home I'd sure like to use things around the house. That nerdiftness site is pretty helpful.0
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that is what i am doing now. 3 days a week. i can only do 2 circuits but im working my way up to all 3.0 -
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Great links above! Also, if you want to keep it mixed up and keep doing different stuff, I just downloaded several apps today called "Daily X Workout" - where X is Abs, Arms, Butt, Cardio, or Legs, respectively. It gives you a different workout to do every day for these different major area. I haven't tried it yet, so I can't say how good it is, but I do know that it shows you video on how to do the move.0
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