Lifting Heavy on a Budget
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badtastebetty
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I am interested in starting to lift heavy, but I would like to do so without joining a gym, as I am trying to save money.
What would you recommend for must have at home equipment. Also, any tips for how to do this cheaply?
What would you recommend for must have at home equipment. Also, any tips for how to do this cheaply?
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You should try posting in the "Eat Train Progress" group.0
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You can make an awesome adjustable "sandbag" for lifting for relatively cheap. http://youtu.be/OIIuvdW6IXE That will walk you through it. I think they have videos for other DIY workout equipment. Good luck with it!
ETA: For an example of what kind of workout you can do with a sandbag, check out http://youtu.be/J4KtudiUT7o0 -
To be perfectly honest, your best bet is to join a gym. Find one that is running a special and sign up. My gym is normally $19/month and I signed up for $9/month. It is by far worth it to have access to all the equipment and have a place you can focus.0
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I once lifted my neighbor's TV. Carried it all the way to the pawn shop. I got my workout in, made some money too..0
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What budget do you have to work with? That determines what your options are.
And yeah, what whierd said. There are a lot of gyms using the ~$10/month and no initiation fees business model (because they have concluded that people are less likely to cancel at that price...brilliant, actually).
My recommendation for a decent starting setup would set you back ~$600 (for a cage $400 and a set of cheap oly plates and a cheap bar (~$200))...which is 3-5 years at a budget gym that will have all of this and much more.0 -
You can make an awesome adjustable "sandbag" for lifting for relatively cheap. http://youtu.be/OIIuvdW6IXE That will walk you through it. I think they have videos for other DIY workout equipment. Good luck with it!
ETA: For an example of what kind of workout you can do with a sandbag, check out http://youtu.be/J4KtudiUT7o
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To be perfectly honest, your best bet is to join a gym. Find one that is running a special and sign up. My gym is normally $19/month and I signed up for $9/month. It is by far worth it to have access to all the equipment and have a place you can focus.
All the gyms in my area require contracts - so gyms are not my best bet. Maybe when I move to a different area I can look into other gyms.0 -
If you are that price restricted, I would recommend doing body weight exercises for awhile until your financial situation improves.0
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If you are that price restricted, I would recommend doing body weight exercises for awhile until your financial situation improves.
This is also a good option. You can check out http://www.nerdfitness.com or http://www.marklauren.com/0 -
No need to join a gym if you don't want to. You have everything you need with your own bodyweight and a pull-up bar. Some folks will tell you that bodyweight exercises will get to a point then stop, but that is only if you don't know how to make the exercise more intense by changing it up - for example push-ups, close hand push-ups, etc until you are doing one arm push-ups. There is no more limitation in bodyweight exerciese than there are in weights.
Your choice. I would recommend to you a workout manual called Convict Conditioning showing progressive bodyweight exercises from easy to unbelievable. That and some kettlebells and good form and your all set.
I think it's superior to weights, but then I'm hooked!0 -
I use this great app called You Are Your Own Gym to do body weight exercise.0
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Convict Conditioning is pretty good...I'd start with that, if you can master that, you may not need any "equipment" at all.
But if you really want some "equipment' the first question is do you have the room for it? If you do, you can get an "olympic" 300lb set of weights with bar at D1cks sporting goods for about $200. This would let you do everything you needed except squats if you followed Stronglifts or a similar program.
You can also build your own Squat/Bench Rack for about $80 from wood instead of buying a station ($3-400)...if you do some googling you can find out how... (Depending on your ability to build things safely, you may need some help with that).
You would need a bench, and those can be bought second hand or off of craigslist for dirt cheap (just make sure you research what you are buying to make sure it's sturdy first)...You may be able to get everthing rather cheaply on craigslist if you search it for a while.
I've also seem some real good buys at yard sales. Especially this time of year, people do their spring/summer yard sales and the stuff they bought at christmas that they aren't going to use they sometimes sell real cheap.0 -
Convict Conditioning is snake oil --- stick with material from Ross Enamait, he's at least got credentials.
But for bare minimum equipment other than bodyweight, I'd suggest a kettlebell. Get a single 35# and you'll grow in to it.0 -
I've been keeping my eye on Craigslist...you can find weights & equipment pretty cheap. Also Goodwill & second hand sporting goods stores. I bought two used 20lb dumbbells for $22 the other day. Not bad.0
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I asked something similar to this recently and I got a lot of good responses and ideas:
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/979566-weight-training-that-can-be-done-at-home-w-o-much-equipment0 -
Convict Conditioning is snake oil --- stick with material from Ross Enamait, he's at least got credentials.
But for bare minimum equipment other than bodyweight, I'd suggest a kettlebell. Get a single 35# and you'll grow in to it.
So CC is bogus...
...but a single KB is legit?0 -
It costs less for a gym membership than it does for all the equipment needed to "lift heavy".
Also going to a gym gives you options to have a spotter on hand and machines for isolations. No use in trying to squat a 2 plate if you're just going to hurt yourself.0 -
Convict Conditioning is snake oil --- stick with material from Ross Enamait, he's at least got credentials.
But for bare minimum equipment other than bodyweight, I'd suggest a kettlebell. Get a single 35# and you'll grow in to it.
So CC is bogus...
...but a single KB is legit?Problems with CC:
1) We don't know who Paul Wade is.
2) The programming is horrible according to anyone familiar with the basics of strength training.
3) The one-arm handstand pushup is merely theoretical.
4) The one-arm pushup progression doesn't lead to a straight-body one-arm pushup.
5) Uneven squats.
6) Weightlifting is not inherently bad for your joints.
7) The amount of people that have gained a lot of strength on it could've gained the same amount of strength in like two months. I mean, I got my one-arm straddle pushup within a month after I had started working in the lower rep ranges with a better progression.
8) The concept of slow reps to build 'real strength' is nonsense.
9) The concept of slow reps to build joint strength is nonsense.
10) Unless you have shoulder issues, there is no problem in relaxing your shoulders in a dead hang.
11) Doug Hepburn lifted weights.
12) Bert Assirati lifted weights.
13) In fact, everyone that's displayed in the book lifted weights.0
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