Can I lift at home ? supplies!!!

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  • geebusuk
    geebusuk Posts: 3,348 Member
    Sorry, I should have clarified, by 'body weight', I meant having a barbell with the equivalent weight of your body on your back.
    Didn't make that clear as wasn't thinking of 'bodyweight exercises' - rather like when someone says "I can bench my bodyweight".

    Pistol squats will give you just about equal that, but be considerably harder as far as balance goes.
    Of course for most people with a bit of progression, they should be able to easily get stronger than having their body weight again on their back.

    The other alternatives could all be done better with a bar, I would suggest.
  • MeanderingMammal
    MeanderingMammal Posts: 7,866 Member
    I wanna do some weight training at home and I need to know the basics on what supplies I need. There's not much room to work with so just the basic and few essentials please . Thanks!!!

    Broadly, what are your objectives and what type of training do you already do? From your nym it sounds like you're already a runner so you're wanting to do something complementary to that.

    For me, any resistance training that I do is around injury prevention to complement running.
  • debrag12
    debrag12 Posts: 1,071 Member
    I don't even have room to have a bench and be able to use a barbell lol Currently I have york barbell + weights + 2 dumbbells. I'm looking at getting an exercise ball and pull up bar as some point and maybe an aerobic stepper.
  • leahloves2run
    leahloves2run Posts: 43 Member
    Or you could do body weight exercises and not really need anything expect maybe a pull up bar.

    My thoughts exactly! You already own all the equipment you'll ever need, your own body.
  • leahloves2run
    leahloves2run Posts: 43 Member
    This s what I was hoping but I wasn't sure. My main reason is to increase metabolism and tone up and I already do yoga and love what it does. I'm gonna put more into it then.

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