At home weight lifting for beginners ?

Following, interested to see suggestions as well!

I know of 2 websites:

http://www.bodybuilding.com/

http://www.freetrainers.com/

I only ever workout at home.. I hate the gym so these both have done me well. You do have to sign up but its all free. I find free trainers is a little easier to work your way around if your not that good with computers. Body builders requires a little more exploration.

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Chalean Extreme really helped me out when I first started lifting, for at home workouts. It's a bit pricey, I thought it was worth it though. Jillian Michael's No More Trouble Zones is great also, but it's low weight high rep, so it will only take you so far (you won't build much strength, but your endurance for lifting will get a huge benefit for this workout). For NMTZ light weights is great, but if you want a comparison I used to do NMTZ with 5lbs, got up to 8 and stopped seeing much benefit, until I did Chalean, then went back did NMTZ with 20lb weights, lol.

Both of those plans are great though if you are a combination of antisocial and visual learner like me I don't like going to a trainer, I don't like asking for help. Not great traits, I know, but it is what it is. So essentially, I watched the form and the moves on these videos then bumped up the weights, lowered the reps and got loads stronger.

New Rules of Lifting for Women was a great program for me, although it does incorporate barbell work. Its sounds like you aren't set up for that quite yet. You can start out with that book, and use dumbbells for now. http://www.amazon.com/The-New-Rules-Lifting-Women/dp/1583333398

Nia Shanks has a great Bodyweight workout guide, and she has other programs too. http://www.niashanks.com/the-beautiful-badass-bodyweight-guide2/

Just wondering if anyone knows of any good sites that give a step by step for weight lifting at home ? resistance bands, or lights weights ? as well as body weight exercise for someone just starting out ?

My husband just ordered us some yoga mats, a medicine ball, and some dumbbells, so id like to have a good lifting work out routine to add to my cardio.

Easy and free.....
Leaning pushups against a wall.
Then to a table.
Then a desk.
Then maybe stairs.
Something a little lower.
Then to your knees.
Then a real pushup.

If you work yourself up to whatever number you want and depending on your strength this could take you quite awhile. Once you get comfortable and it is much easier, drop down to a lower item to lean on.

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sounds like everthing you need for p90x2. not for beginners tho

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I quit the gym so do most of my workouts at home. I have kettlebells but do lots without them too. I do squats, snatch, deadlift and a few other things with the kettlebells but I also do things like press ups, sit ups, planks, lunges etc without them. I just Googled for Kettlebell workouts and body weight workouts and just put my own routine together.

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I agree New Rules of Lifting for Women is a great program - I did it and learned a lot. I do not, however, think it is a great "at home weight lifting for beginners" program. I have also done Rachel Cosgrove's Drop 2 Sizes - dumb name but I love the workouts and I'm able to do them at home with a few modifications. There are also DVD's for it and a decent meal plan. I would recommend maybe starting with that to learn some of the basics and then work your way up to the New Rules books. Rachel is Alwyn Cosgrove's wife - he's did all the workouts for the New Rules series.

Like others mentioned, body weight and kettle bell workouts are also good for beginners at home. I also love to work in yoga at least once a week and you can find a billion yoga dvd's or videos online.

Good luck!

Fitsugar.com has some really great short strength training (and other) videos that target different areas, and are very user friendly!