What is your workout routine at home?

MrsMcC7
MrsMcC7 Posts: 12 Member
in Fitness and Exercise
I've decided to cancel my gym membership just now, as I'm just not using it enough and haven't really taken to the new gym we moved to. I don't really need to lose, just keep toning, and can workout at home with the punchbag and weights/weightbench we have.

The thing I'm struggling with is a routine at home - for some reason I don't seem to be able to stick to my usual gym one in the house evenalthough I have the same equipment!!

What routine do you follow if you workout at home?

Thanks

S

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  • RECowgill
    RECowgill Posts: 881 Member
    I still go to my gym but sometimes work out at home. When I do, I'll use a doorframe pullup bar, pushups (different widths), burpees and squat form practice.

    If I had any weights or bench at home, I would just do the fundamentals for strength training: bench press, squats, deadlifts, overhead press and pendlay rows.
  • mhasita
    mhasita Posts: 93 Member
    I use youtube videos. (fitness blender channel)
    My week usually goes:

    Monday: strength training (total body supersets)
    Tuesday: cardio (usually low impact)
    Wednesday: core workouts (usually kickboxing or pilates, depending on how sore I am)
    Thursday: cardio (low impact if too sore, otherwise I do some HIIT)
    Friday: strength training (total body supersets)

    When I started exercising at home I had a really hard time motivating myself to do it, what I did was to make a calendar with my workouts, print it out and put it on a very visible place, everytime I woke up I saw the calendar, and everytime I finished my workout I marked the day as done (I love marking things as done). After a while you just do it as part of your daily routine.
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    I do 2x week fullbody (Squats, Bench & Pendlay Row).

    And 1x week Deadlifting and DL accessory work.
  • justisroyster
    justisroyster Posts: 40 Member
    The more you mix it up, the better. If you target muscle, look for plateau busting weightlifting. If you want weight loss, it's mostly nutrition and cardio. I like to do some of everything.
  • justisroyster
    justisroyster Posts: 40 Member
    The more you mix it up, the better. If you look to gain muscle, go for plateau busting weightlifting. If you want weight loss, it's mostly nutrition and cardio. I like to do some of everything. Routines don't work for everybody because their bodies aren't being "tricked"
  • jimmmer
    jimmmer Posts: 3,515 Member
    The more you mix it up, the better. If you look to gain muscle, go for plateau busting weightlifting. If you want weight loss, it's mostly nutrition and cardio. I like to do some of everything. Routines don't work for everybody because their bodies aren't being "tricked"

    This is just bollocks.

    Our bodies adapt to stress. Any properly structure routine will have a way to force the body to continue to adapt. This may be rep progression, weight progression, volume progression, etc.

    Of course, whether a particular routine continues to be suitable for a particular individual depends upon their current lifting level and whether they are still capable of keeping up with the progression system. An intermediate will put themselves into the floor with the speedy progression of a beginner's routine, for instance. Conversely the volume of an intermediate routine will probably be too much for a beginner.

    But there is no "tricking" the body. Just stress, recovery and adaptation.
  • phoenixx866
    phoenixx866 Posts: 173 Member
    I have a rowing machine and a million exercise DVDs, from Chris Powell to Jillian Michaels to Richard Simmons. I also have two feet and I walk a lot around my neighborhood. C:
  • Stage14
    Stage14 Posts: 1,046 Member
    The more you mix it up, the better. If you look to gain muscle, go for plateau busting weightlifting. If you want weight loss, it's mostly nutrition and cardio. I like to do some of everything. Routines don't work for everybody because their bodies aren't being "tricked"

    This is just bollocks.

    Our bodies adapt to stress. Any properly structure routine will have a way to force the body to continue to adapt. This may be rep progression, weight progression, volume progression, etc.

    Of course, whether a particular routine continues to be suitable for a particular individual depends upon their current lifting level and whether they are still capable of keeping up with the progression system. An intermediate will put themselves into the floor with the speedy progression of a beginner's routine, for instance. Conversely the volume of an intermediate routine will probably be too much for a beginner.

    But there is no "tricking" the body. Just stress, recovery and adaptation.

    All of this.

    I do Stronglifts 5x5 at home.
  • MrsMcC7
    MrsMcC7 Posts: 12 Member
    That's for all the replies guys, much appreciated.

    I like to have a routine to keep me focused and quite fancy the 5X5, so will give that a go I think and see how I get on.

    Thanks again

    Suzie x

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