Getting ripped without a gym membership
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dart_si
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Hello forum. I notice many people on here think it's impossible to get into good shape without going to the gym and lifting multiple times a week. I plan to gain about 25 pounds over the next year and a half without going to the gym once.
I have a pullups bar, I will be doing a lot of modified body weight exercise. I'm at 145 pounds right now and 5'10. My body fat stays around the single digits naturally so this may be easier for someone like me compared to others. If you want to see my progress in the future feel free to contact me.
Has anybody had any success doing what I'm doing or similar?
I have a pullups bar, I will be doing a lot of modified body weight exercise. I'm at 145 pounds right now and 5'10. My body fat stays around the single digits naturally so this may be easier for someone like me compared to others. If you want to see my progress in the future feel free to contact me.
Has anybody had any success doing what I'm doing or similar?
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Just curious, why are you anti gym/equipment?If you think you're going to gain 25 lbs and maintain a low body fat percentage by doing purely modified bodyweight exercises, you're probably fooling yourself. I wish you nothing but the best in your endeavor!7
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I'm not anti gym. I just don't need it. I didn't use a gym in the army when I bulked up quite a bit, and I can do it again. I've just been lazy lately. Everyone has a different body type. I've always been extremely lean and able to build muscle easy as long as I'm eating enough. There's tons of ways to work out without having to go visit a gym all the time.7
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I don't think we are anti gym, but realize from an effacicy standpoint, its much easier to add a progressive overload component at a gym. Adding weight to a bar is easier than adding reps, sets and additional moves to add volume.
There are certainly programs out there that are bw based and effective.5 -
I can just put in a backpack while doing pull ups or any body weight exercise. Single leg squats are also an effective way to build the legs. There's more than one path to get a nice body.4
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I can just put in a backpack while doing pull ups or any body weight exercise. Single leg squats are also an effective way to build the legs. There's more than one path to get a nice body.
Yea, we recognize that. Are yoi planning on doing random moves or are you going to structure a routine? Because its more than just doing pulls and sqauts.6 -
I'm going to alternate between 3 and 4 days a week. The workouts will vary, but they will target the same groups routinely. I do have some dumbbells at home, so I'm able to do more than someone with nothing can. I'm only trying to put on 20 pounds of mass so it shouldn't be difficult, especially since I've done it before already.4
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I'm not anti gym. I just don't need it. I didn't use a gym in the army when I bulked up quite a bit, and I can do it again. I've just been lazy lately. Everyone has a different body type. I've always been extremely lean and able to build muscle easy as long as I'm eating enough. There's tons of ways to work out without having to go visit a gym all the time.
It's easy for you to put on muscle but you're 145 pounds?17 -
I'm going to alternate between 3 and 4 days a week. The workouts will vary, but they will target the same groups routinely. I do have some dumbbells at home, so I'm able to do more than someone with nothing can. I'm only trying to put on 20 pounds of mass so it shouldn't be difficult, especially since I've done it before already.
So, you started at 125 and put on 20 lbs of mostly muscle to stay in single-digit body fat percentage using primarily body weight exercises? I'm very impressed! Please share your secrets, as I've only put on 10 lbs in the last five months with heavy *kitten* weights and progressive overload!7 -
Hello forum. I notice many people on here think it's impossible to get into good shape without going to the gym and lifting multiple times a week. I plan to gain about 25 pounds over the next year and a half without going to the gym once.
I have a pullups bar, I will be doing a lot of modified body weight exercise. I'm at 145 pounds right now and 5'10. My body fat stays around the single digits naturally so this may be easier for someone like me compared to others. If you want to see my progress in the future feel free to contact me.
Has anybody had any success doing what I'm doing or similar?
I certainly think it's possible to get in extremely good shape without going to a gym.
But I don't think you could gain 25 lbs. in a year and be ripped. You could be in great shape though.
"Ripped" means extremely low bodyfat levels attained by reducing calorie levels over an extended time period.
If you plan to gain 25 lbs. over the next year I don't think you can get ripped. You'd be bulking up.
You are very low in bodyweight presently at 5'10" and 145 so there is a lot of room to add bodyweight. Adding 25 lbs. and you'd be 170 which is still fairly light.
Gaining 25 lbs. in a year is certainly do-able but only with increasing your bodyfat along with it. A good % of the 25 lbs. would be fat. You wouldn't be ripped anymore.
25 lbs. of only muscle is impossible without drugs. Even impossible with drugs.
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You were 125 while in the Army? How did you rate an exception? At 5’10 that is several pounds below the minimum allowable weight. Anyhow, good luck. Please stay active on these forums and post some progress pics. This will be interesting.9
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Where did he say he was 125 lbs. in the Army?1
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I'm not anti gym. I just don't need it. I didn't use a gym in the army when I bulked up quite a bit, and I can do it again. I've just been lazy lately. Everyone has a different body type. I've always been extremely lean and able to build muscle easy as long as I'm eating enough. There's tons of ways to work out without having to go visit a gym all the time.I'm going to alternate between 3 and 4 days a week. The workouts will vary, but they will target the same groups routinely. I do have some dumbbells at home, so I'm able to do more than someone with nothing can. I'm only trying to put on 20 pounds of mass so it shouldn't be difficult, especially since I've done it before already.Where did he say he was 125 lbs. in the Army?
The minimum weight for entry into the Army for his height is 132. You won't make it past MEPs if you are under and will be put on extra rations and medical supervision if you go under after you are in (I know, as I did this once while enlisted). His current weight is 145 - that means, if he was the bare minimum when he entered he only gained 13 pounds during his enlistment. Typically, for a technical field that is at least 4 years of active duty. Some of the combat arms MOS's can be 2 years active but they are the exception. I doubt he was a mortar butt-plate carrier or an infantryman considering his physical stature... but that is just a guess. He says he's done it "before already" when he refers to gaining 20 pounds. He also said he bulked up quite a bit - which I assume means more than 13 pounds in 4 years, or even 2...4 -
He didn't provide a timeline for when he was in the army or when he bulked.6
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Has anybody had any success doing what I'm doing or similar?
So far the answer to this question is: "No."
I have a complete weight lifting setup at home and don't need to workout at my gym but my goal has never been to bulk up.
My goal was mainly asthetic - - to lose weight and to get leaner with more muscular definition and symmetry. I have achieved this. I also got stronger and fitter in the process but those were just collateral benefits, not my primary objectives.
Could I bulk up and get bigger w/o using my "gym" equipment if I wanted to do so?
Probably but, given the choice, I'd rather achieve this goal by using my "gym" equipment than not and I have no specific suggestions for how to go about acheiving the OP's goal, except to recommend that he eat more and lift progressively heavier and heavier things that he has on had or has access to apart from a gym.
Good luck, OP!5 -
Won’t happen enjoy a wasted year11
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Buy a good barbell, rack, and bench and I think you could strength train perfectly well at home. I like squats and deadlifts too much to drop them. Although, I do hope to drop my gym membership someday.1
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Good luck, hope it works for you again! I personally couldn’t get much stronger without progressive overloading. I am close to 2x body weight squats and 2.5x on deadlifts. I don’t believe that body weight exercises would help me much.
Now body weight exercises and small overload from weighted backpack along with a spot in diet could get you ripped. I am just not sure if it’s super efficient. Still I wish you the best.2 -
I'm not anti gym. I just don't need it. I didn't use a gym in the army when I bulked up quite a bit, and I can do it again. I've just been lazy lately. Everyone has a different body type. I've always been extremely lean and able to build muscle easy as long as I'm eating enough. There's tons of ways to work out without having to go visit a gym all the time.
Yeah well that's generally how it works.
Okay so what about quad, glute, hamstring, and spinal erectors development? What are your plans for them?
You are completely entitled to your preferred exercise. I just know I would never have reached this level or look the way I do without lifting hundreds of pounds over several years.
Besides work pays for my gym so I can't see a reason not to train. Also my sport requires weights..sooooo
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Davidsdottir wrote: »Just curious, why are you anti gym/equipment?If you think you're going to gain 25 lbs and maintain a low body fat percentage by doing purely modified bodyweight exercises, you're probably fooling yourself. I wish you nothing but the best in your endeavor!
I'm curious as well. How exactly are you going to gain 25lbs of pure muscle? Which is literally the genetic max that a genetic freak can put on in their first year of lifting. PROGRESSIVELY.
Also. If by different body types you're referring to somatotypes. Please just leave and do more research before coming back. Those are an age old myth.8 -
Still waiting for the OP's secrets to lean bulking without a gym/barbell. I's gots to know!5
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