Strength Training at home?

Im_NotPerfect
Im_NotPerfect Posts: 2,181 Member
edited December 22 in Fitness and Exercise
Hello all! I'm currently doing the c25k program but am looking for some strength training exercises I can do on my days off. I don't belong to a gym, so I'm hoping there's something I can do at home. Any thoughts?

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  • soehlerking
    soehlerking Posts: 589 Member
    personally (at least when I was starting out) I found that Jillian's 30Day Shred was incredibly effective at toning my arms. I'm now doing Ripped in 30, and it's only my first day, but I'm feeling the same sort of results in my arms. All done with light weights and simple movements.
  • ummommyme
    ummommyme Posts: 362 Member
    Circuits of body weight exercises are great. You can look up tons on line. I'm about to get some kettle bells to up my routine. There will probably be people on here who will tell you the only way to strength train is to lift heavy, don't be intimidated by that. You do not have to lift heavy to get strong and gain definition to your body. Just look at those in the military or gymnasts:)
  • Jaxster92708
    Jaxster92708 Posts: 84 Member
    I love using resistance bands and body weight exercises. I bought a weight bench but rarely use it: You can sub a stability ball for the bench and work your core. You can also get door attachments for the bands so you can do lat pulldowns, flyes, etc.

    I still have a gym membership but rarely go. I love the convenience of home workouts.

    Good luck and enjoy!
  • SorchaEilis
    SorchaEilis Posts: 99 Member
    I have a 15lb body bar, some kettlebells, some free weights, and a barbell. I didn't buy everything all at once, but I peruse the local sporting goods store periodically and if something I want is on sale, I pick it up. There are videos available for using pretty much any kind of weight, magazines articles (I subscribed to Self for years, and there's a lot of good at home workouts in there), and demos online.

    An easy to store option is resistance tubing/bands. You can get a pretty good strength workout using those, and the can squish into a drawer when you're done.
  • waldo56
    waldo56 Posts: 1,861 Member
    Circuits of body weight exercises are great. You can look up tons on line. I'm about to get some kettle bells to up my routine. There will probably be people on here who will tell you the only way to strength train is to lift heavy, don't be intimidated by that. You do not have to lift heavy to get strong and gain definition to your body. Just look at those in the military or gymnasts:)

    Even though they are using their bodyweight, gymnasts certainly do lift heavy. If anything even moreso than most weight people, since gymnasts and other progressive calisthenics practitioners have to do a lot of single/double rep work due to the big steps between exercises. Its pretty rare that weight people will go in and only work at their 1RM for a few days/weeks, but that is totally the norm with gymnastics/progressive calisthenics.
  • suavequeen
    suavequeen Posts: 273 Member
    When I first started I did things like body weight squats, body weight lunges, tricep dips using a chair, push ups, and leg raises..
    They certainly worked for me and inspired me to keep at it while slowly adding weight for resistance...
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