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buying some weights
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2016-10-12 at 2:50 PM UTCso my gym membership is ending and i really dont workout hella anyways but doing some squats, rows, military and bench press a few times a week is really good for general strength and wellbeing so im thinking of getting a bar, some weights, and some little stands and a bench and just keep it in my apt. i live on the third floor though so id have to get some pads or some shit to set it down on or the people below me might get pissed off when i do deadlifts
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2016-10-12 at 3:10 PM UTCthat's a lot of work, be better value for money & time to just renew your gym membership.
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2016-10-12 at 3:18 PM UTC
that's a lot of work, be better value for money & time to just renew your gym membership.
I'm not quite sure that's the case. Gym memberships cost about $60-$70 a month here and im a student right now so getting there and back takes time. I could get weights and shit for maybe $300-600, which is the price of a gym membership for 6 months to a year. -
2016-10-12 at 4:39 PM UTC
that's a lot of work, be better value for money & time to just renew your gym membership.
This is not accurate. You can get weights used for super cheap. Or even just say fuck the weights. Get a metal bar and fill milk jugs with water until your at the weight you want. Use a bag full of canned beans. Shit man people waste lots of money on expensive workout equiptment when all you need is something that has some weight to it, lift it a couple times and your gold.
Either way, get a mat. Padded matts or yoga mats might do the trick. Or just an old blanket or pillows or something. -
2016-10-12 at 4:59 PM UTCA bag full of canned beans is gonna fuck up your form and be awkward to use. Sand is unreliable and water is too light to work out with. If you want to make something on the cheap, use concrete, a gal is about 20lbs iirc so with some 5gal buckets and a bit of craftmanship, you can easily make your own weights.
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2016-10-13 at 12:34 AM UTCGet this, people PAY ME to lift heavy stuff.
It ain't a workout until you lift a 20L jug of chlorine. -
2016-10-13 at 5:44 AM UTC
I'm not quite sure that's the case. Gym memberships cost about $60-$70 a month here and im a student right now so getting there and back takes time. I could get weights and shit for maybe $300-600, which is the price of a gym membership for 6 months to a year.
Where do you live? A 2 year Costco gym membership to 24 hour fitness is really cheap, works out to around $15/month. Their gyms can be pretty acceptable for strength training, usually have everything you need around here. -
2016-10-13 at 6:11 AM UTC
Get this, people PAY ME to lift heavy stuff.
It ain't a workout until you lift a 20L jug of chlorine.
The "heavy lifting job" route is a good way. I build grain bins and picking up 150lb+ sheets of metal really does it.
Regarding discount whore's response to my original suggestion, it wont fuck up your form if you are not retarded. Lifting oddly weighted objects or unconventional weight distrobutions is actually better than lifting the same exact thing for a set number of reps. Unconventional workout equiptment gives you an edge. That edge being real life application. Sure you may be able to lift a fuckton of weight as a "professional" body builder but can you lift the same amount of weight for the same amount of time in a real life scenario? Use weird shit to workout and you will naturally be better than those that simply exercise. Apply your exercises to your life goals or even necessities.
Literally fucking walk into the forest, cut down a tree and chop that up into firewood. That would be a fucking real ass nigga ass fucking workout. -
2016-10-13 at 6:20 AM UTC^^^ Not true, the whole functional training idea is largely a myth. A proper strength training program develops strength that's perfectly applicable to a variety of situations. Think about how the muscles function.
What's more functional than learning to pickup heavy shit off the floor with proper form? (deadlifts)
A progressive overload system, which weight training allows to a very fine extent, is far more efficient. How are you going to do many of the exercises without weights? You could rig something up, but it would likely be unstable and greatly limit the amount you could use. -
2016-10-13 at 6:34 AM UTCI disagree. A slant weighted box is a proven regime.
Grab a sturdy box. A plastic bin may be better.
Fill said box with material put an emphasis on weight on one corner with the rest of the box being lighter
Practice proper from for nonuniformly weighted objects by lifting the box by each face. This can be done by starting at one side of the box lifting it and setting it going to the next closest side and repeating this cycle.
Not all objects in real life allow for proper form so cultivate it yourself by practicing reality.
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2016-10-13 at 8:05 AM UTCThe jobs that require regular use of physical strength are dull and mind rotting as hell.
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2016-10-13 at 10:19 AM UTCNigger, you have no concept of how muscles work if this is what you truly think
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2016-10-13 at 12:38 PM UTC
The jobs that require regular use of physical strength are dull and mind rotting as hell.
until someone spills the chlorine because they weren't TUFF enough. -
2016-10-13 at 8:46 PM UTCbriqq skwad
