Basic home gym substitutes

T_man · 10-19-2009, 03:08 PM

Well I'm at university and atm my student loan hasn't come in and I'm running on a basic £20 a week budget. Basic.

Now I haven't been to the gym for over a 6-7 weeks and I'm feeling myself turning into a vegetable and I need to start working out even though I have no protein shakes.

I was wondering if there was any good home workouts that I could do that don't involve any weights. I just need a good workout that works the whole body, I need maybe 1 exercise per muscle group for now just to maintain what I got. So far I can only do Pushups that I can think of.

suprfast · 10-19-2009, 04:23 PM

calisthenics would be better than nothing. When you get some money buy some bands to increase resistance on your basic push/pull movements.

Ben dur · 10-19-2009, 06:03 PM

pullups if you can find a bar ANYWHERE junglegyms usually have at least a few

Dips if you can find a couple bars

bench dips or chair dips

KB swings

HIIT

pushups

farmer walks kill traps

T_man · 10-20-2009, 06:25 AM

Okay yea that sounds about what I was thinking of, and I'll look into the bands as well see if I can spare some money here n there for it.
Is HIIT really good enough for a leg workout? I can't think of anything except lunges I could do atm with some "home-made" weights lol.

suprfast · 10-20-2009, 12:25 PM

Use anything for weights. Do weighted push ups and sit ups with a backpack filled with your school books. Go outside to the curb and do calf raises. put your car in neutral and push it down the block(okay maybe not this one, but you get the idea, you have to want it)
kris

10-19-2009, 03:08 PM	#1
T_man Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Leeds, England Posts: 1,251 Photos: 1	Basic home gym substitutes Well I'm at university and atm my student loan hasn't come in and I'm running on a basic £20 a week budget. Basic. Now I haven't been to the gym for over a 6-7 weeks and I'm feeling myself turning into a vegetable and I need to start working out even though I have no protein shakes. I was wondering if there was any good home workouts that I could do that don't involve any weights. I just need a good workout that works the whole body, I need maybe 1 exercise per muscle group for now just to maintain what I got. So far I can only do Pushups that I can think of. Cheat on your girlfriend, not on your meal.

10-19-2009, 04:23 PM	#2
suprfast Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Merced, ca Posts: 390	calisthenics would be better than nothing. When you get some money buy some bands to increase resistance on your basic push/pull movements. 5'8" 207 lbs 225lbs(6.8.09)/207lbs(10.22.09) looking for 200lbs in 25 weeks(a pound a week) Exercise Examples

10-19-2009, 06:03 PM	#3
Ben dur Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Milton FL Posts: 1,235 Photos: 6	pullups if you can find a bar ANYWHERE junglegyms usually have at least a few Dips if you can find a couple bars bench dips or chair dips KB swings HIIT pushups farmer walks kill traps 21 5'11" ~175lbs 8% on elec. analyzer

10-20-2009, 06:25 AM	#4
T_man Registered User Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Leeds, England Posts: 1,251 Photos: 1	Okay yea that sounds about what I was thinking of, and I'll look into the bands as well see if I can spare some money here n there for it. Is HIIT really good enough for a leg workout? I can't think of anything except lunges I could do atm with some "home-made" weights lol. Cheat on your girlfriend, not on your meal.

10-20-2009, 12:25 PM	#5
suprfast Registered User Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Merced, ca Posts: 390	Use anything for weights. Do weighted push ups and sit ups with a backpack filled with your school books. Go outside to the curb and do calf raises. put your car in neutral and push it down the block(okay maybe not this one, but you get the idea, you have to want it) kris 5'8" 207 lbs 225lbs(6.8.09)/207lbs(10.22.09) looking for 200lbs in 25 weeks(a pound a week) Exercise Examples

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