That’s what I love about having stuff at home if you have room to be able to. I fucking hate people and though the idea of hot women walking around is enticing I know I would skip a lot. I watch TV shows/movies, listen to podcasts etc. all from my house. I’d suggest strength training of some sort but really like previously said wrt wireless, just do anything that you can not hate doing regularly to start.
What are you interested in? Anything you always wanted to try?
I’m almost as excited as when I bought my Ohio bar. Those heavier weight racks look awesome but they will take up more space, be harder to move, and I likely won’t ever be using weights heavy enough to justify having one. Need to order another pair of 45s this month though. Still under 200 lbs and eating 3.5k-5k calories per day since previous diet post and only walking for other exercise other than lifting atm.
I did start doing chinups but that made my tricep tendonitis flare up bad so laying off that and just doing novice SS for awhile and implementing some conditioning slowly on off days eventually. Probably endurance rides on Peloton and yoga etc for a bit until I’m recovering fully and then start HIIT again a bit.
I got pointed to eccentric band exercises for the tendonitis and benching and pressing and cleans haven’t hurt my tendonitis so going to try that along side SS instead of chinups for awhile and ease into them slower.
I really want to take golf lessons and get my swing back that I had before a shoulder injury that broke my clavicle and scapula but every time I hit the range regularly the tricep tendonitis just starts throbbing so I’d really like to fix that. Tennis doesn’t bother it at all though I barely get to play.
I already have one of these. What are you doing?
Fit XR boxing and HIIT has been kicking my ass. 9.99/mo sub. Much cheaper than any gym.
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Never would have thought of this! Thanks
Part of the problem with exercise is that a lot of it is really boring. I think the elliptical is good exercise, but its boring as hell. Weight training can be boring too. I guess if I had to pick my favorite fun type of exercise, it would probably be racquetball. I’d recommend taking a class in it if you can find one offered anywhere. Find another novice to play with, and have fun. It can be a terrific workout.
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The accessory review
The J hooks are terrible on them. The lip doesn’t have any plastic so it rubs metal on metal. The upgraded hooks are worth it.
The safety bars are pretty average. I bought the upgraded ones but I don’t think they’re worth it. Mostly because working out alone I don’t lift to failure too much, but I don’t mind the upgraded ones
The lat pull down pulley system is absolutely worthless. It prevents you from doing overhead presses easily and the angles means doing rows is also difficult. Really the only exercise that the pulley makes easy is the tricep push down. Also the cable is really cheap.
The horizontal barbell holders also suck. Not construction wise but they prevent you from having the upgraded hooks low to the ground and just laying the barbell on the ground or on detached mount works just fine.
This is why the VR has been a godsend. It gamifies the workout experience and gives you interesting things to look at
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What an extended review now compared to previous lmao. I haven’t ordered it yet actually.
I need something better than the Proform C740 Manuals | ManualsLib
That is wobbly just setting the bar down on it and I am too tall for it which is weird af.
That seems better than the ones that show up with misdrilled holes and things that don’t line up. I can’t imagine the pain in the ass of sending something like a power rack back.
I don’t want the lat pull down stuff and will likely never order it.
I have a separate pullup bar I can use so that one doesn’t matter.
Should I order something else or that?
Would you order it again?
ETA: I did buy my Weider bench from Sears like the manual haha. RIP Sears.
I owned this exact rack for about three years before upgrading to a Rogue squat stand. The Amazon rack worked great. The most weight I ever had on it was only about 225 pounds, but it always felt solid and safe.
I’d give the rack an 8 out of 10. It’s the second best rack behind Rogue. It’s a good value for what you get, as opposed to some third tier brands that have tons of defects.
I think you’d be perfectly happy with a rack. I am.
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The women at my gym either wear a baggy t-shirt and sweats, or skin-tight super-thin semi-opaque leggings that all the way up into all the cracks, and a tight halter sports-bra thing on top. Nothing in-between.
I’m convinced a bunch of strippers go to my gym. It can be a little distracting.
My squat sucks so bad. When I get to parallel it feels like trying to catch a sandbag thrown out of a second story window.
I can’t do 10 good squats past 135. I can get up to 195 but nowhere close to parallel. Then I see these potato-looking guys doing 3 plates on each side all the way to parallel like no problem. I know my body isn’t built for squats, but I feel like I should still be able to get to 225 someday. I just worked up to 10 deadlifts at 265 after doing my squats. It’s ridiculous how much worse my squats are than my deads.
I know I’m doing something super wrong. My ex-trainer could never fix it, he’d just help me past my sticking point when the weight got heavy.
I can do better if I go lower than parallel, then it hits more of a natural stop that I bounce off of. But I don’t want to do that with heavy weights at age 52. Seems like asking for a knee blowout.
Are there any exercises that can help with the bottom part of the squat? I know you’re just going to say more squats. But I’ve ben doing that and I never seem to gain much. I really really don’t want to do more than one heavy leg day per week. But I could do more targeted stuff in between.
Or maybe I should just give up on getting parallel with much more than I can do now.
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Is going for a jog around your neighborhood something you’d consider?
I’m always flabbergasted by the amount of people who would rather run on the treadmill at home or in the gym than running outdoors. I can hardly make it 20 minutes on a treadmill.
Maybe I’m just weird but I enjoy trying to see every single street within a 5 mile radius of my place. And being outside feels so much better to me than running on a treadmill.
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Agreed, it really is just about finding basically any movement based activity that you enjoy (or can tolerate) and making it part of your daily routine
Going straight to high intensity type stuff, especially if you’re not in good shape to begin with, seems like the equivalent of crash diets, it’s not very sustainable.
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In Canada running outside becomes unpleasant or impossible around December, depending on where you live.
A fun winter cardio exercise I took up last year was snow shoeing. Plowing through fresh snow is a TON of exercise and is definitely more entertaining than a treadmill.
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There could be a lot going on here. When you try to squat deeper do you feel yourself rocking forward on your toes or back on your heels? That could be a clue about where the lack of mobility is coming from.
Have you ever tried squatting deeper with your heels slightly elevated? Like if you have a board or something about an inch thick, try squatting with your heels on the board and your toes on the floor, to see if that makes it more comfortable to squat to parallel. I wouldn’t advise doing this with heavy weight.
Problem is it regularly gets -20 here. 