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What to buy if you want to work out at home (besides a home gym)
- Thread starter PoPPeR
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I good padded bench and dumbells should be enough to provide a good, fairly in-depth workout routine.
The amount of weight depends on your current strength. You'll at least need different weights for different excersizes/muscles. Go to a gym to try it out, and get an idae of how much weight you'll need to lift to stress your muscles at home.
The amount of weight depends on your current strength. You'll at least need different weights for different excersizes/muscles. Go to a gym to try it out, and get an idae of how much weight you'll need to lift to stress your muscles at home.
blackdogdeek
Lifer
for cardio, a heavy bag and a jump rope aren't very expensive and can make for good workouts.
can you afford a treadmill?
i second the bench/dumbell suggestions. i've heard that bowflex, albeit cheesy, does offer a decent workout, but ymmv.
can you afford a treadmill?
i second the bench/dumbell suggestions. i've heard that bowflex, albeit cheesy, does offer a decent workout, but ymmv.
PaperclipGod
Banned
Just curious - why not join a gym?
For the price of all the equipment you'd need to buy just to get a decent workout at home, you could have a membership for several years to a gym that has loads of top-notch equipment.
For the price of all the equipment you'd need to buy just to get a decent workout at home, you could have a membership for several years to a gym that has loads of top-notch equipment.
StageLeft
No Lifer
I bet you didn't realize how freaking expensive a bowflex machine is 😉
For about $1k you can get some real equipment for your home - I mean a cage, adjustable bench, olympic bar, heavy dumbells, etc.
You can make do with less but the equipment I just mentioned will allow you to do all of the true compound basic lifts like bench, squats, deadlifts, and the majority of other lifts a person is likely to want to do all the way from military press to bicep curls. Anything else is just a luxury 🙂
If all you want is to bench press and get some biceps a couple hundred bucks will get you some basic low-end stuff.
blackdogdeek
Lifer
holy cr4p! you're right, i did NOT realize how extremely expensive a bowflex is. stick with a bench and dumbells.
dont buy a treadmill/excercise bike/heavy bag.
Save money and go running and buy a jumprope. the rope is going to give the best cardio workout and is the cheapest...
I've Heard that the boxflex severely lacks quality... also the weight isn't distributed evenly during the the repitition, like an exponential curve.
Save money and go running and buy a jumprope. the rope is going to give the best cardio workout and is the cheapest...
I've Heard that the boxflex severely lacks quality... also the weight isn't distributed evenly during the the repitition, like an exponential curve.
I'd like to be able to work out without driving someplace, it's just more comfortable and less of a hassle for me if I can just walk 20 feet to my garage or backyard and get a pretty decent workout. I got a punching bag (are they the same thing as heavy bags?) for free from one of my friends, it's about 100 pounds or so, so I"m going to latch that onto the ceiling outside, then just put a bench and some dumbells. It'll be like prison 🙂 (or at least seem like the prison's in the movies, without the extras).
