Home workout exercise update...

[casavant]

The home workout thing is going pretty well. I'm doing 100% free weight exercises which is just like I trained back in high school before I had a gym membership. It's kind of funny to be using the exact same barbell that I was when I was sixteen and struggling to bench 185 for one rep. I go tan at the pool afterward, lying in the sun and savoring the endorphins. I still need a power rack for squats, but they run about $300. I'm going to start checking the classifieds on the off chance that someone is getting rid of one on the cheap. I also need some adjustable dumbbells and a chin/dip station, but here's what I have so far:

45lbs x 12
35lbs x 2
25lbs x 2
10lbs x 4
5lbs x 10
2.5lbs x 4

*olympic bench w/ incline capability
*olympic barbell w/ clips
*EZ-curl bar w/ collars
*trap bar
*neck harness
*dip belt

We've got a big stereo in the living room, so I can play whatever the hell I want. It's A-OK. I'm just going to have to make sure to ventilate the place and light some candles so it doesn't start to smell like a locker room.

All-in-all, I feel pretty good about the switch. I'll miss some of the people at the gym, but I see almost all of them at the bar or on campus anyway.

 

[WODIN]

Sweet setup so far. Why do you need 2.5lb plates? Running low on coasters?

 

[casavant]

Sweet setup so far. Why do you need 2.5lb plates? Running low on coasters?

I used them more when I was a lot smaller, but in my experience they can help quite a bit with breaking through plateaus. You forget that they're even there, but before you know it you're up 15 pounds on a lift and it was done in five pound increments. You see a lot of people repping with 315 in the gym, but they don't ever go up much beyond that because they won't increase incrementally. I often try to nudge the weight up as much as I can, instead of just being satisfied with the big plates.

 

[Doktor Bollix]

You can get a pair of adjustable saw horses that will do, if you can't find a power rack really cheap, you can find them in Home Depot. Just have to start your squats from the bottom position.

Did you ever see pics of B folds set-up on the training board? He has no rack, uses oil drums instead and does some heavy squats started from the bottom.

 

[WODIN]

LOL!!! I was just being sarcastic cas.

 

[casavant]

You can get a pair of adjustable saw horses that will do, if you can't find a power rack really cheap, you can find them in Home Depot. Just have to start your squats from the bottom position.

Did you ever see pics of B folds set-up on the training board? He has no rack, uses oil drums instead and does some heavy squats started from the bottom.

Right on, man. I'll definitely look into that. Spending a lot of money- really, spending any money- is just out of the question right now. I remember seeing b-folds setup a while back. Thanks for the suggestions.

 

[casavant]

LOL!!! I was just being sarcastic cas.

Hehe- I know, but maybe some little dude out there will read this post sometime and he will be enlightened.

But I kinda doubt you mess with those little weights anymore with the poundages you push.

 

[casavant]

Someone stroke me.

 

[The Shadow]

I didn't join a gym until 3 years ago.....I still have a set-up at home when time is cramped....

 

[casavant]

I didn't join a gym until 3 years ago.....I still have a set-up at home when time is cramped....

LOL. Thank you for the token answer, compadre. I was too embarrassed to lift anywhere but home when I started- that same embarrassment drove me to lift harder than anyone else in my high school. I transformed my identity in less than two years to "the big guy" (17 1/2" arms when I graduated- not too shabby)

What do you have for legs? Do you ever work them at home or just have the basic bench/barbell setup?

 

[Y_lifter]

Working out in the Living room huh ?

Can you see the TV while working out ?
Where do you go when you have guests over ?
I would never be able to lift inside the house. Too much sweat.

 

[casavant]

Working out in the Living room huh ?

Can you see the TV while working out ?
Where do you go when you have guests over ?
I would never be able to lift inside the house. Too much sweat.

funny you ask about TV. We have one of those projectors that will cover the whole wall (it's my roommates- wish it was mine). You can hook anything up to it- cable, VCR, DVD, etc. I don't usually use it but I guess I could put on "Pumping Iron" or something for some extra motivation.

I don't have guests over very often. As far as the sweat- that's a practical consideration, but I'll just have to make sure the place is well ventilated. It's only one person, so It won't be too bad.

 

[Y_lifter]

Cas... you have a stuttering problem I see..

 

[casavant]

Cas... you have a stuttering problem I see..

Nope, it's just literary narcissusism. LOL

 

[CrimsonKing]

You got to plan on getting a power rack. I purchased the Body-Solid Pro Power Rack when it was on-sale online $349 including deliver!

http://129.41.60.44/ffo-pa/catalog.cfm?dest=itempg&itemid=288&secid=2&linkon=section&linkid=2

It is the centerpeice of my home-gym. You can try Play It Again Sports too for used equipment..

Also, if you are that low of $$ try doing old school barbell Hack Squats.

Good Luck

 

[Y_lifter]

SOLID.......

 

[Y_lifter]

.. Here is the CYBEX rack they have at our Y....
I'd love one at home

.

 

[casavant]

You got to plan on getting a power rack. I purchased the Body-Solid Pro Power Rack when it was on-sale online $349 including deliver!

http://129.41.60.44/ffo-pa/catalog.cfm?dest=itempg&itemid=288&secid=2&linkon=section&linkid=2

It is the centerpeice of my home-gym. You can try Play It Again Sports too for used equipment..

Also, if you are that low of $$ try doing old school barbell Hack Squats.

Good Luck

LOL. Strange you mention that- the one I looked at was a new Body Solid at Play It Again Sports. It was $300 without the ad-ons. I didn't know that store was that widespread.

 

[CrimsonKing]

LOL. Strange you mention that- the one I looked at was a new Body Solid at Play It Again Sports. It was $300 without the ad-ons. I didn't know that store was that widespread.

I'm in Baltimore, Maryland area, you?

btw. the $349 was without the pull-down stack attachment that is pictured in the ad. So the $300 at play-it-again was a very good price.

 

[c-sharp minor]

I got my power rack and haven't been to the gym since.

I do half my exercises in it..

 

[casavant]

I'm in Baltimore, Maryland area, you?

btw. the $349 was without the pull-down stack attachment that is pictured in the ad. So the $300 at play-it-again was a very good price.

Fayetteville, Arkansas. Ain't that some shit?!

I was in Baltimore a few years ago. Nice city.

 

[George Spellwin]

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[EarthRider]

lol, wtf

 

[wootoom]

omg im dying..

 

[-SD-]

bant for bumping ancient thread!!!!!!!1

 

[EnderJE]

Funny story. I started do this in the gym after throwing out my back for the second time this year. I don't think that I'm going to go back to weighted workouts for awhile.

 

[EarthRider]

bant for bumping ancient thread!!!!!!!1

i second this motion, mods??????

 

[chewyxrage]

lol

I was just checking out that raw protein product.

Holy fat and sugar spellwin!

 

[EnderJE]

i second this motion, mods??????

Ban George Spellwin?

Riiight.

 

[Lumberg]

Awwww. I miss casavant.