Best Home Workout?

firebug_guy

Hi Everyone,

With all this bad weather outside I was thinking of getting some inexpensive (under €100) workout device so when its crappy outside I can workout at home. Am I better off with a stepper or an exercise bike? I was looking online and you can get steppers with handle bars for about €70, a stepper with arm straps for €50 or a stepper for €30. Exercise bikes around €100.

Any thoughts?

PS, I am trying to lose weight and usually go walking/jogging in the evenings but the past few days with the weather, I've just been sitting in. I want to keep moving!

rubadub

Heavy weight lifting is fantastic for fat loss. I got a stepper and returned it, too boring.

This set is good and can be delivered to your door for a reasonable price
http://irish-lifting.com/product_info_equipment.php?cPath=1_15&products_id=260

argos here, but bear in mind it would take a few trips to the car to haul it, also the previous set has bigger plates which is an advantage
http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=30001&partNumber=3008250

I save my cardio for functional reasons, cycle to work, walk to the shop. Just would feel they are a waste of time/energy and boring indoors, when they could be going to some use. Cycling is quicker than driving in dublin these days so I end up with far more spare time, -and money!

Malteaser!

rubadub wrote: »

Heavy weight lifting is fantastic for fat loss. I got a stepper and returned it, too boring.

This set is good and can be delivered to your door for a reasonable price
http://irish-lifting.com/product_info_equipment.php?cPath=1_15&products_id=260

argos here, but bear in mind it would take a few trips to the car to haul it, also the previous set has bigger plates which is an advantage
http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=30001&partNumber=3008250

I remember a while back I was getting that set from Argos for my mum and Hanley came with me to carry it out to the car and he just piled all the boxes on top of one another and carried them from the shop, through the centre and out to the car...the look on the guy behind the counters' face was just priceless!!

Rubadub is bang on though, invest in a good set of weights, stick with it and the weight will fly off you!!

rubadub

Malteaser! wrote: »

I remember a while back I was getting that set from Argos for my mum and Hanley came with me to carry it out to the car and he just piled all the boxes on top of one another and carried them from the shop, through the centre and out to the car...the look on the guy behind the counters' face was just priceless!!

LOL, I can imagine it. I was down 2 weeks in a row and got a set of 20kg plates each time, same bloke, he was struggling with the 20kg and was shocked and commenting when I just lashed them in a bag and on my back. But they are compact and easy to carry! 50kg with bars and a load of small plates is a whole other story!

I pity Mickks couriers, I got 2x20kg plates, poor auld lad having to haul them around, he thought they were tiles.

Saabdub

firebug_guy wrote: »

Exercise bikes around €100.
!

Doing cardio is the most boring thing in the world, apart from watching Coronation Street:D

I use an exercise bike so I can distract myself by reading a magazine or a book while I cycle. Also bikes are low impact so you won't mess up your knees.

Saabdub

thirtyfoot

"No such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing"

Get a good rain jacket, breathable, light, waterproof and get outdoors. You can't beat training outdoors in all four seasons. The weather in Ireland is never harsh enough to stop you training outdoors.

WHIP IT!

Tingle wrote: »

"No such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing"

Get a good rain jacket, breathable, light, waterproof and get outdoors. You can't beat training outdoors in all four seasons. The weather in Ireland is never harsh enough to stop you training outdoors.

Amen... Ya should've been GAA training with me last night! Sideways sleet in the face, wind, rain n mud...

SarahSassy

Tingle wrote: »

"No such thing as bad weather, just bad clothing"

Get a good rain jacket, breathable, light, waterproof and get outdoors. You can't beat training outdoors in all four seasons. The weather in Ireland is never harsh enough to stop you training outdoors.

Life is to short to torture yourself like that

fatal

rubadub wrote: »

LOL, I can imagine it. I was down 2 weeks in a row and got a set of 20kg plates each time, same bloke, he was struggling with the 20kg and was shocked and commenting when I just lashed them in a bag and on my back. But they are compact and easy to carry! 50kg with bars and a load of small plates is a whole other story!

I pity Mickks couriers, I got 2x20kg plates, poor auld lad having to haul them around, he thought they were tiles.

I somehow managed to do exactly that when I bought my set from argos.Just dont ask me to do it again...

thirtyfoot

WHIP IT! wrote: »

Amen... Ya should've been GAA training with me last night! Sideways sleet in the face, wind, rain n mud...

I know, was out myself and there is something soulfull about training in that weather, love it. The hot shower afterwards always feels 10 times better. Heading for some warm-weather training soon so that makes it a little more bearable too:D

Faith123

rubadub wrote: »

Heavy weight lifting is fantastic for fat loss. I got a stepper and returned it, too boring.

This set is good and can be delivered to your door for a reasonable price
http://irish-lifting.com/product_info_equipment.php?cPath=1_15&products_id=260

argos here, but bear in mind it would take a few trips to the car to haul it, also the previous set has bigger plates which is an advantage
http://www.argos.ie/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?langId=-1&storeId=30001&partNumber=3008250

I save my cardio for functional reasons, cycle to work, walk to the shop. Just would feel they are a waste of time/energy and boring indoors, when they could be going to some use. Cycling is quicker than driving in dublin these days so I end up with far more spare time, -and money!

I would like to purchase the irish-lifting set as they provide free delivery.
But do you know if the this set comes with a training wall chart?
The one from Argos does, but I don't have a car...
decisions, decisions... !

NotMe

No it doesn't come with a wall chart LOL but sure you have the internet for workout info.

WHIP IT!

Tingle wrote: »

I know, was out myself and there is something soulfull about training in that weather, love it. The hot shower afterwards always feels 10 times better. Heading for some warm-weather training soon so that makes it a little more bearable too:D

It certainly does - but when you've a cruel b*stard trainer like ours who throws you in an ice bath straight after you really start questioning why you didn't stay in front of the fire that evening.

Colm_OReilly

Get a chinning bar - www.simplefit.org has a simple, easy to follow, scalable home workout progression.

rubadub

Faith123 wrote: »

I would like to purchase the irish-lifting set as they provide free delivery.
But do you know if the this set comes with a training wall chart?
The one from Argos does, but I don't have a car...
decisions, decisions... !

It is not free delivery, I just checked and it is showing up as €28 delivery on my account. Seems high enough, if you email Mickk you might be able to collect from his gym. I got 2x20kg plates from him and delivery was really low like €7 or something.

The training chart from my argos 20kg dumbell set was just basics, nothing you cannot get online, www.exrx.net is far better.

Argos/Mickk are same price (if collected). Mickks is better for a few reasons. Mickks has an extra 5kg of weight, worth €5-10 more. It appears to be using tri grip plates which are easier load on and off.

These plates can even be used on their own in place of dumbells. I have used the 20kg plates for squats, they can be flush by your side- unlike dumbbells.
Mickks also has bigger plates,

55kg set includes 2 10kg's, 2 5kg's, 4 2.5kg's, 4 1.25kg's, 6ft spinlock bar (6kg), 2 14" dumbell handles(2kg each)

argos-

6 x 0.5kg, 6 x 1.25kg, 4 x 2.5kg, 4 x 5.0kg discs.
2 x 35.5cm spinlock bars.
1 x 152cm spinlock bar.

The 10kg plates are larger diameter so are better for deadlifts as the bar will be raised off the ground more. You can physically load far more onto a single dumbbell with the Irish lifting ones, than the argos combos.

Faith123

thanks a mill...

Arthurdaly

Whats the max weight you can get on those dumbells from Irish lifting?

rubadub

Arthurdaly wrote: »

Whats the max weight you can get on those dumbells from Irish lifting?

With the set you get I imagine you could fit at least a 10kg & 5kg plate on at once, so that is 32kg at least, you could probably get another plate on either side too.

Dunno if you mean rated weights? a dumbell will handle more than a similar style long bar. I have had either 80 or 100kg on my argos dumbbell before, not a bother on it. Most 1" standard bars are rated to around 150kg, but will really handle far more than that, unless there is a flaw in the steel.

nibble

If you can afford it (Although I know you said sub 100 in the OP), I say fork out for olympic stuff, much higher quality.. just feels better if you get me and you're not really going to outgrow them like you will with standard stuff.
Ideally I guess a bench, olympic set and rack would be ideal but that's way more than €100, but well worth it IMO.

NotMe

^^ I agree with nibble. I bought the standard set thinking it would be grand as I was just starting out. A month later I ended up buying another 60kg of plates. I would've been better off buying the olympic set in the first place.