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A No Weights Home Routine

  • 16-04-2011 1:16pm
    #1
    jacksprat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 112 ✭✭


    Hey!
    help needed! feeling and looking a bit soft after the college year! im 6"2 14 stone and in my early 20's.

    i'm looking for a muscle building routine that i could do from home over the summer, pretty much just the upper body and arms,but i would fit in squats/lunges and such to mix it up or whatever!. the closest gym to me is about 30 miles away, hence my predicament! i have no access to typical weights at all but i have seen and heard of people using plastic bags filled with rocks/water bottles (plenty of rocks in laois!!;)) which i could manage as a substitute for dumbells of sorts :(. Other than that, im pretty sure i could manage any other exercise that can be performed on my own including chin/pull ups.

    im getting back into hurling this summer so i should be covered with that as far as fitness and stamina is concerned.

    just wondering if anyone has or knows of any "ready made" schedule or website i could use..??!

    any help would be mucho appreciated!


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  • #2
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,571 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    You can buy a 50kg weights set for about €50 in Argos (the price of one months gym membership). You get a long bar and 2 dumbbell bars with that too. More than enough to get you started....


  • #3
    jacksprat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 112 ✭✭jacksprat


    thats pretty good value! but i dont really want to use weights nor do i think i need to for what im looking to achieve. im really just looking to tone and build up my muscles as best i can without weights.

    id rather spend my money on something i really need. im a bit of a rational tight arse tbh!

    thanks anyway though! :)


  • #4
    gymsoldier
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 738 ✭✭✭gymsoldier


    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056240945


  • #5
    ferike1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,785 ✭✭✭ferike1


    Find a book called convict conditioning and check out the bartendaz.


  • #6
    davyjose
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,287 ✭✭✭davyjose


    jacksprat wrote: »
    thats pretty good value! but i dont really want to use weights nor do i think i need to for what im looking to achieve. im really just looking to tone and build up my muscles as best i can without weights.

    id rather spend my money on something i really need. im a bit of a rational tight arse tbh!

    thanks anyway though! :)

    Better than a bag of rocks, dude!


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  • #7
    Transform
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,394 ✭✭✭Transform


    jacksprat wrote: »
    thats pretty good value! but i dont really want to use weights nor do i think i need to for what im looking to achieve. im really just looking to tone and build up my muscles as best i can without weights.

    id rather spend my money on something i really need. im a bit of a rational tight arse tbh!

    thanks anyway though! :)
    get a kettlebell, put up a pull up bar in a door frame, get a foam roll, a few bands and BOOM you're ready to hit it.


  • #8
    Remmy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,921 ✭✭✭Remmy


    you can make a heavy sandbag pretty handy with a large duffel bag and a few binliners inside that sealed up.You can then do zercher squats,clean and presses,lunges,squats,rows etc..

    find some place to do pullups,get a backpack to do weighted pushups.

    Do that with intensity and you will probablly get better results than 60% of the gym population.

    When I was smaller and working out from home I got loads of great info from ross training.com .Have a look at it when the websites back up .

    Here's a primer to get you fired up..:D
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6JvhCTjicY


  • #9
    jacksprat
    Closed Accounts Posts: 112 ✭✭jacksprat


    Remmy wrote: »
    you can make a heavy sandbag pretty handy with a large duffel bag and a few binliners inside that sealed up.You can then do zercher squats,clean and presses,lunges,squats,rows etc..

    find some place to do pullups,get a backpack to do weighted pushups.

    Do that with intensity and you will probablly get better results than 60% of the gym population.

    When I was smaller and working out from home I got loads of great info from ross training.com .Have a look at it when the websites back up .

    Here's a primer to get you fired up..:D
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6JvhCTjicY

    thanks alot for that man! really helpful! :) i like the weighted back pack idea! does it work for pull ups aswell??

    any other help is much appreciated!

    thanks again men!


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