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what could be doing at home the days not at the gym

  • 09-03-2015 11:56pm
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    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,796 ✭✭✭


    ok so I have two barbells and two dumbells and weights up to about 50kg in plates at home. nothing else.

    also have gym membership but I live in the country and takes about 20 minutes to drive there so in reality only get to the gym about twice a week. since I started the gym I gave up using the weights at home. I am wondering could I make more use of the weights I have at home rather than doing nothing the 5 days I am at home.

    I was thinking I should be able to nearly get all bi-cep work done at home. Possibly shoulder work with military presses and upright rows. what else could I be doing with what I have. wouldn't have enough weight for the deadlifts so will leave them for the gym along with bench press and squats.


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


    pull ups, handstands/handstand holds and push ups for the win.

    can you pass all these tests also?



    if not then get working on it asap


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


    pull ups, handstands/handstand holds and push ups for the win.

    can you pass all these tests also?



    if not make it a priority to fix


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,094 ✭✭✭househero


    Doesn't that Scooby guy on YouTube have a 'no weights' at home workout?

    Dips, prrssups pull ups lunges, 1 leg step ups (1/leg destabalized squat) all bodyweight exercises

    How much do you weigh


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,050 ✭✭✭EmcD123


    If you have 50kg at home then higher reps of maybe front squats or bent over rows or some form of deadlift maybe that romanian deadlift variant.
    Another great one is military press and push press.
    And just ,make them into a kind of circuit.
    I have that same kind of weight at home and i do those exercises and a few others just to get reps in and practice my technique so when i do go into the gym I can go hard at the weight ,i dont get into a gym often so this works for me. But definitely bodyweight stuff is good too but since you have the weights you may as well use them,maybe mix bodyweight things like pushups in with a weights circuit


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,694 ✭✭✭✭Alf Veedersane


    What do you do on the two days you go to the gym?

    There are plenty you can do at home with lighter weights or no weights at all.

    There also a lot to be said for a session of mobility work as has been said above.


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