If I wanted to weight train at home, but had no equipment, would crunches, push-ups, and lunges be enough?
March 16th, 2010 | by admin |I don’t have money for equipment or a gym membership. Someone told me this could work, but I am skeptical…
Yes you can train at home. But not "weight" train.
Disregard above. You can get RIPPED without weights. Do your push-ups slowly. Lunges are awesome for your legs and buttocks.. but do them properly.
Lunges: Stand together.. take a long step and lunge.. bring behind leg forward and kick that knee in the air. Now roll onto your toes and flex your lunged leg’s calf muscle. Repeat with other leg (the one thats in the air).
Push-ups: Till you get stronger.. get on your knees. Do 10, 9, 8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Then rest. You can start at just 5,4,3.. etc back to 5. (after you do 10, stay in the push-up position and rest for two seconds.. then do 9..rest.. then 8.. etc). The key is to do them slowly. When you get in better shape you can get off your knees. Then when you get in even better shape you can put your feet up on the couch with your hands on the ground and do them. By that time you will be awesomely in shape and looking it!
Crunches: Do standard crunches.. do 3 sets of 20 crunches. Then.. turn over on your stomach and get on your elbows like you’re doing a push-up on your elbows. Now hold yourself up off the ground with your feet touching and get your stomach off the ground. Hold that position for 30 seconds. Rest and do it again 2 more times for 30 seconds. You can mix up different exercises to work your abs effectively.
You really don’t need a gym membership until you can do all of these exercises with ease. Its best to be in GREAT shape when walking into a gym because you don’t want to be wasting your money to get into shape at a gym.. but more like get to another level at a gym that you can’t do at home.
Let me know if you have any other questions..
nextorder@ymail.com (mine)
Good luck!
3 Responses to “If I wanted to weight train at home, but had no equipment, would crunches, push-ups, and lunges be enough?”
By Mr. Angry on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply
better than nothing, but dont expect to get ripped from it.
if ur really looking to add muscle u need weights.
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By SUM1DUM on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply
Yes you can train at home. But not "weight" train.
Disregard above. You can get RIPPED without weights. Do your push-ups slowly. Lunges are awesome for your legs and buttocks.. but do them properly.
Lunges: Stand together.. take a long step and lunge.. bring behind leg forward and kick that knee in the air. Now roll onto your toes and flex your lunged leg’s calf muscle. Repeat with other leg (the one thats in the air).
Push-ups: Till you get stronger.. get on your knees. Do 10, 9, 8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10. Then rest. You can start at just 5,4,3.. etc back to 5. (after you do 10, stay in the push-up position and rest for two seconds.. then do 9..rest.. then 8.. etc). The key is to do them slowly. When you get in better shape you can get off your knees. Then when you get in even better shape you can put your feet up on the couch with your hands on the ground and do them. By that time you will be awesomely in shape and looking it!
Crunches: Do standard crunches.. do 3 sets of 20 crunches. Then.. turn over on your stomach and get on your elbows like you’re doing a push-up on your elbows. Now hold yourself up off the ground with your feet touching and get your stomach off the ground. Hold that position for 30 seconds. Rest and do it again 2 more times for 30 seconds. You can mix up different exercises to work your abs effectively.
You really don’t need a gym membership until you can do all of these exercises with ease. Its best to be in GREAT shape when walking into a gym because you don’t want to be wasting your money to get into shape at a gym.. but more like get to another level at a gym that you can’t do at home.
Let me know if you have any other questions..
nextorder@ymail.com (mine)
Good luck!
References :
By Zanztetuken on Mar 17, 2010 | Reply
crunches, push ups, pull ups, lunges, squats. You can do all of these without weights. I would advise getting a pair of 15-30 lbs dumbbells though. there are over 200 exercise you can do with dumbells, working almost all the muscles in the body. It’s a good investment.
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