Matt Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 Hey all, I just cancelled my gym membership because I never have a chance to go and workout there regularly. I never have the time because I'm raising two young kids and working most of the rest! I've been cycling (my passion) for a while now and getting fit. However, I want to know what people do at home for general strength/weight training in lieu of having a weight set. We have no space for a set (REALLY!) even though many are quite compact. I've been using exercise tubing and doing pushups/crunches/yoga, but I'm not happy with my progress. I'm wondering what do others do for creative strength training solutions with time considerations and space limitations? Thanks, -matt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kon Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 I try and be creative and fill a backpack up with waterbottles. You can also fill it up with heavier stuff like sand or rocks to make it heavier.Then I just toss that thing around.course, it's not as good as the real deal stuff, but for now it's all I have to work with.you can also go outside and look for heavy things to play with.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 10, 2007 Share Posted March 10, 2007 When I couldn't get to the gym I always had my adjustable dumbells(just enough weight to go up to 35lbs each). They suited my well enough to maintain a bigger upper body than I would like yet kept my legs fairly strong. I would do endless sets of lunges after a hard day on the bike(when I planned for the next day to be easy). Also wall sits do the trick too. After that I'd move all my plated to one dumbell and do calf raises...one leg at a time. My legs aren't lifting strong anymore but they are sure as hell cyclist strong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 10, 2007 Author Share Posted March 10, 2007 Thanks. Yeah, I'm trying to supplement my cycling as well. Good to "see" you again, veganpotter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronco Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 I've had pretty good results with pistol squats in the past, so I would reccomend that. There is alson another type of one-legged squats which I have seen referred to as 'royal deadlift', where you bend one leg back at the knee and then squat down till the knee hit the ground. That I also used to to and found pretty nice, hits the backside of the legs a bit more. For back I would reccomend a chinup bar. For pressing, pushups working up to onehand pushups should be good. Onehand pushups are also good for core. Also, the reccomendation above about sandbag typ of implementations and odd object lifting are good. Anyway, good luck and have fun training . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HealthyElijah Posted March 11, 2007 Share Posted March 11, 2007 You may have seen all this already but here are a ton of exercises!! Bigbwii's Bodyweight Videos!! --> http://video.yahoo.com/video/group?gid=118397 Dominic Lacasse's Video's --> http://www.dominiclacasse.com/domlacasse.php?lang=fr&cat=video#videoand on MetaCafe --> http://www.metacafe.com/user/1110420/doum4/ Kung Fu guys Video --> There is also a website I ran across the other day that may be helpful --> http://www.bodyweightculture.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 11, 2007 Author Share Posted March 11, 2007 Awesome, guys. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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