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Definitely. Some things are even optimal using bands, but there are a few itches they can't scratchanyone use resistant bands for concentric movements?
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Definitely. Some things are even optimal using bands, but there are a few itches they can't scratchanyone use resistant bands for concentric movements?
i use resistance bands to warm up and for movility stuff,also i add them to dips to fry the triceps and into pullups to fry the upperback and biceps a lil moreanyone use resistant bands for concentric movements?
If I had a backyard I'd definitely set up something like this. My issues is I live in shoe box and in Onterrible....
I got great results just doing bodyweight,some kettlebell stuff and sandbag work,now i have way more stuff but i use all of them,no fancy stuff neverthelessYou will get various opinions and mine is that one needs way less than some may think. When it comes to lifting and training in general, many people on YouTube and countless of forums and blogs are talking out of their asses, despite being well developed. Growing up among elite athletes without being one of them myself, such athletes people hear about in the news occasionally, has taught me that great things are achieved with very few exercises as a foundation. There are no result I can achieve in a comercial gym that I can't reach without one, with just a bag of sand. And this is not exaggeration.
I know two individuals with home gyms they paid for a lot and if you see them you can't tell they lift. Not only one can achieve much without machines but even the traditionally worshiped by many bench press, just for a single example, I'm already firmly convinced is overrated. Not useless, but nothing better than, lets say heavily weighted push ups.
For equipment, the guys before me said it. Decent power rack, good barbell and weights, kettlebels and gymnastic rings. That's it. Anything else will not make a differences in your development, if you know what you are doing.
Good post @Teres :)You will get various opinions and mine is that one needs way less than some may think. When it comes to lifting and training in general, many people on YouTube and countless of forums and blogs are talking out of their asses, despite being well developed. Growing up among elite athletes without being one of them myself, such athletes people hear about in the news occasionally, has taught me that great things are achieved with very few exercises as a foundation. There are no result I can achieve in a comercial gym that I can't reach without one, with just a bag of sand. And this is not exaggeration.
I know two individuals with home gyms they paid for a lot and if you see them you can't tell they lift. Not only one can achieve much without machines but even the traditionally worshiped by many bench press, just for a single example, I'm already firmly convinced is overrated. Not useless, but nothing better than, lets say heavily weighted push ups.
For equipment, the guys before me said it. Decent power rack, good barbell and weights, kettlebels and gymnastic rings. That's it. Anything else will not make a differences in your development, if you know what you are doing.
Thinking about building a gym (not right now) but when I have some space and wanted to see what it would cost to do so. Which machines/equipment are a must?
I have a general idea what I'd want to use but I'd like to hear from the RPF.
Plenty of good suggestions here which I need not repeat.
Upper body training at home tends to be easy, but lower body less so. So I'm going to make a case for an unusual tool-- the Bosu ball (or any generic variant since the originals are overpriced). I purchased one to train just a single exercise known as the Nordic curl. Since the Bosu ball doesn't weigh much and isn't too large, it seems to be the best way to heavily load the hamstrings without any weights. This exercise is so tough that you will probably never progress to the point of needing to add weight, kind of like a handstand pushup. Even after two years of practice, and I was able to bang out 5-6 sets of 7-10 repetitions, rather than add weight, I opted to incorporate slower eccentrics and longer pauses at the bottom to absolutely dominate the movement.
View: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xqZ2vey_kYc
If you pair this exercise with a single leg squat or a rear foot elevated split squat, you can pretty much cover your entire lower body training with just two movements without needing a barbell and a ton of plates.
I want a squat rack and bench but unfortunately due to condo living, I can't make it work. I think i will use gym rings, kettle bells, adjustable dumbbells and a bench. When I can get some space, I'll definitely get a rack and barbells.Bit controversial but I suggest starting with equipment that lets you train what you enjoy. If you're into powerlifting and the big three, squat rack and barbell is the way to go. Bodyweight movements, get a pull-up bar. If you're into bodybuilding maybe dumbbells so you can do a large variety of movements. At the end of the day you want to make sure the home gym doesn't go unused, large part of that is feeling motivated to train.