How do you do Weight training without using a gym?

[apple24]

Any ideas?

[InvisibleToMost]

Youtube videos, be weird like me and fill milk jugs with sand to use when weights get boring, strap on weights, etc. Bodyweight excercises are great but they can be boring (to me anyways) pull up bars that you can hang from are fun too if you feel like trying something different.

[Mustachekitteh]

Youtube has the answer. :D Mainly I would watch videos by fitnessblender. Though I have really gotten into zumba as well.

https://www.youtube.com/user/FitnessBlender

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2dhaet_zumba-cardio-party-1-6_sport

[apple24]

haha! Cool!

[Jibaku]

What muscles are you trying to build?
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[apple24]

Oh thats so cool! Anymore? haha! Also, what about stretching? All I know is sit and reach! For warming-up and cooling down!

[Jibaku]

These will give you a solid base:
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[apple24]

Thanks dude! I usually get cramps since I don't warm-up enough before I go for a run! I will try these! Thank you very much (:

[Caramel_creme]

Just what I was looking for! Thanks!

[ThisDudeHere]

thank you for the imagw

[Jibaku]

Like leg cramps or stomach cramps? For legs I stretch my calfs, thighs, quads and glutes. I'd also get stomach cramps from eating/drinking too much/too heavy too close to running, like eat something small and light at least 15 minutes before you run (slice of toast or fruit),,, avoid milk, nuts and meats, they are heavier in the stomach.

[Jibaku]

@Caramel_creme @ThisDudeHere no problem

[apple24]

Like Leg cramps! Really bad! I do long distance!

[Jibaku]

Long distance as in 10km? 7mile?
Stretch. Hold for about 20 seconds and then change. You won't see an instant result but I'd be surprised if you didn't feel a difference after a week, provided you stretch properly at least once a day.

[apple24]

Okay will do! I try! I am going back to it! (: Thanks so much MHO!

[Jibaku]

Oh another thing, with the training (running, swimming and bodyweight training) the advice given to me was to increase by 10% per week. For example if you do 10 pushups, do that for a week then the next week do 11.

You can put too much stress on ligaments and muscles if you overdo it. I was doing about 40 pushups in a set, two sets a day and my body was fine with that but I decided to do a set of pushups every time I died while playing Dark Souls 2 which meant I was doing around 200 pushups in like 90-120 minutes and essentially I got tennis elbow after about 5 days of this which is not nice at all and pushed me back about 3 weeks.

And not a problem at all =]

[apple24]

yeah I know what you mean! I use to jog like so much and to extreme numbers and I went numb and I had to take a break because my legs would cramp up and it hurt~ I learn my lesson increase slowly!

[Jibaku]

Well good luck now!
Are you training for something in particular?

[0112358]

Since this was a good answer, I'm going to comment rather then add a different.

One key difference between bodyweight training and barbell training is that with barbell training, you gradually increase the weight over time. With bodyweight, you can't do that. You can increase the reps, but if you get carried away with that, you're changing from doing strength work, to hypertrophy work, to endurance work. If you want to build muscle, you need to increase the difficulty of the exercise when you can do the high end of the desired rep range.

The way to do that is to change which exercise variant you're using.

For chest & triceps for example, there's a whole -family- of pushup variants of increasing difficulty. See
www.marklauren.com/.../
For a list from easiest to hardest. Note that it starts much easier than full pushups, and goes slightly beyond one handed pushups.

So you put together a bodyweight circuit, and replace exercises with harder ones over time.

[Jibaku]

@0112358 And now I'm learning xD

[apple24]

No I just need to lose weight! hahah

[apple24]

@0112358 Thank you good sir!

[Jibaku]

That's as valid as any other reason. I'm working towards employment in the Defence Force, as well as better health

[BertMacklinFBI]

you can do body weight exercises or do it like Rocky did, the world around you is your gym.

[apple24]

haha! LOL! I am not as cool as him! hahah

[Jxpxtxr]

Just do body weight exercises 😎
I only work with those because I don't wanna become "buff" lol and they are probably best if you just wanna tone up anyways

[apple24]

haha Which one? haha! Don't want get buff?

[Jxpxtxr]

I do mainly push ups, jumping jacks, Russian twists & leg raises but there's body weight exercises for pretty much every body part you wanna train. 👍
Buff = muscular ~ I don't like that on myself 😛

[apple24]

haha! Lol! I just want look better!

[Jxpxtxr]

Just go with body weight exercises 😉👍

[Chief16]

Use your own bodyweight. Calisthenics and power yoga will work well.

[apple24]

ohhh! New DP! (: Nice!

[Chief16]

Yeah, thanks.

[oldanddecrepid]

I got a farm... lots of weight training when it is time to pile bails and feed the horses.

[apple24]

Cool! I have no farm): !

[oldanddecrepid]

That could be an issue... however, it is funny that most people will pay some pretty hefty premiums each month to go to the gym, however, would never consider volunteering to help plant some trees in a conservation area or maybe do some labor on a farm, or park?

There are tonnes of ways to get some good ole fashioned labor/workouts free by volunteering. You get the added benefit of the fresh air! You get a cardio workout and toning for free! Beats paying a gym for the use of their equipment!

[Imafreespirit]

Use your own weight, you can find some cool workouts on youtube :)

[ShepherdOfFire99]

Do body weight exercises! You can build plenty of muscle with them! Or, buy some dumbells.

[Alex99]

Get a sandbag or a backpack and fill it with sand and use that to squat, curl, overhead press, bench

[Thatweirdone_]

I have my own set of weights at home lol

[apple24]

Is it expensive to buy home weights?

[Thatweirdone_]

No clue lol I stole my brothers and those he got as a present. He doesn't use them. I have ankle weights that weren't that expensive and lighter weights that were a present

[rjroy3]

Buy some free weights

[genericname85]

you can try Calisthenics.

[Maazin]

A pair of dummbells and 5-6 reps within 10 mins

[apexalpha]

Buy weights or use your own weight against gravity

[THEDUDE96]

do a push ups and use your own weight

[LaBellaNena415]

Body weight workouts

[Zanecyber]

bodyweight exercises