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GreenGiant07
10-10-2007, 12:08 AM
Just wondering if there are any would-be folks out there knowledgable on in-home workout sessions without equipment, I'm a tad shy and very cheap, any help is appreciated.

thcbongman
10-10-2007, 12:28 AM
All right. This is my area.

First the basics:
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2nd:

Do alot of pull-ups, and dips. Go to a playground, you'll be able to perform them. Doing both will cover your entire upper body.

3rd:

Yoga. Especially when you aren't going to be using weights, it's great because you are your own weight to stabilize yourself. It's great for your flexibility, but also for maintaining your strength.

Shit I forgot lower body.

Bike up alot of hills. Put any old shit in a sled, build a harness, and drag it. Do squats, and lunges. Even without weights, you'll benefit from doing these.

Yeah, that's pretty much it. There's so much you can do. Is there anything specific you want out of your work-out?

birdgirl73
10-10-2007, 12:33 AM
Walking/hiking
Running
Cycling (if you have a bike)
Push-ups
Ab crunches
Resistance exercises with elastic bands, which are inexpensive and easy to obtain at sporting-goods stores
Weight-lifting with canned goods or heavy books or low-cost dumbbells from a sporting-good store

The possibilities are endless. Research exercising at home on the Web to find more ideas and information about proper positions and individual exercises. You'll find lots of suggestions!

Edit: I knew THCBongman would come through on this thread. He's an exercise buff, too. Listen to THCBongman. He's a wise soul!

GreenGiant07
10-10-2007, 01:05 AM
First, thanks for the replies, I'm not exactly in the best shape of my life (6 feet 2 inches and about 195lbs.) so I'm tweaking some of my lifestyle choices somewhat to see what I can benefit from the most with as little effort required, I will try these suggestions in the near future, thanks again and wish me luck!

Main thing I want is to slim down and build some muscle tone, my body is pretty messed up as of now, thighs are pretty nasty whilst my calves are massive, some guy mentioned they looked like tree trunks.

thcbongman
10-10-2007, 01:20 AM
Bodybuilding.com - Paul Becker - What Is Your Body Type? Take Our Test! (http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/becker3.htm)

Take this test to find out your body type and how you should gear your work-outs. It's useful to know how your body works, half the battle with losing and maintaining weight is simply acquiring knowledge. The more you are aware of yourself and your environment, the more success you'll have in achieving your goals.

GreenGiant07
10-10-2007, 01:23 AM
Wow, thanks for the replies (again). I took the test and came out with a endomorph and mesomorph body type, that make any impact?

mikeyjo
10-10-2007, 01:29 AM
Portable chin up bars that can fit into doorways are really good.

thcbongman
10-10-2007, 01:39 AM
You should make your work-outs high-intensity in terms of cardio. It's called interval training.

Basically, when you run, bike, whatever, you sprint for approximately 20 seconds, then slow down to a steady pace for 40 seconds. You repeat this over, and over.

You can apply this to any exercise you do, push-ups, etc. Same thing. Do 20 fast push-ups, rest for xxx of time, and do it again. Over time, you can adjust the intensity, by adding more time to the sprints/exercise.

GreenGiant07
10-11-2007, 08:42 PM
You should make your work-outs high-intensity in terms of cardio. It's called interval training.

Basically, when you run, bike, whatever, you sprint for approximately 20 seconds, then slow down to a steady pace for 40 seconds. You repeat this over, and over.

You can apply this to any exercise you do, push-ups, etc. Same thing. Do 20 fast push-ups, rest for xxx of time, and do it again. Over time, you can adjust the intensity, by adding more time to the sprints/exercise.

Ahh, I see, that sounds pretty easy actually and its what I've been doing for a while now, this is especially conveniant considering I've just learned how to ride a bicycle today for the first time in my life, might aswell give it a shot, thanks for the info

angry nomad
10-16-2007, 02:06 PM
get some dumbells at least.

thcbongman
10-17-2007, 12:43 AM
Ahh, I see, that sounds pretty easy actually and its what I've been doing for a while now, this is especially conveniant considering I've just learned how to ride a bicycle today for the first time in my life, might aswell give it a shot, thanks for the info

Oh yes, the concept is very easy.

See what the positives of exercise bring? The man learned how to ride a bike!

Good luck man. Just stay with it, and don't look at the other people that don't exercise, look at the ones that do!!

cannabis182
10-17-2007, 12:49 AM
where abouts in ontario u at bro, im in toronto

GreenGiant07
10-19-2007, 08:30 PM
where abouts in ontario u at bro, im in toronto

Mississauga

kms brown
10-24-2007, 06:51 AM
If your shy and afraid of people making fun of how much you lift you may be suprised at the way people treat you. From personal experience most people dont care how much you lift but rather how hard you work at it.

thcbongman
10-24-2007, 11:54 AM
If your shy and afraid of people making fun of how much you lift you may be suprised at the way people treat you. From personal experience most people dont care how much you lift but rather how hard you work at it.

Yeah, that's a good point.

People will give you silent kudos if you go to the gym and put in the effort and work hard. They aren't going to make fun of you or look down upon you.

eazyduzitjacob
10-24-2007, 12:32 PM
at my school we can take weight traning in place of pe and my coach told me about a guy he knew that was huge and never lifted a weight ever.... his workout was 1500 pushups and 3000 situps DAILY