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post #1 of 25
1/18/11 at 7:23pm
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Moved apartments nearly a year ago. Switched from a building with a full gym to one without a gym and don't want a membership. Therefore, considering setting up a [limited] home gym in my apartment bedroom. Right now I'm looking at a bench (something like this: http://www.amazon.com/TRION-Fitness-...389169&sr=1-6).

Haven't looked at weights much though someone told me to expect to pay a dollar per pound and I want to [eventually] get a range between 25 and 50 lbs. Kettle bells will be added to the mix as well.

Anything I need to know? I don't do power lifting, as I weightlift to tone up.

Don't worry about Cardio as I do my running/biking outside.
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post #2 of 25
1/18/11 at 8:04pm
How come you don't want a membership?

I think the place by my Barneys in Friendship Heights is decent. Considering it might cost a few g's for a good home setup and sort of tie you down to your current place you might want to reconsider joining one....
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post #3 of 25
1/18/11 at 8:40pm
The bigger fitness centric stores will sell you weights for like 60 cents a pound too, if I remember correctly.
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post #4 of 25
1/18/11 at 8:46pm
i dont recommend working out at home. unless your highly motivated it's tough to keep it up. just doesn't have that same feeling.
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post #5 of 25
1/18/11 at 11:13pm
How big is the apartment? Do you really want to have a bunch of workout equipment in your apartment instead of going to a gym? Furthermore, at least in my experience, I always found it more difficult to get a full workout in when having equipment at home because you can be so nonchalant about lifting. When you actually make a trip to a gym, you're there for only one reason until you go home.
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post #6 of 25
1/18/11 at 11:34pm
Depending on your goals, its feasible. If you're interested in serious weightlifting, you're going to need a squat rack/cage, bench, and an oly bar with enough plates. If you buy all this stuff at retail you're already in the 1000$ range, plus the issues with getting it set up in your apartment.

If you're doing more conditioning/cardio stuff, I'd just get a few kettlebells and be done with it. A bench wouldn't hurt, but KBs would be your best option. Far more portable, too.
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post #7 of 25
1/19/11 at 12:04am
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Originally Posted by Jodum5 View Post
I don't do power lifting, as I weightlift to tone up.
Heh
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post #8 of 25
1/19/11 at 12:21am
I'd just do weighted push-ups and save the money and space. Make some cheap parallettes to get that deep push-up. Mount a pull-up bar and call it a day.

If you are in it for "toning up," meaning you aren't interested in getting strong nor tons of muscular hypertrophy - then low body fat and diet are going to be more key than doing bench press.
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post #9 of 25
1/19/11 at 12:28am
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Originally Posted by Jodum5 View Post
Anything I need to know? I don't do power lifting, as I weightlift to tone up. Don't worry about Cardio as I do my running/biking outside.
I incorporate powerlifting movements to my routines, hence I weight lift at home. Without knowing your exact goals, I would recommend buying a set of powerblocks and perhaps a kettlebell to start. You really don't need to move into barbells to keep toned up, and if you do, please purchase a quality olympic set. The regular sets will not grow with you, nor are they worth much used. I would suggest checking out the www.rosstraining.com forum for homemade workout ideas. There are a lot of guys on that site who have built their own gym equipment with limited funds and materials. Ross' books are excellent also.
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post #10 of 25
1/19/11 at 12:37am
Basically, if you're benching to "tone up," you'd be just as well served with weighted pushups, since they also hit the core (assuming you do the normal BP technique, not a PL bench). Those + chins + kettlebells and you should be decent.
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post #11 of 25
1/19/11 at 4:53am
Fucking son of a , I really really really hate the phrase weightlift to tone up. That's like saying you want to cure constipation by getting a gay guy to fuck you in the ass.
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post #12 of 25
1/19/11 at 7:49am
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Originally Posted by Jodum5 View Post
I weightlift to tone up.

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post #13 of 25
1/19/11 at 4:00pm
seriously, if people just said i want to lean out it'd be that much better. sounds like he just wants to do conditioning; you could do all kinds of awesome stuff only with kb's, and a dip/pullup bar. Off the top of my head...

pushups- weighted, incline, deficit
dips- high, low, leaning forward/back, weighted
pullups - narrow, wide, commando, chins, weighted
kb stuff - floor press, a million awesome ab exercises, cleans, snatches, press, all of these mixed together...

honestly i think investing 100% in kbs would be the best option. a bench would let you do pullovers, flies, etc etc. but like other people have mentioned you can smoke your chest by only doing weighted dips/pushups.
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post #14 of 25
1/19/11 at 4:05pm
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post #15 of 25
1/19/11 at 7:36pm
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