Working out--without a gym.

[kms122]

I just lost about 80 pounds from 240 to 165 and it wasnt as hard as i though it would be. First, i did alot and i mean alot of watching what eat. Dont waist it on soda just drink water. I now dont take snack very often just eat the normal three meals a say. And eat alot of protien. Then you run and join a gym where the trainers will train u for the sport you want like dirtbikes and whatever. This was the best thing for me now i feel great.

[char393]

wow kms...that is quite an accomplishment. congratulations!

[yzernie]

Originally posted by kdxchar
wow kms...that is quite an accomplishment. congratulations!

Yes it is....good for you.

[LoKi]

I do 40 ounce curls alot. I'm feeling lazy tonight so I'm only curling 12.

[Crazy]

Originally posted by LoKi
I do 40 ounce curls alot. I'm feeling lazy tonight so I'm only curling 12.

LOL thats my exercise! I think we should patent it and sell it in an infomercial, oh wait, David Attell already did that.

[icantslowdown]

Milkjugs with water are your friend here. I would silicone the top closed to make sure you don't have any oops's. One gallon of water = 7.7lbs.

Abs - Lying Leg Raises, Bicycle Crunches, Situps. Or even better: hang a bar in your garage and do hanging leg raises.

Legs - back to a wall, roll down to a squat, push back up. Once you can do 20 of these, add some weight (milk jugs filled with water). You can also do these without a wall, but it will hit your glutes more instead of your quads.

Back: That bar you just hung in your garage? Chinups! Don't pull to behind your neck as this stresses your rotator cuffs excessively and can cause trauma. For thickness, bent rows with any sufficiently heavy object. You can brace your head on the edge of a sofa to take some of the stress off of your lower back. Deadlifts with some sort of improvised weights will hit your lower back.

Chest: pushups, decline pushups (put your feet up on the sofa), one-arm pushups (when you get stronger), one-arm crossovers (lie flat on your back, grab a moderately heavy object at arm's length straight to the side, and without bending your elbow, raise it straight up above you.

For a baseline starter, try to make sure you're getting .5g protein for every lb of body weight (i.e. I weigh 245 so my baseline for this type of exercise would be 122g of protein a day).

[Superbike 373]

Now that is some info! ---Mike

[psycho393]

Good stuff glad you guys know all about it. Someday I'll work on that

[ThuMPerCR125]

Originally posted by icantslowdown
Milkjugs with water are your friend here. I would silicone the top closed to make sure you don't have any oops's. One gallon of water = 7.7lbs.

Abs - Lying Leg Raises, Bicycle Crunches, Situps. Or even better: hang a bar in your garage and do hanging leg raises.

Legs - back to a wall, roll down to a squat, push back up. Once you can do 20 of these, add some weight (milk jugs filled with water). You can also do these without a wall, but it will hit your glutes more instead of your quads.

Back: That bar you just hung in your garage? Chinups! Don't pull to behind your neck as this stresses your rotator cuffs excessively and can cause trauma. For thickness, bent rows with any sufficiently heavy object. You can brace your head on the edge of a sofa to take some of the stress off of your lower back. Deadlifts with some sort of improvised weights will hit your lower back.

Chest: pushups, decline pushups (put your feet up on the sofa), one-arm pushups (when you get stronger), one-arm crossovers (lie flat on your back, grab a moderately heavy object at arm's length straight to the side, and without bending your elbow, raise it straight up above you.

For a baseline starter, try to make sure you're getting .5g protein for every lb of body weight (i.e. I weigh 245 so my baseline for this type of exercise would be 122g of protein a day).

That's some great info man! I've been looking for somehthing new to work my abs, and I think I've found it....leg raises.

I do just about everything else you mention though, it really helps out alot.

[icantslowdown]

If the hanging leg raises or chinups prove too difficult due to lack of grip strength (I'm coming back from a broken wrist so I know how it is...), you can buy lifting straps from any sports store which wrap around your wrists, then the bar which alleviates most of the strain on your hands.

Also, many people cannot perform chinups with their full body weight at first. Keep a chair close and push yourself up with your legs, then slowly let yourself down (eccentric movement) with a 6-second count. More muscle tissue damage is done on the eccentric movement so you will still grow this way and soon you'll be able to squeeze out a few without the chair. Once you get to the point where you can squeeze out 10 with your body weight, you need to add some weight. You can tie a piece of rope around your waist and tie a milk jug or 2 to it for additional weight.

jimbothenutcase

[ThuMPerCR125]

Originally posted by icantslowdown
Once you get to the point where you can squeeze out 10 with your body weight, you need to add some weight. You can tie a piece of rope around your waist and tie a milk jug or 2 to it for additional weight.

jimbothenutcase

More great info! I was really wondering about that too, because I can do 10 pretty easily.

[4strkepwr660R]

stay active and dont eat junk food if your not going to burn it off