Well, that is quite the detailed reply. So thanks :D
I have a really dinky set-up in my basement right now - a crappy bench that's supposed to incline but is missing the part that allows it to do that, a shitty bar, and a couple of mis-matched dumbell bars with barely enough plates (if I want 2x 20lb dumbells, I have make one with 2x 10lb plates and the other with 4x 5lb plates, to give you an idea) and no foam padding on the floor... and that's it. I knew I might not be able to get a great workout with it, but I thought it would suffice for trial purposes, before investing in a more serious home gym.
I guess depending on the results you want and the exercises to do them, will depend on the kind of equipment you have. Back when I was in shape in those pictures I posted here on MF, it was because my trainer put me through a lot of different exercises - some free weights, some machines, some plyometrics - but the majority of it was plyometrics and body weight stuff. It was all geared to strength and endurance (warrior training basically), but I've moved on from that and am now in the market to start putting on muscle more than building strength and endurance for striking and grappling.
With that being said, I really didn't need a lot of equipment to gain the results that I wanted, and from a visual stand point, I was also happy with what I had and did put on some muscle while I was doing it. So if I was to get back into it, I could probably achieve the same results with the non machine/free weight half of my routines and use what you have at your place when it came to the weights, but maybe with a little extra.
But if you want to workout more for muscle, then I would agree with you that you could use some more/better equipment from the sounds of it :)
I STILL like that better than going to the gym. Sometimes the eye candy in the gym / locker room is nice, and of course there's always equipment there that I'll never have at home (including a sauna!)... but that hardly makes up for the cost, the required year-long contract, often waiting for equipment, dealing with inconsiderate douchebags who don't give a shit about anyone else who works out in the same gym, having to travel to and from the gym, and having to remember to bring a towel and toiletries and shower flip-flops and gym clothes and my workout routines and current lifting weights, and a water bottle, and all that crap (I forget SOMETHING at least once a month, and that's freakin' annoying).
Preach on dear sister Branwyn! :D
I agree strongly with the d-bags comment. Especially the ones who like to turn going to the gym into a circus/comedy fest at other peoples' expense who're just trying to improve themselves. Don't even get me started on the level of homophobia inspired, strength in numbers, homophobia that crops up from time to time; in the gym and the locker room. That's another reason I lost interest in going.
I don't feel any less motivated, and in fact I work out more regularly because I don't have to get up as early to get in a workout before work (which I prefer), and if I decide to work out after work, it seems less of an obstacle because I can come home and not have to leave again to go to the gym. I can post my workouts right by the equipment and leave them there, track my progress on a chart on the wall, and if I forget anything, I can just go get it between sets.
Well, that is quite the detailed reply. So thanks :D
I have a really dinky set-up in my basement right now - a crappy bench that's supposed to incline but is missing the part that allows it to do that, a shitty bar, and a couple of mis-matched dumbell bars with barely enough plates (if I want 2x 20lb dumbells, I have make one with 2x 10lb plates and the other with 4x 5lb plates, to give you an idea) and no foam padding on the floor... and that's it. I knew I might not be able to get a great workout with it, but I thought it would suffice for trial purposes, before investing in a more serious home gym.
I guess depending on the results you want and the exercises to do them, will depend on the kind of equipment you have. Back when I was in shape in those pictures I posted here on MF, it was because my trainer put me through a lot of different exercises - some free weights, some machines, some plyometrics - but the majority of it was plyometrics and body weight stuff. It was all geared to strength and endurance (warrior training basically), but I've moved on from that and am now in the market to start putting on muscle more than building strength and endurance for striking and grappling.
With that being said, I really didn't need a lot of equipment to gain the results that I wanted, and from a visual stand point, I was also happy with what I had and did put on some muscle while I was doing it. So if I was to get back into it, I could probably achieve the same results with the non machine/free weight half of my routines and use what you have at your place when it came to the weights, but maybe with a little extra.
But if you want to workout more for muscle, then I would agree with you that you could use some more/better equipment from the sounds of it :)
I STILL like that better than going to the gym. Sometimes the eye candy in the gym / locker room is nice, and of course there's always equipment there that I'll never have at home (including a sauna!)... but that hardly makes up for the cost, the required year-long contract, often waiting for equipment, dealing with inconsiderate douchebags who don't give a shit about anyone else who works out in the same gym, having to travel to and from the gym, and having to remember to bring a towel and toiletries and shower flip-flops and gym clothes and my workout routines and current lifting weights, and a water bottle, and all that crap (I forget SOMETHING at least once a month, and that's freakin' annoying).
Preach on dear sister Branwyn! :D
I agree strongly with the d-bags comment. Especially the ones who like to turn going to the gym into a circus/comedy fest at other peoples' expense who're just trying to improve themselves. Don't even get me started on the level of homophobia inspired, strength in numbers, homophobia that crops up from time to time; in the gym and the locker room. That's another reason I lost interest in going.
I don't feel any less motivated, and in fact I work out more regularly because I don't have to get up as early to get in a workout before work (which I prefer), and if I decide to work out after work, it seems less of an obstacle because I can come home and not have to leave again to go to the gym. I can post my workouts right by the equipment and leave them there, track my progress on a chart on the wall, and if I forget anything, I can just go get it between sets.
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