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Health, Good Practises, and Exercise
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gym at work will be closed, I expect LA fitness to do the same very soon.
Got a few things to have a quarantine-style gym in the garage...
Adjustable Bench
Resistance Bands set
Dumbell Weight Set
(this goes up to only 25lbs... but for now it will do)
Medicine Ball (16lbs)
Exercise Mat
Got a few things to have a quarantine-style gym in the garage...
Adjustable Bench
TUSY Adjustable Weight Bench for Full Body Workout Multi-Purpose Utility Weight Bench Flat Bench Press for Home and Gym
TUSY Adjustable Weight Bench for Full Body Workout Multi-Purpose Utility Weight Bench Flat Bench Press for Home and Gym
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Resistance Bands set
RENRANRING Resistance Bands for Working Out, 150LBS Exercise Bands, Workout Bands, Resistance Bands Set with Handles for Men Women, Legs Ankle Straps for Muscle Training
Resistance Bands Set - 150LBS Exercise with Door Anchor, Fitness Handles, Elastic for Exercise, Stretch Physical Therapy, Home Workout, Yellow, Red, Blue, Green, Black, 51.0 inch
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Dumbell Weight Set
Cap Barbell 150 LB Dumbbell Set with Rack
The CAP Barbell 150-Pound Rubber Hex Dumbbell Weight Set with A-Frame Rack will add versatility, storage space, and reliability to your home gym. This set includes a pair of 5-pound, 10-pound, 15-pound, 20-pound, and 25-pound rubber hex dumbbell weights and an A-frame rack to store them. The FIVE...
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Medicine Ball (16lbs)
Amazon Basics Weighted Medicine Ball for Workouts Exercise Balance Training
An Amazon Brand.
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Exercise Mat
Signature Fitness Puzzle Exercise Mat with EVA Foam Interlocking Tiles for MMA, Exercise, Gymnastics and Home Gym Protective Flooring, Multiple Colors, Multiple Sizes
Signature Fitness Puzzle Exercise Mat with EVA Foam Interlocking Tiles for MMA, Exercise, Gymnastics and Home Gym Protective Flooring, Multiple Colors, Multiple Sizes
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Stocked up myself a little over the weekend. Got some weights, a couple of bars and now need a bench and bench/squat rack. Will then be good for some “maintenance” gym.gym at work will be closed, I expect LA fitness to do the same very soon.
Got a few things to have a quarantine-style gym in the garage...
Adjustable Bench
TUSY Adjustable Weight Bench for Full Body Workout Multi-Purpose Utility Weight Bench Flat Bench Press for Home and Gym
TUSY Adjustable Weight Bench for Full Body Workout Multi-Purpose Utility Weight Bench Flat Bench Press for Home and Gymwww.amazon.com
Resistance Bands set
RENRANRING Resistance Bands for Working Out, 150LBS Exercise Bands, Workout Bands, Resistance Bands Set with Handles for Men Women, Legs Ankle Straps for Muscle Training
Resistance Bands Set - 150LBS Exercise with Door Anchor, Fitness Handles, Elastic for Exercise, Stretch Physical Therapy, Home Workout, Yellow, Red, Blue, Green, Black, 51.0 inchwww.amazon.com
Dumbell Weight Set
(this goes up to only 25lbs... but for now it will do)Cap Barbell 150 LB Dumbbell Set with Rack
The CAP Barbell 150-Pound Rubber Hex Dumbbell Weight Set with A-Frame Rack will add versatility, storage space, and reliability to your home gym. This set includes a pair of 5-pound, 10-pound, 15-pound, 20-pound, and 25-pound rubber hex dumbbell weights and an A-frame rack to store them. The FIVE...www.amazon.com
Medicine Ball (16lbs)
Amazon Basics Weighted Medicine Ball for Workouts Exercise Balance Training
An Amazon Brand.www.amazon.com
Exercise Mat
Signature Fitness Puzzle Exercise Mat with EVA Foam Interlocking Tiles for MMA, Exercise, Gymnastics and Home Gym Protective Flooring, Multiple Colors, Multiple Sizes
Signature Fitness Puzzle Exercise Mat with EVA Foam Interlocking Tiles for MMA, Exercise, Gymnastics and Home Gym Protective Flooring, Multiple Colors, Multiple Sizeswww.amazon.com
As an Amazon Associate, MacRumors earns a commission from qualifying purchases made through links in this post.
Yaxo, we closed both LA Fitnesses in ‘Quad city’ on Saturday. Three Golds Gyms are operating early morning hours only (Locker rooms are ‘off-use’). Otherwise, all corporate gyms have been closed as of last week.
We’re ranging at 70°, Bustin out the Charger Scat Pack to roll down the windows, hear the full cat back exhaust, while riding through the apocalyptic streets with no traffic. I guess there’s a positive to C/19.😁
We’re ranging at 70°, Bustin out the Charger Scat Pack to roll down the windows, hear the full cat back exhaust, while riding through the apocalyptic streets with no traffic. I guess there’s a positive to C/19.😁
It's grabbing the picture with his whole hand that won me over. Nothing says "TOUGH!!!" like crinkling a picture.I need to find a good way to workout without a gym and just a few tools...
I'll have to incorporate that into my workout regime. Do we have to use the picture of Dolph though?
Mandatory. His muscles make the picture way harder to crinkle. I mean, it's basic broscience.
Never seen that flavor or a macadamia. I buy that in the toasted almond from Costco. It's a large bag. I think just over a pound and at the same price as the small bag you paid for at a regular store. They had a pumpkin seed one months ago, too. It's alright. The mint dark chocolate with nut pieces is nice. I've only seen it at Target though.
LOL the freezer trick is universal. When I was sent on overseas assignment many moons ago I'd buy a bag of those fun size Snickers and throw them in a freezer of whatever hellhole I was sent to. They would be a nice treat after a long day. Unwrap, pop a frozen Snickers square in your mouth and gnaw on it.
You would have been too young at the time but when Snickers ice cream bars came out in the early 90s they were awesome.They changed sometime in the mid 2000s and have sucked since then.
I recommend trying it if you want. I'd avoid using Milkways or Twix. The former is too hard and the latter shatters at the biscuit level and makes a mess. Three Muskateers is really good frozen, too. Payday is nice frozen, too, especially if you use it as a makeshift spoon to scoop up vanilla ice cream.
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Jeff Cavaliere (Athlean-X) is in my opinion one of the best fitness gurus on youtube.
Due to the Covid-19 situation he made a free video with a good home full body workout that virtually requires no tools.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc1E5CfRfos
Due to the Covid-19 situation he made a free video with a good home full body workout that virtually requires no tools.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc1E5CfRfos
Jeff is an awesome dude. Not also did he help me in terms of working around some shoulder stiffness I had back when I started bodybuilding in 2018, but he’s so much more than a ‘weightlifting’ Virtual coach, he really demonstrates lots of strength/conditioning for tendon/muscle groups, accurate form/posture. He also demonstrates what not to do to avoid potential injury for those of us who are dedicated athletes. If somebody was first starting out in weightlifting or looking to become more advanced in this segment, by all means, he is a great source with weekly videos.
Also, regarding the whole ‘online workout’ classes, there’s a couple gyms in my area that are doing exactly that. I think this is great for those who obviously cannot venture to gym due to the closures, what a great way for even older ages/geriatrics to have some exercise right in their own living room without the associated risks of being in a packed gym.
Yep, Jeff really helped me too. Actually it's thanks to his videos that I started weightlifting as he helped me remove the "fear" of it. What I also like is that he does not push his programs that much. He might reference them once during a 20 minutes video, and sometimes he doesn't even do that. I actually remember watching one of his videos in which he says that buying his programs is not even necessary as his free online content is good enough for 90% of the people.
Yes, gyms are doing the same here. I have to find a good way to workout; stress at work is getting to me and I need some physical way to discharge it.
I’ve been working from home lately, and I’m finding I actually don’t like this. I made the optional transition to do so given the circumstances, and I thought I would adapt altogether, but I don’t like it. I still can venture into the field/investigate, follow up, travel ‘to and from’, which is a nice break at any time, but I need a release Point, and I just can’t imagine sitting in office chair all day long looking at a computer monitor, it’s to monotonous and well, sitting for long periods is the enemy for health concerns. Someone else said something on a front page article earlier this week, you can’t really escape your personal life and work life when you combine everything together at home, there needs to be that ‘separation factor’, so that’s why I really am glad the weather has turned beautiful where I can move my cardio outside, plus transition the work load ‘out of the office’ per se.
Speaking of: Here is my ‘night cardio’ shared from the activity thread I participate in with some very active members, take a look-
Apple Watch Activity & Fitness Pictures thread
Happy St. Patrick’s Day. Stair cardio. Seven flights, and let me tell you, stairs are no joke, it’s a challenge on its own. Looking over ‘Triple Tree Bypass’
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Photo overlooking Triple tree overpass-
Seven flights of stairs continuously, and let me tell you, that’s no joke, stairs to me is some of the hardest warmer cardio you can do, really spikes the heart rate and burns the legs
Heh I just flashed back to the world's fattest sparrows parked in greenery along the edge of the Grace Bldg plaza in NYC, only yards from the hotdog vendor. Their toolset was all in their charm, hopping out almost into your path forward just as you walked away with too much bread around yer chilidog. They looked so sweet and vulnerable in the chill of a grey April lunch hour, aww... yeah. By mid-May they looked almost big enough to grab and grill. That wasn't fluff around their midriffs by then, it was fat!
My exercise program is done at home except for my running and it is done solo for the near future. If things get extreme with the current health situation I can always jog on my treadmill.
During the winter months, I wanted a treadmill for the indoors, as I generally only weight lift at the gym. But it would have to be one of those ‘folding’ treadmills, being I Can’t stand clutter.
I’m looking at a Peloton Bike (It’s essentially a stationary bike with an LCD monitor attached for classes/competition against other riders.) It would probably be a 2020/2021 purchase for the winter months, now that Weather has turned really nice. But I’ve heard good things about it, but it doesn’t interest me that you have to pay for these digital ‘additional classes’ to use aside from the actual purchase of the bike itself.
Looking it up now. Thanks for the suggestion. (And it’s actually cheaper than a Peloton, Perk bonus!).
M3i Indoor Bike | The Ultimate Indoor Cycling Machine | Keiser
Exceeding the demands of indoor group cycling, the Keiser M3i is the industry’s only indoor stationary bike built entirely around YOU. Buy Online Today.
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Warning though, its computer isn't cool, and doesn't have those fancy virtual classes. There's a reason your first brand is what it is. It's unique.Looking it up now. Thanks for the suggestion. (And it’s actually cheaper than a Peloton, Perk bonus!).
M3i Indoor Bike | The Ultimate Indoor Cycling Machine | Keiser
Exceeding the demands of indoor group cycling, the Keiser M3i is the industry’s only indoor stationary bike built entirely around YOU. Buy Online Today.
There's a few other brands of cycles in the M3i price range. Good ones use magnetics and belts.
Even better. I’m not Really interested in ‘subscription based services’, and the whole online competitive feature isn’t that appealing, but I would like to try it. I’m seriously looking at the bike that you just mentioned, it wasn’t on my radar until now.
I’m looking for some related-discussions on various user feedback, seems of high quality, but I need the customer service to be on par with the product, that’s equally, if not more important to me moving forward.
Ok, so the Y is closed, no pool, no gym, and I went out on a 2 mile walk today. Within .21 miles I noticed a tender lower back, which stayed with me, for the rest of the walk, but actually seemed to ease up near the end of it. I’ve had degenerative disk disease, noticed since my early 40s, so I wonder if the tender lower back (more at the sides) is something that walking would help? I tend to think that walking if anything will hurt my back.
A while back I was advised that breakfast was the most important meal of the day, so I started eating breakfast again and gained a few pounds. Now using the theory that it’s calories that have the most effect on weight at my age (67), I’m back to skipping breakfast, drinking a Slimfast style drink for lunch and then eating a regular dinner. I lost a couple of pounds in a matter of 5 days.
But this is genetic, not professional, although sitting can aggravate it, I don’t think sitting causes it (DDD) per say, but I could be mistaken.