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Thought about freezing my membership to pay 5/10 dollars for a couple months and buying a set of adjustable dumbbells & a flat bench for home workouts. They're not too expensive.

I been jumping rope and I still be at the park doing pull ups and dips on some jail shyt. My main focus is to save time cause I'm bout to work like 60 hour weeks

What say y'all? Any experiences?

Body exercises, breh.

Grab one of them dumbbells and squat with them.
Burpees
Shoulder taps
Prisoner squats
Plank Rows
Mountain climbers

The list goes on and on....

...and buy yourself a pull-up bar.
 
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Thinking about buying this pushup thing. Looked interesting. Got ten groupon bucks that expire today and just browsing to see if I find anything. Not much on the things to do category unless I get a shooting range deal again but I think this looks decent enough. Could be questionable tho or cheaper alternatives may exist.

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It's funny how a muscle hurts on an exercise that I wasn't expecting it to. On Saturday I did bench press with no issues. Today I went for squats and was definitely feeling it on my arm. Guess it still needs a bit more to heal. Was mainly in that dip between the tricep and shoulder. I guess the position of the arm is what caused it since its at an angle and not straight like the bench.
 

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Thought about freezing my membership to pay 5/10 dollars for a couple months and buying a set of adjustable dumbbells & a flat bench for home workouts. They're not too expensive.

I been jumping rope and I still be at the park doing pull ups and dips on some jail shyt. My main focus is to save time cause I'm bout to work like 60 hour weeks

What say y'all? Any experiences?

For upper body all you need is a dip stand and a standard plate barbell with some weights. Dips, inverted rows (see below), upright rows.

Lower body is going to be the challenge, especially the posterior chain. You may be able to do one legged deadlifts

Something to think about... you can use dip stands for inverted rows. Raise your feet to add difficulty. More of a horizontal vs vertical pull motion but you will still get your back work in.

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@The ADD what's your HIIT routines looking like? :jbhmm:

also, you do hill sprints, flat sprints or stairs? how long do you do your sprints for in total - and how many sprints do you do (time or distance) and rest in between?

you ever sprint on the treadmill? i can sprint on an incline since the speed doesn't need to be as fast, but am deathly afraid of busting my ass trying to sprint (hop on/off) on a flat treadmill
 

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@The ADD what's your HIIT routines looking like? :jbhmm:

also, you do hill sprints, flat sprints or stairs? how long do you do your sprints for in total - and how many sprints do you do (time or distance) and rest in between?

you ever sprint on the treadmill? i can sprint on an incline since the speed doesn't need to be as fast, but am deathly afraid of busting my ass trying to sprint (hop on/off) on a flat treadmill

Conditioning is a little different for me now. I definitely don't get to bogged down in rest time vs. on time. When everything is correct I'm training 6 days a week so I don't go as hard on a conditioning session as opposed to if I was only doing 4-5 sessions.

I will usually try to pre-exhaust on a set of squats before the conditioning with a focus on a squat pattern I didn't hit the day before.

Hill sprints mainly, it's a sizable hill so the initial incline requires that that glute/ham activation and the top end gets the cardio if that makes sense. Usually 10-12 of those get's my hams right on the edge of a tweak and I end it there. I will usually walk down the hill at a decent pace and then go right back up.

If I do flat sprints it's 20-30 yards more focused on burst/explosion. I really only have access to pavement so all that pounding on my joints is no bueno. I usually will pair those will a longer run that's closer to 100 yards at 80%

My real go to is the prowler super-set with loaded carries. It's right around a 40 round push with intermediate weight down to one end, walk back with to KB to the other then walk back to the prowler and repeat. I don't rest between the prowler/carry transition but usually 12-16 deep breaths after the carry on the walk back. I do whose in sets of 6-8 so one full trip down and back with the prowler and the KBs is a set. The other variation is lighter weight with a down back non-stop and then carry the KB's. You get upper, lower and core with this combo :blessed:
I tried the treadmill flat and that danger just wasn't worth it as a regular thing. Also I was more prone to pull something :francis:. I wouldn't be against the incline, it just so happens there is a paved longer hill right behind my gym.
 

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Conditioning is a little different for me now. I definitely don't get to bogged down in rest time vs. on time. When everything is correct I'm training 6 days a week so I don't go as hard on a conditioning session as opposed to if I was only doing 4-5 sessions.

I will usually try to pre-exhaust on a set of squats before the conditioning with a focus on a squat pattern I didn't hit the day before.

Hill sprints mainly, it's a sizable hill so the initial incline requires that that glute/ham activation and the top end gets the cardio if that makes sense. Usually 10-12 of those get's my hams right on the edge of a tweak and I end it there. I will usually walk down the hill at a decent pace and then go right back up.

If I do flat sprints it's 20-30 yards more focused on burst/explosion. I really only have access to pavement so all that pounding on my joints is no bueno. I usually will pair those will a longer run that's closer to 100 yards at 80%

My real go to is the prowler super-set with loaded carries. It's right around a 40 round push with intermediate weight down to one end, walk back with to KB to the other then walk back to the prowler and repeat. I don't rest between the prowler/carry transition but usually 12-16 deep breaths after the carry on the walk back. I do whose in sets of 6-8 so one full trip down and back with the prowler and the KBs is a set. The other variation is lighter weight with a down back non-stop and then carry the KB's. You get upper, lower and core with this combo :blessed:
I tried the treadmill flat and that danger just wasn't worth it as a regular thing. Also I was more prone to pull something :francis:. I wouldn't be against the incline, it just so happens there is a paved longer hill right behind my gym.
yea, i got access to hills and stairs, so not and issue in non rainy months/when it's light enough in the morning. but there definitely aint no prowler at 24 hr fitness #brokeassgym :upsetfavre:, even if there were, there isnt space to use it.

:mjlol: @ squatting before hills...:bryan:
 

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Elaborate please?
Squirte breh keep in mind that I have had problens with my digestion for about 4 years.
- I did a colon cleanse to help with regularity but it seemed to have got rid of some of the good bacteria as well so I often got bloated
- I think I unintentionally introduced worms/parasites into my system when I last ate salmon and sushi. Possibly from the last meat I ate too.

Papaya seeds kills worms and the papaya itself releases an enzyme that helps you better digest food. I say dont go crazy with the seeds because they arent meant to be eaten in large quantity and act as natural birth control
 

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yea, i got access to hills and stairs, so not and issue in non rainy months/when it's light enough in the morning. but there definitely aint no prowler at 24 hr fitness #brokeassgym :upsetfavre:, even if there were, there isnt space to use it.

:mjlol: @ squatting before hills...:bryan:
Also Farmers Carries up the stairs
 
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