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| Things to lift when you can't afford weights...or the gym... |  cassie_bee |
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| #1 | spoiled_candy |
May 14 2008 00:10 |
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Do you have a broom stick? You can do a lot with one. It may not weigh much, but you can work with it.
http://www.hydroxycut.com/active_lifestyle/exercises/broom_s tick_twists/index.shtml http://dietandbody.com/exercise/2006/04/virtual-gym-better-b utt-barbell-or.html |
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| #2 | cassie_bee |
May 14 2008 00:13 |
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Hmm...good plan; I have a mop! |
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| #3 | atech |
May 14 2008 00:14 |
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You could fill old milk jugs with water: 1 gallon of water is about 8 pounds. If 8 pounds is too much, only fill the jug half full. |
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| #4 | feydruss |
May 14 2008 00:29 |
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If you're a poor student, I'm willing to bet you've got a backpack and a ton of books. Fill it up and start squatting! Loop it over your ankle and do extensions. Wear it on your back and do planks and pushups. Hold it from the bottom like a medicine ball and do chest presses, shoulder presses. You get the idea... The best part is that you can vary the weight by adding or taking out books. |
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| #5 |  mpatitucci |
May 14 2008 01:03 |
| Resistance bands are very cheap. I got mine for $12 at K-Mart. You can do a ton of exercises with them, too, and they work all your muscle groups, depending on the exercise you're doing. Check YouTube for exercise ideas. | ||
| #6 | artiparte |
May 14 2008 03:29 |
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You may want to start with your own bodyweight. Check out this website I found today: http://www.bodyweightculture.com/ It requires registration but is free. I liked the workout plans they showed for each level. Before I started using weights, I started doing pushups, squats, lunges and planks. Holding a pushup on a 130 lbs body is no picnic, believe me. When I travel and don't have access to a gym, I do pushups in my hotel room.
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| #7 |  adonvll |
May 14 2008 20:23 |
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Push ups don't require a gym membership. Isn't there free gym in your college? Local parks have playground for kids with various chin-up bars, monkey bars, overhead ladders, ect. All free I would think. |
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| #8 | endnevercomes |
May 14 2008 20:25 |
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I used to fill up gatorade bottles and 1 liter water bottles with water. They are really good for toning arms (if you do a bunch of arm exercises in a row) and they arent too heavy |
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| #9 | richardbird |
May 15 2008 00:11 |
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Bodyweight, bodyweight, bodyweight! Pull-ups (make sure you have a stable bar - safety tip: don't use your closet rod). Push-ups: vary your hand positions. Hand-stand push-ups: for any weightlifter out there who thinks there bad, try these. Air Squats: do a perfect squat motion (look up the form on the internet), with no weights. Now, do it fast - with perfect form - 4 sets of 50 repetitions. Don't be surprised if you have difficulty walking the next day. Weights, smeights.....get out there and do somethin'!!!!! woooohooo!!!!
Stay safe - Rb |
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| #10 | melkor |
May 15 2008 01:55 |
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Just find something heavy around the house and lift it - books, housemates, buckets of water, anything that has some heft to it will do. You can find a picture of the 'weights' I started with in my gallery; another suggestion that will work is to fill a shopping bag with soda bottles. One 1L bottle is just 2lbs and that's far too little weight to be appropriate resistance for anything but rotator cuff prehab exercises, but get 6-10 in there and we're talking ;) |
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| #11 | roj47 |
May 15 2008 10:26 |
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Try eBay. I hope these links work, but they are really excellent value as opposed to new.
My most recent purchase at £7.50 6 x 10LB (4.5KG) 6 x 5LB (2.3KG) 4 x 2.5LB (1.1KG) 2 x Dumbell (45cm) 1 x Barbell (165cm) 6 x Spin Locks http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1& ;item=150241527888&ssPageName=STRK:MEWN:IT&ih=005 On eBay at £20 sell. This is a weights bench by York, model 'Fitness 6605'. It is a multi use bench with place to put the long bar with weights on and a part for doing leg curls. With it are a set of weights. There are 4 of 6.5kg, 4 of 4kg and 4 of 2kg. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1& ;item=290224280241&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=019 |
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| #12 | spirochete |
May 15 2008 14:22 |
Original Post by endnevercomes: This doesn't sound very efficient. There has to be heavier stuff around your house |
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| #13 | marneedear |
May 15 2008 21:23 |
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What RichardBird said! In my experience, if you are just starting then you really dont need weights to get a great strength training workout.
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