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SAFCTEES

SAFCTEES

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Has a quick look online this morning and I was amazed at how expensive dumbbells were?
Does anyone have any suggestions for a good starter kit for a home gym to get me through the next month
TIA
 


Luckily I was well kitted out with gear for a while before Covid struck, the prices are daft. Have you looked at heavy canvas sandbags? You can adjust them to whatever weight but it can allow you to do some decent strongman style training.

I bought mine from Assassin goods.
 
I got lucky with my iron ones. They aren’t the heaviest, Max 20kg for one but they do. I plan on doing a lot of abs and lose a few pounds during November.
 
Hucknalls Fluffer said:
Luckily I was well kitted out with gear for a while before Covid struck, the prices are daft. Have you looked at heavy canvas sandbags? You can adjust them to whatever weight but it can allow you to do some decent strongman style training.

I bought mine from Assassin goods.
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I bought an unfilled one off Amazon for 20 quid (plus the bag of cement). Looking at the reviews I’m not overly confident that it’ll take much past 20 kilos. That said, I only had a couple of kettlebells, Indian clubs and 20kg dumbbells for the last lockdown, so at least it’ll be different, anyway. And it’s better than paying the stupid prices people currently want for weights.
 
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SAFCTEES said:
Has a quick look online this morning and I was amazed at how expensive dumbbells were?
Does anyone have any suggestions for a good starter kit for a home gym to get me through the next month
TIA
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It's a month.
Change your routine and get a suspension trainer.
You can do a full bodyweight routine with one of these, and can make it as hard or easy as you like by changing your degree of position.
Trx is obviously the main brand, where they sell for about 160 notes , but you can get more or less identical set for about 45 off amazon.
Loads of stuff on YouTube for full body suspension training workouts.

also get some resistance bands, less than 20 quid. You can do loads of good stuff with these. I have them in my garage, but these and the suspension trainer can go over any door architrave. Loads of exercises to do with these, and actually I find lots far better than weights for making you do a full range of motion.

I also bought a Chin up bar , dip bar (oft was 95 on amazon, but 45 off ebay). Or you can buy a cheap pull up bar from argos to hook on top of a doors architrave.
Pull ups are, imo, one of the best exercises you can do.

i put it in my garage, and use weighted belt to make it harder for low reps or resistance bands to make it easier for high reps.


If you've never used suspension trainers, or gone through a period doing pull ups most days, then your body will respond massively to this.

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This one looks ok from amazon
Obv look at ones with good reviews, and make sure the delivery time can be soon. Some have a delivery of about ten days
Resistance bands

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My chin up bar is oft (onetwofit).
Just looked, and 90 quid on amazon but 60 on ebay.
There's a video to show all the exercises you can do with it. Its wall mounted but comes down easily.
Or argos/amazon do doorway ones for less than 20 quid (pull ups only )
You'll have a body like this fella in no time

 
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offmenut said:
It's a month.
Change your routine and get a suspension trainer.
You can do a full bodyweight routine with one of these, and can make it as hard or easy as you like by changing your degree of position.
Trx is obviously the main brand, where they sell for about 160 notes , but you can get more or less identical set for about 45 off amazon.
Loads of stuff on YouTube for full body suspension training workouts.

also get some resistance bands, less than 20 quid. You can do loads of good stuff with these. I have them in my garage, but these and the suspension trainer can go over any door architrave. Loads of exercises to do with these, and actually I find lots far better than weights for making you do a full range of motion.

I also bought a Chin up bar , dip bar (oft was 95 on amazon, but 45 off ebay). Or you can buy a cheap pull up bar from argos to hook on top of a doors architrave.
Pull ups are, imo, one of the best exercises you can do.

i put it in my garage, and use weighted belt to make it harder for low reps or resistance bands to make it easier for high reps.


If you've never used suspension trainers, or gone through a period doing pull ups most days, then your body will respond massively to this.

Fitness Training Pro Suspension System Training Kit Professional Gym Fitness Training Straps for Home Gym Workout: Amazon.co.uk: Sports & Outdoors

Shop Fitness Training Pro Suspension System Training Kit Professional Gym Fitness Training Straps for Home Gym Workout. Free delivery and returns on all eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk

This one looks ok from amazon
Obv look at ones with good reviews, and make sure the delivery time can be soon. Some have a delivery of about ten days
Resistance bands

Resistance Bands Set Exercise Bands, Resistance Bands Set Men Workouts With 5 Fitness Bands, 2 Foam Handles, 2 Ankle Straps, 1 Door Anchor, 2 Resistance Bands for Yoga, Pilates Physio Home Gym: Amazon.co.uk: Sports & Outdoors

Shop Resistance Bands Set Exercise Bands, Resistance Bands Set Men Workouts With 5 Fitness Bands, 2 Foam Handles, 2 Ankle Straps, 1 Door Anchor, 2 Resistance Bands for Yoga, Pilates Physio Home Gym. Free delivery and returns on all eligible orders.
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My chin up bar is oft (onetwofit).
Just looked, and 90 quid on amazon but 60 on ebay.
There's a video to show all the exercises you can do with it. Its wall mounted but comes down easily.
Or argos/amazon do doorway ones for less than 20 quid (pull ups only )
You'll have a body like this fella in no time

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I can see it being more than a month. ☹️

Having a look at those TRX’s.

TK Maxx had chin up bars (doorway obviously) for about £6. And I just set up a couple of chairs in the kitchen to do my dips.
 
Thurston said:
I can see it being more than a month. ☹

Having a look at those TRX’s.

TK Maxx had chin up bars (doorway obviously) for about £6. And I just set up a couple of chairs in the kitchen to do my dips.
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Really, chin ups/pull ups and dips are all you need for an upper body workout.
The trx is great.
I used it loads for supersets of bicep curls/ skullcrushers prior to this. The leg stuff i haven't done much of, so looking forward to seeing how I respond to that, but shoulder/back/chest stuff, with resistance bands, I've done stuff for a couple of weeks here and there and enjoyed it. You can get a better range of motion on several exercises than with weights.


I think itll be more than a month too.
People should see this as an opportunity to work out differently to how they did before, and like I've mentioned, the body will , imo, respond massively to a change in routine.
 
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Ki Fitness (Leeming Bar) selling some new gear if anyone's interested. They've posted the list on Facebook. I've trained there before and he's a genuine guy. Going fast though.
 
Depends what you want to do weights wise, but you can do an amount using your own body weight and using heavy objects around the house.

In Lockdown1 I was doing front raises, shrugs etc using cans of food in shopping bags as weights :lol:
 
Sold my weights for buttons as I went to the gym instead. Getting a dry bag to fill with sand as a sort of kettlebell.

Surprised some clever person hasn't knocked up their own dumbells to flog; it can't be that difficult to manufacture them. Definitely money to be made.
 
S.S.R.. said:
Sold my weights for buttons as I went to the gym instead. Getting a dry bag to fill with sand as a sort of kettlebell.

Surprised some clever person hasn't knocked up their own dumbells to flog; it can't be that difficult to manufacture them. Definitely money to be made.
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Id seen a few companies that have pivoted from metal fabrication into offering steel dumbbells. They don’t look great but they’ll do a job for a much lower price
 

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