Gym vs House Exercise

Agenda SG

Gym can do bench press and train the biceps area as well as the chest

but burpees with squat jump how? im lazy to go down to gym so can anyone tell me what are some of the exercises i can do at home?

alwaysdisturbed SG

i gt a gym ball and a pair of free weights. good enough.

yeehaw SG

buy 2 sacks of 20kg rice from NTUC. put on either shoulders and squat. Very Happy

bladez87 SG

how to train chest at home?

i got hmm... 1 barbell
2 x 5kg weights
2x 2.5kg
2x 10kg

my height 175
weight 55

Jacky88 SG

Do pumping la...

JuanRomanRiquelme SG

I will do pumping at home whenever I am not free to go gym...but i prefer going to gym because I like working with free weights more...

dal2010 SG

Gym beats house exercises...straight...lol

even if you have all the equipment at home, please do spare a thought for your neighbours haha! weights will banged on their ceiling 24/7..

Pumpings are just not enough to build mass hahah!

siaokau SG

who said so... my cousin does pumpings and chin-ups at home only... doesn't take any supplements but drinks lots of milk.. bruce lee physique, but much broader..

OPT SG

Bruce lee was 120lbs at best - not something I am looking for. He was lean - but he always was - even before he started martial arts.

In his time he achieved a lot and made a lot of martial artists realize that they should perform weight training. However you will see that a lot of his weight training was influenced by bodybuilding as that was the only information at the time.

siaokau SG

didn't i mention broader? the thing about going to the gym is tt you'll be tempted to try doing heavy weights and less reps... this way, your muscles will be bulky but not well defined.. if you work out from at home your restricted to lighter weights and tend to do more reps. he has a body to die for man. it's so well defined that it's like he has all the correct contours, unlike those who have chunks of meat here and there abeit huge ones.

OPT SG

you don't really beleive that crap do you?

Heavy weights make you bulky and undefined and light weights define and tone
?????

Want to do a pose down? On average I perform 3 reps - I weight 105kg and I'm sure I have much more defininition than you and anyone lift pussy weights.

JoBonez SG

anyone know of a good routine for primarily increasing strength, that can be done from home? Or is it necessary to go gym and lift heavy to gain strength?

OPT SG

That depends on what you have at home.

List everything you have...

JoBonez SG

i dont really have anything atm.

im considering buying a dumbell set, or a barbell and some plates.
anything else i should consider buying?

generality SG

nothing beats going to gym.

Simon Dean SG

totally untrue

OPT SG

This is one of the biggest cop outs there is.

People don't lift heavy because it's hard....

manyu882 SG

endurance and strength training also makes muscle bulkier right?
correct me if wrong.. cos i read from donnoe which article that they say there are 2 types of muscles. one is endurance muscle.. like what athlete has on their legs. another type is strength muscle like what bodybuilder has. they say both training makes muscle stimulate, repair and thus become bigger.

manyu882 SG

weighted/decline pushups do increase muscle mass

every resistance exercise u do at him just at a little weight here and there ( using risce sack or fillec bottles) can help u gain muscle

OPT SG

NO

All muscle are made up of about 50/50 fast twitch and slow twitch - variences occur depending on genetics, type of muscle, and training. When you say athletes has "endurance muscle" - type I, slow twitch this couldn't be further from the truth - easy example, a sprinter.....

Type I, slow twich muscle fibers have the least potential for growth.

Hope this will help you research further.