Exercises I can do at home, help me plan a routine.

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Exercises I can do at home, help me plan a routine. - Tuesday, November 04, 2008 10:25 AM ( #1 )
Hello.

So, other than push ups, crunches, and dumbell curls and variations of that, what are some things I can do at home?

Friday I am picking up a substantial amount of weights and some bars, used off of Craigslist. Then i'll be able to do much more than I can now.

I'm also in the market for a work out bench, which hopefully i'll get soon.

But until I receive the bench, what are some beneficial things I can do at home?               
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Re:Exercises I can do at home, help me plan a routine. - Wednesday, November 05, 2008 12:23 PM ( #2 )
While there is a "limit" on how many exercises exist and their use, reaching that limit would probably be humanly impossible. You are getting a barbell and weights to go with it, the number of exercises and the combination of those exercises is quite significant. I just typed out a lot of exercises but now noticed you don't have a bench, I don't know if you got a pullup bar, or anything to hang from either, so some of what is listed below is invalid.

I'll start from the bottom and go up.
Short list of weighted exercises you can do...

Legs:
Deadlift - Legs of thunder and iron and a big ego, malehood boost.
Hack squat - I don't bother, but it exists if you want to spin it.
Dumbbell lunge, angled lunge, calf raises
Barbell squats, OH squat, front squat, etc, but you don't exactly have a cage or a rack so I'll let that sit.

Back:
Deadlift, Bent over dumbbell and barbell rows, Pendley rows, briefcase deadlift
Barbell squats, OH squat, front squat, good morning, etc, but you don't exactly have a cage or a rack so I'll let that sit.
Weighted pullups and chinups.

Arms:
Deadlift, it makes your forearms big and helps develop a crushing grip...
Weighted dips, these can be done with two sturdy chairs.
Weighted chinups and pullups,
Barbell and dumbbell curls, hammer curls, Wrist curls in just about every way possible... etc.
Flat benchpress
Don't bother with Tricep extensions, French presses, and all of that useless stuff, you would be better off doing pushups!

Chest:
Benchpress in all its flavors
Dumbbell press, flies, floor flies, floor press, etc

Shoulders:
Shrugs, don't question it, load up the bar and start shrugging weight, then go do a max muscle pose in front of the biggest mirror you got.
Standing military press (squat rack or power cage)
Dumbbell press
Shoulder raises, between shrugs and Standing milt press, I don't think this is needed or would ever benefit.

Now let me go through calisthenic exercises.

Legs:
Squats and all their flavors, Lunge, angled lunge, jumping squat, etc

Back:
Back extensions, flutter kicks, Pullups, Chinups, bend and thrust, etc

Arms:
Pullups, Chinups, Pushups in all their flavors, dive bombers, arm shuffles, dips, see link.
http://www.t-nation.com/article/most_recent/everything_pushups

Chest:
Pushups, dips, eight count bodybuilders, not much I can think of.

Shoulders:
Pushups, hand stand pushups, not much I can think of for shoulders.

There is much much more than what I listed here, just search Google for what you want to work. :P

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Re:Exercises I can do at home, help me plan a routine. - Tuesday, November 11, 2008 6:26 PM ( #3 )
Well I purchased a Weider 150 weight bench off of Craigslist for $40.

Tomorrow i'm buying a cubic assload of weights, also from Craigslist for $30. Basically this lady is selling them because her son who used to be a wrestler, football player, and just a dude who worked out all the time left them there when he moved.

She said he had a lot of bars so he didn't have to change the weights for different things, and its all included. So, tomorrow i'll be all set to get started training.     
    
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Re:Exercises I can do at home, help me plan a routine. - Wednesday, November 12, 2008 3:17 PM ( #4 )
been telling this to alot of people lately but look into starting strength.
Goals by end of 2009:
Bench 205
Squat 255 ATG
Squat Clean 185

"There is no elevator to success, you must take the stairs."
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Re:Exercises I can do at home, help me plan a routine. - Wednesday, November 12, 2008 8:21 PM ( #5 )
I picked up 350lbs of weights today from a Craigslist ad. Payed $30 for the lot, just had to drive 40 miles to the middle of nowhere to pick them up, haha.

Started working out today, got a good work out. As if carrying a bunch of weights down a sketchy barn staircase wasn;t enough, then carrying them up the stairs to my apartment was. Haha.

But after I got them all nice and cleaned up (was left in the loft of a barn, pretty dirty) I got a good hour and a half or so done today.     
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