#free-weights

[jsmeablog-blog]

Stick to basic equipment.

[keithbcarter-blog]

Setting up a gym in the comfort of your own home is a great way to make it easy and convenient for you to work out, and you will find that a home gym setup is not as expensive as you might think.

[a-briefloveaffair]

Weights VS Resistance bands

Resistance bands are portable, provides continuous resistance throughout the entire motion and, they do not need to rely on gravity to work.

Great if you have hit the plateau with your workout. Try resistance band for a change!

Time to ditch free-weights for resistance bands.

[balepservice-blog]

1) Don't ignore your warm-up! One of the weight training tips is always to take out time to get an appropriate warm-up; this will lower your injury risk.

[inventinganewme-blog]

At least it isn't day 2

Well, I’ve found that I’m definitely currently more in-shape when it comes to the “sculpting” routines. While the workout definitely had me huffing and puffing in a few spots, I’m able to almost keep up with them. Even if it is with the lowest resistance band setting. This was my first day coming close to completing everything. By that I mean, I did knock a few reps off a few of the exercises to catch my breath and to move into position for the next.

Speaking of the resistance bands. I’m not sure if I’m just too tall for these bands or if I’m just too afraid of breaking them, but when doing the military press exercises, I definitely feel like I’m stretching them to their limits. I think I’m going to be purchasing an actual free weight system, as I would prefer to not have to worry so much about my range of motion.

Don’t get me wrong, the resistance bands work really well but either if I’m too tall for them or too afraid to break them, that means I’m not getting the full workout potential from them. I’d prefer to just take that worry out of the equation and be able to focus on the routines.

Tomorrow I return to the “sweat” and “ab ripper” portion of the exercise. I’ll be sure to take it a little slower this time and work my way up to keeping pace. This is actually reinforcing my thought on using my treadmill again in the mornings, as that would definitely help me increase my cardiovascular base. I’m starting to think that it is going to be a necessary part of the equation.The main thing there is to make sure that I keep my mornings lower impact, so I don’t burnout.

I think that even if I start with 20 minutes in the mornings, that within a few weeks I should be better handling these routines.

Onwards and upwards!