Current Events > Gyms might be shutting down here again in PA

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Makes me just wanna quit lifting entirely until this pandemic is over.
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Just buy heavy shit and lift at home

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Good. Go to Wal Mart and get a $20 set of weights. you can get by for a few weeks. People crying about the gym are as bad as people crying about Bars.

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Irony posted...

Just buy heavy shit and lift at home

I honestly find it difficult to care anymore when:

-I am an intermediate/advanced lifter who only makes gains every once in awhile and can barely progress
-Maintaining my strength feels pointless when I cant consistently train progressively because the gym keeps shutting down
-Maintaining my physique feels pointless when I stay at home all day and nobody sees it
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VipaGTS posted...

Good. Go to Wal Mart and get a $20 set of weights. you can get by for a few weeks. People crying about the gym are as bad as people crying about Bars.

Youre aware that a entry level home gym would cost hundreds on craigslist and thousands new correct?
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VipaGTS posted...

Good. Go to Wal Mart and get a $20 set of weights. you can get by for a few weeks. People crying about the gym are as bad as people crying about Bars.

This
Weights are readily available again and there are a ton of other exercises you can do with shit around your house. If you have walls, floors and chairs you can put together some sort of workout routine

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Vermander posted...

Youre aware that a entry level home gym would cost hundreds on craigslist and thousands new correct?

you don't need all that lol. You can get a set for 20-30 and just maintain what you have. If you can't stay motivated because people at the gym aren't looking at you then that's a you problem.

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Jiek_Fafn posted...

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Weights are readily available again and there are a ton of other exercises you can do with shit around your house. If you have walls, floors and chairs you can put together some sort of workout routine

I dont know I can do at home that wouldnt just turn into cardio.
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Vermander posted...

I honestly find it difficult to care anymore when:

-I am an intermediate/advanced lifter who only makes gains every once in awhile and can barely progress
-Maintaining my strength feels pointless when I cant consistently train progressively because the gym keeps shutting down
-Maintaining my physique feels pointless when I stay at home all day and nobody sees it

Maintain your physique so you have it after. Keep your gains

I've been lifting 5 years and adjustable weights and a lot of Pullups are sufficient to keep in great shape

Does suck no one can see it tho

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Vermander posted...

entry level home gym would cost hundreds on craigslist and thousands new correct?

it's money he doesn't have. the pandemic turned finances to shit.
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Vermander posted...

I dont know I can do at home that wouldnt just turn into cardio.

Pushups
Pullup
Squats

Do more reps. Get a resistance band. Lot's of options, all you need is the motivation.

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VipaGTS posted...

you don't need all that lol. You can get a set for 20-30 and just maintain what you have. If you can't stay motivated because people at the gym aren't looking at you then that's a you problem.

Thats not efficient. A home workout is not going to maintain the strength required to pull 500 lbs off the ground. Unless you want me to start deadlifting my couch.

For the first lockdown I did some home stuff with bands and calisthenics for a month. After I quickly realized it wasnt actually doing anything for me I just instead invested my time into practicing my drumming.
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Vermander posted...

Thats not efficient. A home workout is not going to maintain the strength required to pull 500 lbs off the ground. Unless you want me to start deadlifting my couch.

For the first lockdown I did some home stuff with bands and calisthenics for a month. After I quickly realized it wasnt actually doing anything for me I just instead invested my time into practicing my drumming.

Dude. Its not going to be forever. Itll be fine for the time being.

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Vermander posted...

I dont know I can do at home that wouldnt just turn into cardio.

Pull ups. Put a paperback book under a door so you don't fuck it up. Tie stuff to you if necessary for weight. Use chairs for dips. There's a lot you can put together.

It's not going to beat a proper gym but you can throw together something. Deadlifts and shit might be out of the question but you can still do something

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3PiesAndAFork posted...

Pushups
Pullup
Squats

Do more reps. Get a resistance band. Lot's of options, all you need is the motivation.

Anything that I can do more than 15 reps of is cardio.

I cant do pullups without buying a special kind of pullup bar that would require me to put holes in the wall (I rent.)

Squatting what? Bodyweight? Thats cardio.
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Vermander posted...

I honestly find it difficult to care anymore when:

-I am an intermediate/advanced lifter who only makes gains every once in awhile and can barely progress
-Maintaining my strength feels pointless when I cant consistently train progressively because the gym keeps shutting down
-Maintaining my physique feels pointless when I stay at home all day and nobody sees it

How many times do you lift a week?

You should go to the fitness board.

Bwssfit.com is a decent site for dumbbells and barbells. They are selling a pair of 90lb adjustable dumbbells for over $574.00. I have a pair and they are good

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VipaGTS posted...

Good. Go to Wal Mart and get a $20 set of weights. you can get by for a few weeks. People crying about the gym are as bad as people crying about Bars.

Shut up

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VipaGTS posted...

Dude. Its not going to be forever. Itll be fine for the time being.

Well sure, but like this keeps pushing back my goals, and its something that helps keep me mentally healthy while being locked up in my home. I am not going to die, but its frustrating.
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You can tell who actually lifts and who doesn't.

I cannot perform my workouts at home which require a squat rack, deadlift platform, bench and 500lb+ worth of weights.

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Arcanine2009 posted...

How many times do you lift a week?

You should go to the fitness board.

Bwssfit.com is a decent site for dumbbells and barbells. They are selling a pair of 90lb adjustable dumbbells for over $600

4, though if things shut down again I am considering changing to a 5 day PPL program cause Ive been kinda bored with mine. (Been doing it 2 years now)
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NightMarishPie posted...

You can tell who actually lifts and who doesn't.

I cannot perform my workouts at home which require a squat rack, deadlift platform, bench and 500lb+ worth of weights.

We know that. What you can do is perform other work outs at home in the meantime during a god damn pandemic lol.

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NightMarishPie posted...

You can tell who actually lifts and who doesn't.

I cannot perform my workouts at home which require a squat rack, deadlift platform, bench and 500lb+ worth of weights.

This. Like this costs money. I can afford it, but its like... is this going to go on long enough to justify building a home gym?
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VipaGTS posted...

We know that. What you can do is perform other work outs at home in the meantime during a god damn pandemic lol.

It's not the same dude. You can tell me to lift garbage cans and shopping bags but it's not the same. This is not an argument.

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NightMarishPie posted...

It's not the same dude. You can tell me to lift garbage cans and shopping bags but it's not the same. This is not an argument.

No one saying its the sa....you know, forget it. Just dont work out then. Suit yourself lol.

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VipaGTS posted...

No one saying its the sa....you know, forget it. Just dont work out then. Suit yourself lol.

Continue to be un-necessarily obtuse, works for me!

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Might be? They've been recently shut down for over 3 weeks here

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Guy is concerned about weights knowing he should be practicing drums smh

Anyone in this topic saying you can buy weights and do a home workout clearly has never been to the gym. Trust me, you can't do the workouts I do at home.

FrankJaegr posted...

Guy is concerned about weights knowing he should be practicing drums smh

Ive actually gotten a lot better. I built my kit back in March. Im interested in learning recording now since my technical ability is at about the point where I think elevating myself as a producer would make me more marketable as a musician then getting better.
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Bleuets posted...

Anyone in this topic saying you can buy weights and do a home workout clearly has never been to the gym. Trust me, you can't do my workouts at home.

Everybody fucking knows that. Everybody also fucking knows the gyms are fucking closed, so your options are to buy a full home gym, do other lighter home workouts, or do no workouts.

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Vermander posted...

Ive actually gotten a lot better. I built my kit back in March. Im interested in learning recording now since my technical ability is at about the point where I think elevating myself as a producer would make me more marketable as a musician then getting better.

Nice, yeah - its a really weird and interesting time to be a musician.. lots of changes

Whatre your favorite songs to play? :o

if only everybody fucking knew that life had to change for a while to accommodate ending a fucking pandemic.

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I don't have room for weights in my place. So i go to the gym everyday. Idgaf!!!
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Medussa posted...

if only everybody fucking knew that life had to change for a while to accommodate ending a fucking pandemic.

I mean, we have hundreds of millions of people in the US. If you ever thought we could just change for a bit and end it, that was never going to happen. You gotta be realistic.

I bought a bunch of loop style bands, best bang for your buck

Vermander posted...

Ive actually gotten a lot better. I built my kit back in March. Im interested in learning recording now since my technical ability is at about the point where I think elevating myself as a producer would make me more marketable as a musician then getting better.

FrankJaegr posted...

Nice, yeah - its a really weird and interesting time to be a musician.. lots of changes

Whatre your favorite songs to play? :o

I listen to a lot of podcasts from the band Silverstein if youve ever heard of them. Their vocalists hosts it, and he has talked a lot about how its a crazy it is to be a musician this year and basically be unable to tour for a year.

I play a little of everything. I grew up on punk and metal, and tend to have a post-hardcore and rock background. But Ive covered things from hip hop, to metalcore, metal, etc and Ive even been studying jazz lately.

rodu_jr posted...

I bought a bunch of loop style bands, best bang for your buck

I bought some earlier when gyms shut down too, and still use then a lot for stretching before I hit the gym.
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Vermander posted...

4, though if things shut down again I am considering changing to a 5 day PPL program cause Ive been kinda bored with mine. (Been doing it 2 years now)

Per body part?

Might just be a lack of volume

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Arcanine2009 posted...

Per body part?

Might just be a lack of volume

Its technically two days of hitting each body part. (Upper, lower Id argue your back is hit with everhthing)
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